Turbo problems and oil pressure

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:53:53 -0500, you wrote:

>Interesting.  I need to check the axial play on my k24 -- but I'm afraid to
>;-)

At least I'm not alone having a bad turbo.. :-)

>Hadn't heard of ceramic bearing K24, please elaborate.

The company that sells the turbos had this as an option for about
$100. At least it is a bit better than the regular bearing. :-)

I don't know so much more, but with a chipped 20vt running close to
the K24 max boost, such a bearing will make the turbo last a lot
longer. On a non-chipped 20vt or a 10v, it doesn't matter, the
relatively low boost on those cars doesn't put that much stress on the
turbo, especially the 10v with K26..

>As to the Oil pressure, Synthetics tend to always read a little low when at
>operating temperature and at idle.  Inadequate lubrication in these motors
>is quite rare since the early 1980's.  What weight oil are you using,
>though?  10w30 or ?

I'm running 5W-50. The only Mobil 1 we can get here in Norway
(probably the rest of Europe too) is 5W-50 and 0W-40..

--
E. Spangen
'90 Audi 200TQ 20v