[s-cars] how much turbo "play" is acceptable?

[Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)]

It ain't so much limp as that it "gets a lot of play and blowing" my
friend...  (I'd have inserted the obligatory "your sistah" joke... had I
only gotten her name after that last time)...

8-)

-P


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Pizzimenti [mailto:pizzoman at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:55 AM
To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] how much turbo "play" is acceptable?


Paul,
I think you're the only one on list with a limp shaft.
 Must be a Polish thing.

Pizzo


--- "Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)" <WQQ2PXK at ups.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Taking advantage of having the radiator out for a
> week +, I decided to pull
> the turbo intake hose and have a grab at the turbo
> shaft.  How much "play"
> is within the acceptable range with a K24?  Not
> being scientific (of
> course), I've got 'some', enough that it's more than
> just 'feel', but I can
> 'see' it.  Good news is I couldn't 'hear' it clack
> up and down or anything.
> Now, is this a sign of forthcoming FUBAR, or is this
> within reason?  <insert
> sound of can'o'worms opening>  
> 
> Just curious more than anything.  Car runs / sounds
> fine otherwise.
> 
> Oh, FWIW to those wondering about radiator jobs,
> it's a real easy job, even
> for me...  just a matter of yanking a bunch of
> things and reassembling.
> $175 or so from good 'ole Chris S. @ Force 5, sure
> beat $390 @ Stealer.
> Easy job, assuming you don't have a split in the top
> hose once you
> reassemble (d'oh) and then FedEx fails to arrive
> with your new hose, or you
> don't shear the frozen bolts that go through the
> radiator rubber mounts
> (yay)...
> 
> TIA.
> 
> -Paul
> CT
> '95 //S6 finally no longer pissing coolant out of
> radiator OR top hose
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