[Vwdiesel] Turbo Questions

[david hardy]

I know that it's a garrett; sounds like it's a T3 or a K24.

The oil is actually coming out the exhaust port, and it's dripping when the engine is running. 
Blows some blue smoke, too.

David

> How do you know it needs a rebuild? Oil on turbo usually comes from valve cover problems. Small
> amout of oil, almost expected. The exhaust flange is just a square of metal with a hole. Easy to
> drill out and file if you needed one. Gasket can be made from a few sheets of baked bean tin....
>




> Mark
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "david hardy" <david at planetmind.net>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 6:57 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Turbo Questions
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>> Hi all,
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>> I just I have a couple turbo-related questions:
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>> -can someone identify my turbo:
>> http://planetmind.net/david/gallery/turbo/turbo1.jpg
>> http://planetmind.net/david/gallery/turbo/turbo2.jpg
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>> it's out of a '82 Quantum TD.
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>> -does anyone know of a place that will rebuild it ? It leaks oil pretty bad.
>>
>> -Does anyone happen to have, or have a source for, the flange that mates with the exhaust
>> outlet? I wish I'd grabbed it off the Quantum, but I didn't.
>>
>> Also, unrelated: does anyone know the length of a vanagon diesel 1.6NA oil dipstick? I lost
>> either the one from the Quantum or the van, and I'm not sure which one I have.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>> '83 Vanagon Westy 1.6TD 5-speed
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