Hello my fellow 124’ers
After lots of research and countless hours of figuring If my previous turbo was salvageable
I have decided to make the leap to the 1446+
( A little back story, I have 37k miles on the car it’s a 2017 )
About 2 weeks ago I started hearing a blow dryer sound upon acceleration along with a small loss in power. Me thinking it’s just a hotter day in Florida shook it off and kept driving, and the next day decided to check all the hoses to make sure everything was tight as I just had an oil change a few days before.
I personally asked Milo (Spoolin32) what he thought and told me to check the impeller for “play”.
I took off the intake tube and do a visual inspection, hmm no damage to the impeller now I go to see if there is any movement to the impeller wheel and what do we have, some SERIOUS impeller play. Side to side up and down all over.
Seems as though there are a few turbos that are experiencing this premature turbo failure. I’m just happy I caught it before it got worse.
Seeing as though I don’t see an exact diy step by step install for this turbo I would like to know if there are any tips and tricks for the installation thank you guys
After lots of research and countless hours of figuring If my previous turbo was salvageable
I have decided to make the leap to the 1446+
( A little back story, I have 37k miles on the car it’s a 2017 )
About 2 weeks ago I started hearing a blow dryer sound upon acceleration along with a small loss in power. Me thinking it’s just a hotter day in Florida shook it off and kept driving, and the next day decided to check all the hoses to make sure everything was tight as I just had an oil change a few days before.
I personally asked Milo (Spoolin32) what he thought and told me to check the impeller for “play”.
I took off the intake tube and do a visual inspection, hmm no damage to the impeller now I go to see if there is any movement to the impeller wheel and what do we have, some SERIOUS impeller play. Side to side up and down all over.
Seems as though there are a few turbos that are experiencing this premature turbo failure. I’m just happy I caught it before it got worse.
Seeing as though I don’t see an exact diy step by step install for this turbo I would like to know if there are any tips and tricks for the installation thank you guys