Thread: Turbo seized this weekend

Who did you get the kit from? Some people have installed restrictors in the oil line to keep the oil pressure to turbo lower, the problem is that these restrictors can get clogged with debris if there is no pre-filter, which can lead to failure. It's just something to look into as to why it failed before you stick another on.

Originally Posted by FoSHO99

Stattama LLC -- Turbo Kits and Parts Stattama- High Performance Automotive

Turbo timers let the car run for a few minutes to cool things down after key off.

You sure there wasn't any debris in the oil feed lines that may have caused the failure?

Thanks for the link.

While diagnosing the failure on the side of the road, my friends and I pulled the feed line off and started the car. Oil came out of the line, so I'm assuming there wasn't a clog.

Originally Posted by Explicit_Spade

The make of turbo is Garrett the model of the turbo is M24

Pretty much any local diesel shop can rebuild the turbo for you, and that in most cases will cost less than buying new.

I borrowed this explination of A/R from moddedmustangs.com (source link: Forums at Modded Mustangs)

Great info, I'm friends with the local diesel shop, so I'll get them to look at it.

Originally Posted by Quick99GTP

I have been hunting for the same exact information as to what I can use as a direct replacement for the Stattama turbo kit.

Explicit_Spade post makes sence as to why Stattama's website says
"With the .68 AR exhaust housing, this turbo is a perfect choice for street/strip 3800 powered vehicles. We have equipped dozens of FWD 3800 cars with them with 500 WHP achieved many times on pump gas. With the optional .81 AR ratio, this turbo works well for twin-charged 3800s or for a primarily street driven V-8 car or truck.

With the twincharge setup there is tons of low end torque and you don't need the turbo to start build boost until the upper RPM range, hence why they went with the .81 A/R exhaust housing.

From reading on their website it looks like they combing a Precision T4 .68 or .81 A/R exhaust housing with the Garrett M24 intake housing to make their own unique turbo. When I was looking everywhere I wasn't able to come up with much more infor on the intake housing or the A/R of the housing.

Great...frankenstein'd turbo...at least I know where to find a replacement if mine can't be rebuilt.

Originally Posted by FoSHO99

Who did you get the kit from? Some people have installed restrictors in the oil line to keep the oil pressure to turbo lower, the problem is that these restrictors can get clogged with debris if there is no pre-filter, which can lead to failure. It's just something to look into as to why it failed before you stick another on.

I bought a car that had the entire kit in it. I swapped the engine (L32) and turbo kit to my car. The feed line is unbroken (no restrictor from what I can see). I'm going to remove it and have it blown out of all debris. Is there anyway I can put a filter on this line since it is before the actual oil filter?