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Turbo seals

  • 29-07-2018 9:50pm
    #1
    JJJJNR
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    Looking for opinions on whether its a good idea getting the turbo seals done on my car. 2.0tdi seat altea 2005. Two people have said I should do it now. There's black smoke coming out of my car after sitting overnight.


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  • #2
    corkgsxr
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    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Looking for opinions on whether its a good idea getting the turbo seals done on my car. 2.0tdi seat altea 2005. Two people have said I should do it now. There's black smoke coming out of my car after sitting overnight.

    One puff just after it starts. That's no tubro seals


  • #3
    milltown
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    Does it start easy enough?

    Smoking from cold, I'd be looking at glow plugs or injectors first. If it's injectors it may not be worth doing pricewise.


  • #4
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    There's a fairly big puff on start up, usually I just run a bottle of dip through it over a couple of weeks, but it was in getting a bit of work done and injector seals and turbo seals were mentioned. Might have been a bit of up selling however one of the mates who helps me on the car said it might be a good idea to do the turbo seals now, because the inter-cooler pipes are fairly full/age/high mileage etc.

    Would replacing the turbo seals prevent run away ?


  • #5
    rex-x
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    JJJJNR wrote: »
    There's a fairly big puff on start up, usually I just run a bottle of dip through it over a couple of weeks, but it was in getting a bit of work done and injector seals and turbo seals were mentioned. Might have been a bit of up selling however one of the mates who helps me on the car said it might be a good idea to do the turbo seals now, because the inter-cooler pipes are fairly full/age/high mileage etc.

    Would replacing the turbo seals prevent run away ?

    Replacing the turbo seals is the same thing as saying new turbo, they arent a part a garage will replace separately


  • #6
    Tea drinker
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    could be pat of the pcv system is dodgy. you can get a buildup of crank pressure which will long term cause gasket / seal damage .
    Might not seal on overrun and could draw in oil into intake which might seem like turbo seals.


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  • #7
    dooroy
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    Does the car take much cranking to start from cold - black smoke caused by unburnt fuel due to a lot of turning over before starting .
    Glow plugs shouldn't be needed at summer temps ;
    Turbo seals would be leaking oil into the air flow resulting in blue smoke.
    And as mentioned I think a reconditioned turbo would be your only choice - replacing seals not a great idea ( even though I have come across YT videos on how to do it:D).


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