Never-ending BP single turbo woes

BettyZ · 08-08-2021, 03:24 PM

First the COMP turbo dies after 882 miles. I bought a Boost Lab 6870, plumbed it up for oil and coolant; went for a 101 mile test drive and all was well. Or so I thought.

Went under the car today and found this .

Pretty clearly a leak in the manifold. Appeared within the last 100 miles. Header/manifold flange has F.I. gaskets and was torqued to spec. O2 sensors were also torqued to spec and were tight when inspected.

I've had the BP kit for just over 1,000 miles and I have to say, I am not impressed with the quality control.

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gbrettin · 08-08-2021, 03:59 PM

I got you. Just say when.

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redondoaveb · 08-08-2021, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BettyZ

First the COMP turbo dies after 882 miles. I bought a Boost Lab 6870, plumbed it up for oil and coolant; went for a 101 mile test drive and all was well. Or so I thought.

Went under the car today and found this .

Pretty clearly a leak in the manifold. Appeared within the last 100 miles. Header/manifold flange has F.I. gaskets and was torqued to spec. O2 sensors were also torqued to spec and were tight when inspected.

I've had the BP kit for just over 1,000 miles and I have to say, I am not impressed with the quality control.

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Karma's a b1tch

Spooler · 08-08-2021, 08:38 PM

Wow, I don't know what Karma he is talking about but good lord.

redondoaveb · 08-08-2021, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Wow, I don't know what Karma he is talking about but good lord.

He was just giving me crap about my car being broken

Rusty · 08-08-2021, 09:56 PM

When it rains, it's pours. Wonder which one of the gods he pissed off? Must have been Turbosingleus.

Spooler · 08-08-2021, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

When it rains, it's pours. Wonder which one of the gods he pissed off? Must have been Turbosingleus.

The one that told him to buy a Fast Intentions TT kit if I were to guess.

JARblue · 08-09-2021, 11:07 AM

BettyZ · 08-09-2021, 09:48 PM

Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold.

madwi · 08-09-2021, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold.

Hope that **** dont break off and kill your turbo, like it did to mine.

Elmo370z · 08-09-2021, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold.

Get the fudge out of here

Spooler · 08-10-2021, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold.

Wonder if it was because you wrapped it?

-ZS-Carpenter · 08-10-2021, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Wonder if it was because you wrapped it?

Just junk chinesium flex pipes. Good chance that piece killed the first turbo. He's lucky a second chunk didn't come off and get the new one.

BettyZ · 08-10-2021, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Wonder if it was because you wrapped it?

Apparently you're not supposed to wrap or coat the pipe before the flex, as it causes the heat to concentrate in the flex. But the breakage was at the far end of the flex from the flange.

I'll also note that I didn't have to put tension on the flex pipe to attach the manifold to the headers. That can also cause premature failure. Might want to look into that, JLarson...

Jinxx · 08-10-2021, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold.

I had my flex section fail on mine about 6 months after install ….had to cut it out and replace the section…. I message Sasha about it and he reimbursed me the cost of the repair.

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BettyZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Chicagoland Age: 38 Posts: 5,261 Drives: A Garage Queen Rep Power: 2684371	Never-ending BP single turbo woes First the COMP turbo dies after 882 miles. I bought a Boost Lab 6870, plumbed it up for oil and coolant; went for a 101 mile test drive and all was well. Or so I thought. Went under the car today and found this . Pretty clearly a leak in the manifold. Appeared within the last 100 miles. Header/manifold flange has F.I. gaskets and was torqued to spec. O2 sensors were also torqued to spec and were tight when inspected. I've had the BP kit for just over 1,000 miles and I have to say, I am not impressed with the quality control. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk FL 4Motion, JARblue, Rusty and 5 others like this. __________________ '14 MB Nismo \| Boost Lab 6870 1.32 AR 553 HP / 471 ft.-lbs. Betty Mods Last edited by BettyZ; 08-08-2021 at 03:26 PM.

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BettyZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Chicagoland Age: 38 Posts: 5,261 Drives: A Garage Queen Rep Power: 2684371	Went with Ghostvette's suggestion, took the manifold into a darkened room, shone a light into the driver side flange, and looked for outgoing photons. The exhaust leak (surprise surprise) is coming from the flex pipe portion of the manifold. JARblue, Rusty, Hotrodz and 3 others like this. __________________ '14 MB Nismo \| Boost Lab 6870 1.32 AR 553 HP / 471 ft.-lbs. Betty Mods

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