How to Rebuild Your Turbo!

How to rebuild a used turbo (turbocharger) easily and cheaply. Teardown your journal bearing turbo and rebuild it. This isn't a difficult DIY, but it can drastically improve the life of your turbo and can help repair oil leaks.

Note: Do this at your own risk! I assume no responsibility for damage to your property or yourself. I do recommend that you have your turbocharger re-balanced after doing this; even if you mark the wheel/shaft location.

Happy modding!

Interlude music is Unity by Dropouts (feat. Aloma Steele)

[CoherentChimp]

"Instead of righty tighty, lefty loosey, it's lefty loosey, righty tighty."
So. No change there then.

[michaelthomas]

you'd think to use a rubber mallet, fuck it I guess

[jasonstrester]

You forgot the most important step. You must make marks so the wheel is on the same exact spot or it will be out of balance and take out the bearings right away. Now you have to send it in for balancing.

[Mikey]

Wow, a lot of haters. I think that was super useful as someone who hasn't rebuilt a turbo before. Despite the reverse thread explanation hate, I seemed to have understood exactly what he was trying to say. Yes, he used a metal hammer, barely tapped anything, and the world didn't end. Use a rubber mallet if you're worried about it.

[onhawaii]

WOWOWO!!! Where is the torque wrench? Guys better use the right torque on the bolts and the nut!!! And if you don't want it to break again soon and complain about a bad rebuild kit just get that thing balanced before installing it. You balance you tires or not? This thing can easy spin 150.000-180.000rpm and if it is not in balance it will break fast! And please check all oil and cooling lines if they are clean! There is always an reason why they break! Like an closed return hose that fails to return the oil and the pressure blows your seal. This is only a half done Turbo repair and will not last long because important things are missing to do it right! And be aware of parts from the compressor wheel that can break and get into the combustion chamber and cause major damage to the engine!!! Please don't do it just like that!!!

[knockknock]

good video and information. But no lubrication on the o rings?

[timandjeniholland]

"these are reverse threads, so instead of righty tighty- lefty
loosey; its lefty loosey-righty tighty".... umm... and those 'C' clip removers are called SNAP RING pliers. LOL

[matthewgeorge]

is it normal for your compressor wheel to be a bitch to take off i was i got the nut off just fine but the wheel is its self is kickig my ass ! you took yours off like it was nothing

[Scottshaver]

Thank for the great video, Every other video I watched they didn't show such an in depth view as yours.

[norwegianstud]

Nice vid! How often should you do this? I bought my V50 2.0d at 83K. When it was 63K it had to replace the turbo due to sloppy oil changes. It has now runned 107K (all in KM not miles). So I am thinking about doing this myself.

[jamesbarratt]

What about the important part of rebalancing the turbo, as it is out of balance after using it for years.

[papi-champoo]

Brake cleaner would've been handy to use in that carbon build up and you didn't mark the bolt and shaft for balancing. Tsk, tsk that's a major important factor in taking apart any Turbo for a rebuild.

[worldgraffitivids]

Used your vid to help me take apart my first turbo, watched lots of vids but this was the most encouraging. Just go for it! And yes I used a hammer and it's all fine! Cheers very much great stuff

[randellgribben]

yes the manufacture use metric and standard size bolts on this all should listen to this person... hes smarter than the engineers who desiged the turbo in the first place by using metric ans standard bolts/ threads

[StayPuft]

such a shame you didnt have better lighting

[gregcy]

Hmm and they change the whole turbine when its damaged...these things are fixable! Thanks man

[edbartek]

Did you really do that without balancing the shaft and blades? Also my condolences to the aluminum family, ouch.

[TheBlackManitu]

shouldn't the core get balanced again?

[HanumanGoku]

just a question bro, .. dont you need to balance the shaft or the billets before reassembling? i understand that turbochargers spims up to 240k rpms. doesnt it require balncing so that the billets wont wobble and cause the journal bearing to premature wear? im asking because im also interested to rebuild my turbo and doing a hybrid billet swap. watchung you doing this made it look easy.
anyway, thanks for yhe video. just a simple question thats all.

[Mantisworx]

What made you suspect that you needed a rebuild?Symptoms?