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Re: Anyone rebuilt a Turbo on an 850 T5 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Steve Seekins on  Tue Apr 28 08:11 CST 1998 [RELATED]

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Attempting to rebuild a turbo is usually not a good plan. If it has failed (particullarly the later ones) there is usualy a reason as they should be quite long lived (at least 150K or more). Usual reasons are poor quality oil, failure to perform oil changes as required, failure to use a good filter, or a balance problem in the original turbo.

In any event, the turbo should be dynamically balanced after being worked on, and that takes special equipment. For this reason, I recommend that you get a rebuilt turbo from a reliable source. There are many sources. I prefer a place called Turbo City:

Turbo City 1-714-639-4933

1127 West Katella Ave

Orange, CA 92667

I have found that their turbos consistently run quieter and longer than replacement turbos from Volvo. And for some models, they offer various upgrade modifications. Also, their prices are quite reasonable.

Other owners have used other sources with success as well.






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