kkk k24 fitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**bigrotch** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 11:59

well peeps after the day me and merc had yesturday got blacky all striped down etc befor his dyno runs then come back and cracked on with well with cut hands a few choice words finshed 12 lastnite all custom feeds etc etc and the poxy clips on the pipes.....well turned over started 1st time no lights nothen let tick over 10mins bleeding the system etc while checking for leaks etc all is good...........test drive time well all i can say is i was wimpering like a lil girl and didnt want to put my foot down lol nice gently drive 20miles etc gradully little by little giving it a bit etc well the kkk k24 pulls very very well and i didnt even give it the beans lolololol to scared lol..come back to mercs put some bits away caould it a day.....
well today went to mercs to have a good clean up of tools etcect had a lil run down the road on way there yes its naughty lol on the botton spools up proper etc well good halfhour sorting out the garge etc loading up the car it was ticking over, got a sniff of oil etc did think nothing of it, but then started to smoke and get worse very quickly... yep you guseeed it by the looks of it seals have gone wever the 7wks the turbo sitting they perished or not etc i dont know. turned car off checked oil it emptyed it etc proper white/hints of blue pumping out the exhaust etc ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr parked up slammed the door etcetc once i had me hissy fit phoned merc let him know the bad news etcetc quite suppriseing i was very positive, as i know what i want and thats the kkk power, so just got to get it comfirmed then strip down begins......................gavs luck=bad luck.........

**volvo** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 12:07

oh shi** mate, was having a good read and smiling till you got to the 'smokey bit' ....get the turbo off and re-conditioned by a reputable guy and should be fine. Its one of those things mate, you dont really know till you fit it and drive......

Mine was in my garage just sat on the shelf under a piece of cardboard for many months but it was fine when fitted. Doesnt mean your turbo was duff or whatever, just mechanical bits can/do fail

Less of the fail talk and more of the positive.....once you get it off, re-worked, it will be sweet as you like....

Let me know, as always, if i can help ya out

Qady

**smithy** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 12:08

sorry to here that mate but these things are here to test us ,but i would be surprised if the turbo deterated whilst siting around for 7 weeks mate.

**bigrotch** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 12:19

turbo could have bin a smoker befor but i would have thought it would of done it straight away......will see, just got to get another comfirmation befor the strip down etc

**M-R-P** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 12:48

Dammit! it was looking so promising too

Chin up bud, you'll get there and when you do.........

**Dan850r** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 12:52

Gutted for ya, nothing worse than fitting something and being dissapointed with it

**t5steve** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 13:01

crap luck mate...............feel sorry for you but look on the bright side............................ it made you smile as is so look forward to rebuild.............big smiles

**Kingsford G** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 13:31

I can`t say feel sorry about it just a pitty `cos u know it`s worth it also u can`t allways learn it easy way.Wiv cars u can never tell but u got the right pick of turbo mate just think about what she can do wiv a custom remap lol.Very happy for u mate.Whatch out franky here comes a big fella lol.

**The Flying Moose** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 13:32

Did you fill the turbo with oil before starting the car?

**bigrotch** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 13:42

Originally Posted by Kingsford G

I can`t say feel sorry about it just a pitty `cos u know it`s worth it also u can`t allways learn it easy way.Wiv cars u can never tell but u got the right pick of turbo mate just think about what she can do wiv a custom remap lol.Very happy for u mate.Whatch out franky here comes a big fella lol.

im still quite up beat not sure how but i am, purelly coz i had a lil taster of the grunt lolol

**Kingsford G** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 13:59

Originally Posted by bigrotch

im still quite up beat not sure how but i am, purelly coz i had a lil taster of the grunt lolol

I KNOW WHAT U MEAN BUT IF THE SHAFT MOVEMENT WAS OK THEN U`LL ONLY NEED DO THE SEALS.It is a hard work.If u need any help let me know.Anyway how much diff was Rotch?

**bigrotch** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 14:08

Originally Posted by Kingsford G

I KNOW WHAT U MEAN BUT IF THE SHAFT MOVEMENT WAS OK THEN U`LL ONLY NEED DO THE SEALS.It is a hard work.If u need any help let me know.Anyway how much diff was Rotch?

considering i was a big girl and only give prob half throttle id say its deffo what im after

**Kingsford G** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 14:19

Originally Posted by bigrotch

considering i was a big girl and only give prob half throttle id say its deffo what im after

Mmmm...nice.I won`t be doing to much pwer ups yet wanna chnge brake hoses,arms and all that first.Hve u got d/shafts left from burgandy?I need to chnge them abs rings might be worth swapping cv`s

**merc85** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 15:03

Originally Posted by Kingsford G

Mmmm...nice.I won`t be doing to much pwer ups yet wanna chnge brake hoses,arms and all that first.Hve u got d/shafts left from burgandy?I need to chnge them abs rings might be worth swapping cv`s

One of the shafts will be different i belive, Down to your's having LSD

**p fandango** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 15:10

Originally Posted by merc85

One of the shafts will be different i belive, Down to your's having LSD

yeh, if its got the M59 gearbox with the vicous coupling the shafts are different

**Kingsford G** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 15:30

Originally Posted by merc85

One of the shafts will be different i belive, Down to your's having LSD

So that`s gonna b a new abs rings then.

**T5frankie** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 16:25

sorry to hear your bad luck mate, well at least for 5 mins you got to feel similar power to mine lol

**GazT4R** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 16:34

On the bright side it's only the turbo. I only say this from my experience of a P2R.

Anyone who owns a P2R will know the worse one is when the coolant low warning comes up suddenly, that'll be those liners then.

Hope the rebuild goes well.

**AndysR** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 23:10

Oh that's a damn shame

However turbo seals are like piston rings they're not rubber so to say they can deteriorate over the short period of 7 weeks I'd be surprised.... Are you sure the oil drain is clear and not blocked as if the oil isn't returning to the sump quickly enough it will escape into the turbo and exhaust as a result of overflowing internally. If you bought it 2nd hand perhaps the seller fitted rubber bungs into the various feeds ect. to prevent foreign objects entering the turbo during transit and you've over looked this when fitting the turbo and now the oil supply or return isn't doing it's job properly.. Perhaps a couple of things worth checking before you condemn the turbo completely?

**Kingsford G** · Thursday 26th January 2012, 23:48

Originally Posted by AndysR

Oh that's a damn shame

However turbo seals are like piston rings they're not rubber so to say they can deteriorate over the short period of 7 weeks I'd be surprised.... Are you sure the oil drain is clear and not blocked as if the oil isn't returning to the sump quickly enough it will escape into the turbo and exhaust as a result of overflowing internally. If you bought it 2nd hand perhaps the seller fitted rubber bungs into the various feeds ect. to prevent foreign objects entering the turbo during transit and you've over looked this when fitting the turbo and now the oil supply or return isn't doing it's job properly.. Perhaps a couple of things worth checking before you condemn the turbo completely?

very good point mate.Lets hope its that rather than an expensive rebuild.