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Canberra
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May 2002
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Re: How much to replace oil seals on turbo?
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Tue, 08 April 2003 13:10
 
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agreed. the rear seal on toyota (& many other OEM)turbos are no more than a single ring seal, like a piston ring. if you pump too much oil into the core, it saturates the rear of the shaft, & it only takes a poofteenth of oil through the ring seal to make a lot of smoke.
If the seal is worn beyond its limit, a turbo shop is likely to charge you labour to dismantle & reassemble the turbo, bead blast the exhaust wheel & possibly rear of the core, plus re-balance the shaft & wheel assembly. Most will recommend putting a complete kit through the turbo (bearings etc) while its apart. If you can convince them to replace the seal only, expect to pay around $200 ($70 labour, $6 seal, $120 balance). Its a lot of labour for a part worth under 10 bucks.
Cheers
Phil
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