I have a 2012 Silber kit on 2011 pro that is using oil like crazy. Wondering if anyone knows where to get a rebuild kit for center section or if that is possible with these turbos? With no markings and justin not telling me brand or info on them I'm stuck. Justin said parts for rebuild kit is 3 weeks out... Anyone with any info would be great.
2012 Silber turbo center section
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I am also waiting for center sections.
I have a new in the box centre section for a 2013 Silber turbo.
PMd u mt sledder
Does anyone know how much play side to side or up/down is too much? Also does anyone know if the vent cap on oil tank isn't working and it's building pressure how much oil it would blow-by?
Pm me back ASAP mt. Sledder
If the oil tank isnt venting, it will build up oil pressure inside the turbo and burn oil in a huge way.
This system must vent. The drain design on this system is a very poor design.
When you spin the turbine does it touch the inside of the housing?
Does it look like any of the tips of the turbine look damaged?
There is a small amount of play in the turbine.
There is about 8 thousands play and the wheels are not rubbing on housing just using tons of oil. There is quite but side to side play but up and down is almost none...
Is there any turbo rebuilders in your area? Im in Van BC. Rotomaster up here would check it no charge. It might be Okay.
Did you check the tank venting?
Did you check the tank venting?
I havn't I live couple hours from snow I can run in shop on a stand if that would be long enough to test? I was gonna take the orange cap off and just get a barbed fitting with hose to see if that helps.
Did u get oil blow-by into the intake side of turbo as we'll or just exhaust side with your vent issue? Because I have the 2013 oil tank set up with orange cap and I can't blow on cap to get check valve to open... Should u be able to open with ur mouth blowing on it at few psi?
I had the 13 oil cap. Check with Silber,but I think the cap has a crack PSI of 2 or 3 so you can blow it open easily.
If your vent is plugged or stuck closed,yes the oil gets blown in to the intake.
You would swear the turbo was blown with amount of smoke. I cleared the vent and kept riding it no problem.
Am going to try my own vented cap Thursday and if I still use oil I will be going with new turbo since rebuild kit is so far out. Unless anyone on here has center section or spare turbo on the shelf for sale?...
We never confirmed if the turbo was leaking on the cold or hot side, nor did we disassemble the turbo to confirm the condition of the seals so there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Another question that I have in particular is how can these turbos can be expected to operate properly with a mere fraction of the oil pressure that is required? It seems that most of the kits on the market use a fairly puny pump which may be, in part, due to the amp. draw requirements needed to produce 40-ish PSI? Maybe an expert can chime in here & educate us..........
With regard to the oil consumption, the stock cap did not vent properly so we tried installing an anti roll-over vent from a diesel fuel tank application but that didn't work either.
In the end we just installed an NPT/hose barb fitting in the tank, connected a hose(fuel line), and left a wrap or so in the engine compartment with the end of the hose dumping into the belly pan.
Bottom line is that the reservoir for this turbo system required a venting system with no restriction whatsoever otherwise the turbo would leak oil around the seals immediately.
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