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Originally Posted by scottmcphee
If your turbo shaft won't turn both ways, you must have parts stuck in there. Acting like a ratchet.
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That's what I was thinking.
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Originally Posted by winmutt
Or a rock  . Was the engine off but hot when you turned it by hand? With no or cold oil it will be stiff, low oil might lead to "binding". Binding should incurr a heck of a lot of noise. |
Last night, the engine was off, but had been run recently enough that it was still relatively warm. There had/has been no noise whatsoever from the turbo, which is why I thought it might be seized, originally. I was mistaken.
Tonight, I cranked 'er up and pulled the turbo inlet. It was spinning at idle, even cold. I can't explain the binding or stopping while turning by hand. It certainly didn't seem to be having trouble spinning with the engine running (not that I'm complaining). I won't have time to play with it any more tonight, but I plan to concentrate on on the wastegate/controls.
Scott, sounds like your setup might be worth looking into.