Advice With Turbo

[iotlek]

Hi Guys

Right I am trying to remove my turbo to investigate/inspect it for issues I have been having

I have read the thread "removal-of-turbo-in-preperation-of-porting-and-valve-mod"

Basically I have been at this for 3 nights (2-3hrs each night) to try and get the 2 right hand side bolts for the Turbo to manifold stud/nuts undone. I do not know what to do as for the life of me I can not get them undone.

I have tried every spanner I have, including ratchet as mentioned in the thread, also unbolted the actuator bracket to help.

(photo stolen from removal-of-turbo thread)

I have tried every angle I can think of to get it off I have used wd40 etc...

The problem is these 2x nuts appears to be warn plus the lining up of the nut is either to far each way (if the spanner is hitting each side of the turbo before it even grips if you know what I mean)

I am not sure what to do now and how I am going to get these 2x nuts off.

Can I use some sort of lock wrench like this at least for the top one. And maybe something else for the bottom one ?

What can I do.

Cheers

io

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

maybe remove manifold and turbo together so you can work with it on a bench?

[iotlek]

I was thinking about this but was hopping there might be another solution before having to do this. Also I am not sure its going to help me that much with the crapped out top bolt (bottom one seems to be in good condition its more of a access issue with that one.

In the case I do have to go this far I assume I would need to get a new gasket for the manifold when I bolt it back up or can I reuse the existing one ?

Cheers

Edited 22/01/11 02:05 AM by RHR
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[Bonjaz]

take it all off and do it on the bench...we snapped the bottom rhs one on my mates not a fun job drilling and retapping hole but much much easier when its all off the car

[Ralph Wiggum]

Put it all back together, run the car till its hot and the try while its all still warm.

Otherwise some careful application of heat and delicate use of a chisel will get the nut moving

[Wenier]

Dont use the grip pliers as you'll just ruin the nut more. Another option along with having it warm which may loosen it is to get a spanner and trim the sides of the ring down to make it fit.

The spanner will end up pretty weak but you might just get it and enough access with it shaved/trimed down.

[Benny]

Have you tried bending the handle on the spanner to make it slide between the turbo and manifold rather than hit the housing? Or even have a look at a ratchet spanner with fine tooth gearing.

Benny

[spoolxr6]

On the top right nut all you need is the ring end of the spanner on there to crack it. The bottom right needs a nuckle end extension with a socket on it and you get it from under the turbo with a ratchet.

[ZAP]

Remove the manifold and do it on the bench.

This is the only way to do it now or you will only cause more damage and end up removing the manifold anyway.

[spoolxr6]

If you have a bracket going to the engine mount on the bottom it is hard to remove the manifold without un doing the bottom right nut at least.