Subject	I've been running sans cats for 2yrs - no smoke..
Posted by	Dave (CA) on March 01, 2002 at 9:38 PM
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In Reply To	I've heard DPs & TPs contribute to premature seal failure. posted by teahead on March 01, 2002 at 06:07 PM
Message	Mileage is currently 85K. The cats have been off for about 10-12K. Oddly enough, I think one of my main cats was partially plugged, and contributed to the failure of the psgr side turbo (along with the partially sludged up oil feed line, courtesy of the prior cheap owner who never ran synthetic and probably never even changed the oil). Nah, my stock OEM turbos (1 with about 10-12K of mileage; new center section - the way JWT builds their turbos) and one with 85K are still boosting strong w/no oil smoke. Sorry yours worked out that way, but I'd put money on your turbos blowing some smoke before you pulled the cats. Hey, whichever way you cut it, it's an excuse to plan some bigger turbos for an upgrade. Dave (CA) 95 TTz
Follow Ups	what's the avg. lifespan of stock turbos - Spidey 17:28:25 03/01/02 Mine lasted 125k (n/m) - ThaTwinTurbozZ 17:31:48 03/01/02 101K on mine and still going strong >>> - SpdDemon13 (Baltimore) 17:46:52 03/01/02 I've heard DPs & TPs contribute to premature seal failure. - teahead 18:07:14 03/01/02 Re: I've heard DPs & TPs contribute to premature seal failur - Seb 18:24:56 03/01/02 Also less back pressure for the turbos to work against. - Spongerider 18:31:24 03/01/02 Your car probably smokes because it doesn't have cats... - Brad (JSpecZ32) 18:35:57 03/01/02 You heard wrong >>> - Bernowt 18:42:54 03/01/02 I agree except for the smoke on start up. - Spongerider 18:53:43 03/01/02 that is complete crap - Diamond Don 18:59:51 03/01/02 I've been running sans cats for 2yrs - no smoke.. - Dave (CA) 21:38:20 03/01/02 143K on my 90 stg IV+, just had one go out..had been smoking - speedr300z 18:34:01 03/01/02 155k on my 90 Stage ~Vish, still going strong (n/m) - Dave 90TT 19:05:24 03/01/02 Re: what's the avg. lifespan of stock turbos - smooth 20:31:13 03/01/02 75k on first set. 70k+ on second set. Time for upgrade... (n/m) - TTony 20:31:50 03/01/02 well my stage 3 91 TT has 140,000>> - wild300 20:50:03 03/01/02 Re: what's the avg. lifespan of stock turbos - Spidey 00:27:42 03/02/02
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