PlayinWithFire

So my car has been smoking more then Dennis Leary for a while now and Turbonetics kept on telling me that the seals on the turbo just need to heat up and seal and then it would stop. So I believed em.

Now it is past my turbo-kits warranty end date and I have found oil caked along the inside of my intake pipe, great huh! So I guess my seals didnt just need time to heat up, they needed to be replaced. I am just putting this out there as a warning.

The good news is that a nice 60 trim turbo will be taking it's place. I hope none of you guys run into this problem.

rhythmnsmoke

Sorry to hear that man. How long was the warranty for anyhow? Are you sure the turbo is gone, can you even hit boost?

PlayinWithFire

12,000/12 months

the turbo is working but my car is smoking. T-Netics is having me send it back anyways cause they might repair it.

DJBIGMIKE

Wow! that sucks big time!

yamaha16bw

I'm sure they will take care of you. Call and ask for Steve.

rhythmnsmoke

Smokes all the time, or just once in a blue moon?

RedLine_tC

dang that sucks

Mightygnu

well hopefully they repair it. but anyway, thanks for the update/bad news/warning..

PlayinWithFire

Smokes every now and then... at least once or twice a week. But it has dumped so much oil that I practically have none and its only been about 2500 miles since my last oil change.

malloynx

this is why you don't run a t-netics turbo. there QC was horrible about 6 yrs ago. they have gotten better, but there is much better out there.

best of luck

PlayinWithFire

I dont have a beef with the company at all. I just wish I caught this issue before I ran into the issues I have now. I talked to steve and he told me to send it back and gave me a warranty number. Turbonetics is a great company and deserves as many kudos as I can give! I got one of the first kits and have only run into minimal issues with it. I'll tell you how this ish goes.

malloynx

t-netics can make a great kit, i just wish there turbos were more stout.

i'm partial to ITS so i guess i'm being bias

yamaha16bw

Steve's the man. He has helped me out alot. He has a really nice 350z.

soros151

Maybe u can now get that new GTK turbo from T-netics... lalala

cessblood

Yeah GT-K 325 or 350 by T-netics . I will get GT-K 325

soros151

I wish there was a :drool: smiley. :D

jam0321

glad to hear Steve took care of you.

Complication

Psst... Pssst... ......... ...Disco POTATO... yo! common, ya know ya want one!

Prototype_xB

i would have asked to send a new turbo when it was still under warranty cuz it's "no questions asked" right?

MIAPLAYA

I'm sure Steve will take great care of you. For those who questioned their QC I love to see that posted. Especially since a customer recently returned a T04E 50 trim / Stage 3 unit that had 164,000 miles on it before anything failed. And it didn't even fail really. One of the seals started leaking and he sent it in for a rebuild. After 164,000 miles. Yeah but i guess their QC isn't up to par