I was going to get some pipes ceramic coated for my hypermax turbo. Guy suggested we coat the hot side of the housing while we are doing it. How difficult is it to get it apart? Anything that screams danger?
Thank you
Thank you
It is old, old enough that the pedestal mount is fabricated and not cast. It came off a running parts truck and made good boost. I'm doing the pipes. I figure coating them is cheaper and easier than letting them rust further and having to buy and install new ones
If you are going to try to get it apart, soak everything down with Kroil twice a day for about a week before tearing into it, you will thank me later.
When I rebuilt my turbo, I just cleaned up the housing best I could and used a spray coating, then header wrap on the hot side of everything. Contrary to all the nay sayers, the header wrap has not trapped any moisture inside and rusted the poo out of anything, considering that In in a high humidity area, this is good. I did it on mine mostly to protect surrounding wiring and hoses from extended heat exposure, but there are added benefits
Amen to the header wrap...I never had moisture probs with it...as a matter of fact...we wrapped all the hot sides on all the engines in the Navy...Small one...Large ones...it didn't matter...that was procedure and part of maintenace...
You;d sure think that if there was ever a place where condensation would become an issue, THAT would be it.
Amen to the header wrap...I never had moisture probs with it....