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turbo compressor wheel not spinning?

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Originally Posted by ryan10
Ok, well i figured out what it was. there is a small washer on the turbo shaft, on the side that goes into the exhaust housing. this was getting sucked into the turbo and causing it to hang up. what is this washer on the shaft? i just pulled it off for now.
That's the ring I was talking about. It's the seal to keep the hot exhaust out of the bearing. The seal on the other end is a slinger. If you run without the seal it will cause problems in short order like coking of the bearings and premature failure.

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