Turbo iron cast manifold rusting... what should I do to get rid of that rust? What can I do to prevent it? It looks gross...

 

maybe get it ceramic coated?

 

Gonna have to maybe sand blast it and like sentry said get it coated. WHat kit do you have Greddy?

 

Turbonetics..

Is it hard to take the turbo out? How much to sandblast and to coat? Turn around time for that?

 

What turbo manifold are you referring too? The turbine housing you mean?

 

Hard depends on your definition. YOu could buy a turbo blanket and never see the rust. Itsnot like its hurting anything. Its just surface rust..

 

The iron cast side, underneath the heat shield

 

Yeah I thought about that. Does it cover the entire turbo? Or the iron cast side?

I know it doesn't do any harm, it just looks ugly.

 

Just the turbine side (side thats rusting)

http://www.mvpmotorsports.com/mercha...kiv_bltb.shtml

 

if you're a glutton for punishment, you can take the turbo off and coat it yourself.

there's this paint by VHT, I have it at home, 2 cans of it, i'll find out exactly what it is later....but you basically apply a good coat, bake it for 20-30 mins or more at 200*, then dry it, another coat at like 400*, bake for about an hour, and then a final coat at 600* for like 2 hours.

To do those high temps, I took a bigarse clay pot, lined the outside with quikrete, which I let dry....and took the bottom clay tray for the big pot, which I used as a lid. I got a good charcoal fire going and set it in the pot, put the tray over it as a "lid", and let the fire get good and hot. I basicallly used a grill thermometer to test. Then for the turbine housing, I used an iron coat hanger as a hanger, and stuck it thru the hole in the lid so it would sit in the pot without resting on the coals.

Oh,btw, i did this wiht a different turbo.....but the same process will work. the coating should work very well.

 

why do turbos rust and some dont, the turbonetics is under the hood and not exposed to as much water, etc, and i have seen a few rust, but mine is under the car and is exposed to everything and it isnt rusting yet, and its been on almost a year.

 

+1. I have my turbo housings and manifolds ceramic coated. I have like 12K miles on them and they look like I just installed them yesterday.

 

Most of it is due to the area you live in...FOr the most part turbos in Cali don't rust. More stuff on the East Coast does though. Even though its in the engine bay the salt from the road and the humidity get to it...

 

Don't feel bad so is mine, it is from when I wash under the hood. At first it wasn't that much with the "rust" look... But after a couple of washes under the hood it became a lot.

I look at other people's pics and see what mine used to look like.

Even if a little water lands on that part it turns.







Sorry I don't have any up close pics just for that reason though you can see some of that in these pics, but I know now not to hose down under the hood... To take the extra time and wipe to clean.

 

Thanks Mia. Always first to lend a hand. I just ordered the blanket for $150

 

Anytime, glad I could help....

 

Does it do anything other then cover it up? Control temps?

 

I got the vented Seibon hood and the part is rusting like hell

 

Mine gets rusty every once in a while, but fortunately for me I have plenty of rust-busting experience from being a grunt in the marine corps.

I've been using a wire brush on an extension and CLP (cleaning lubricant protectant), which is actually gun oil. What I'll do is put it on the wire brush and scrub down the turibine housing with it, and then let it sit for a while to break up the rust a little. Then, I'll come back with the wire brush and more oil later and scrub more off. Then I'll get a rag and wipe off the rust and excess oil. The oil seems to burn off for the most part after a couple runs and it looks a lot better.

 

Yes it keeps the heat in the turbine housing so it helps lower temps under the hood and technically increases spool by keeping more heat where it belongs..