Comp Turbo has oil-less turbos now apparantly. It uses a high temp grease and some super bearings i guess to achieve it. Kinda nifty. Thoughts?

http://www.compturbo.com/spotlights/oilless_release.php

Looks pretty sweet...seems you would just have to keep up on greasing the bearings. I wonder what the interval is. (Mileage between greasing)

I want to see proof/testing... Sounds good on paper/online but almost to good to be true. I can see it working, but for how long? Why comp? Just seems like a bigger "name" would have came out with something like this first... idk. Then again Comp just may be on top of leading edge tech? lol

sounds good on paper/www...but almost to good to be true.

If it does work out, this will give alot more ppl chances to go turbo ..cheaper

I think I have around 150 in coolant and oil lines for the turbo alone.

Sounds like it could work, but I highly doubt for a competitive application. When you're railin' on a turbo, pushing 25psi, just ripping on the car, that is a TON of heat. There's no way that a closed system can cool that quickly. They would probably have you run water lines, but it wouldn't be as effective as oil *and* water. And let's say you did beat on the turbo a lot, you'd probably have to change the grease several times a year.

Because Comp Turbos is on the cutting edge and not scaired to think outside the box and why I feel the best Turbo Co. on the market

Dry turbos isnt new , actually very old , Comp has taken the idea 2 steps further and cured a lot of the issues and it seems to be working

More to come ?

Tom

interesting

dude thats sweet. i would be willing to try it out.

It really doesn't shed metal, so if the "grease" can handle the heat it could survive.

As Tom said, this has been done, but it will be cool to see how well this holds up...If the "lube" is good enough I don't see why not...Hmmm, a LOT of heat there....

WE WANT ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE.

lol sounds like a cool concept, no more burning oil out of the seals, tapping oil pan for lines. they probably do want a ton of money for one tho

matt

It really doesn't shed metal, so if the "grease" can handle the heat it could survive.

As Tom said, this has been done, but it will be cool to see how well this holds up...If the "lube" is good enough I don't see why not...Hmmm, a LOT of heat there....

Yes there is a LOT of heat there , the turbos for the Focus will be Ball Bearing , no oil and about 1395.00 so not bad for the latest and greatest turbo on the market

The oil to a turbo does 2 things it lubes and takes away heat from the turbo , with no oil now to do this you have to use water so these are wet turbos

Tom

So thats the catch. Make it oil-less but it HAS to have water. lol always a catch.

Not realy a "catch" the oilless turbo doesnt need a drain line , oil pan drilled and welded , fittings , locate a psi source for oil feed line , oil feed line and fittings

Its faster spooling then any STD bearing turbo , its BB

Yes you have to hook water lines , make cut hoses , get fittings

Seems like a great trade off to me

I think these are the perfect answer for low hanging turbos , hard to place turbos

Tom

Ill stick with my oil and my garrett

As guys like you should

Tom

I think its an interesting idea. To me I would want to place the turbo in an easily accessible spot b/c of the maintenance.

looks neat. i'll wait for updates.

The oil to a turbo does 2 things it lubes and takes away heat from the turbo , with no oil now to do this you have to use water so these are wet turbos

Tom


so your saying you'll get a wet blow job for your car?

hmm, I don't really see the point of sacrificing the water/oil cooling just so the turbo is easy to install...the kit I got came with 2 T-fittings to tap into the water lines, and 2 oil lines to connect to the oil drain plug and oil filter sandwich plate. It took 15 min to get the lines on, I just can't really see giving that up so that it only takes 3 min to bolt on the turbo? Honestly, everything was pretty easy, and I didn't have to tap the oil pan or anything.

I dunno, after all the oil problems I had with my turbo setup, this definitely appeals to me.

Pretty sweet idea. Can't wait to see some testing and real world results. I doubt if I will ever be able to afford it!

I dunno, after all the oil problems I had with my turbo setup, this definitely appeals to me.

Manufacture error lol

so your saying you'll get a wet blow job for your car?

yes. lmfao[grinking]

Manufacture error lol

Yeah, he had probs with a Comp, right?

Yeah sent it back and had a hole in seal, they fixed it under warranty. Still leaks in the housings and in the piping but it doesnt smoke at all. Just pisses me off still.

Yeah, he had probs with a Comp, right?

Yeah sent it back and had a hole in seal, they fixed it under warranty. Still leaks in the housings and in the piping but it doesnt smoke at all. Just pisses me off still.

Would piss me off too, next time pick a reputable company [paranoid][cheers]

Comp is a reputable Company , dont balme you issues on Comp as I have proven to you before your issues were not Comp related

Wagamos if your having issues please contact me and I will help get this fixed

Tom

Has anyone had a comp turbo that they didn't have to have rebuilt? It just seems like everyone is having to send theirs in to be rebuilt much more often then I would expect.

I have sold or used over 100 of comps turbos and only had seal issues with 9, 1 of those was because of 3/8 oil return line , 4 were because of no oil restrictor installed , 1 was hole in pan was about 1/4 inch

Most all the comp oil seal issues were from improper oil feed or drain

Tom

I wasn't awar I had to have a restrictor...and if i remember correctly at the time you didn't either Tom. It was my fault but it was due to the lack of information.


I'm not using the turbo currently so I don't know how it will hold up but I'll know in the spring time. There are people on here who use comp and havn't had any prorblems out of them...I hope I have the same luck because I don't really want to dish out more money for a different turbo/down pipe setup.

Ive had 5/8 return on mine since the rebuild(turbo). And Ive driven a year on it so im out of warranty. I was sick of dealing with the issue and since I didnt smoke i just drove it. I cant afford to have it down to have them do more work to it. Thats my only issue with the turbo. It spools great and makes good power for my goals. Just the oil issue really is frustrating.

Horse, we arent supposed to have to. When I contacted justin he said we didnt but it wouldnt hurt. Thats when I put mine on.

Wagamos , Let me know when your ready and I will do my best to still get it repaired for free

Yes there was a time that Comp felt restrictors were needed and they then started adding them and a lot of the issues went away

Tom

Will do tom. Thanks.

Back to topic: IF I were to see good reviews on something like this from comp... It would be something I'd look into/consider. I don't think my power goals (which aren't high) would create enough heat to be worried.