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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: wolf_walker on July 12, 2012, 01:16:22 pm

Title: Success rate of home installing rebuild kit on K24?
Post by: wolf_walker on July 12, 2012, 01:16:22 pm

I've got to do something with mine, it was off a running motor, years ago, but it's stuff as hell and oily all over, and probobly has 400K on it.  Thought it did work quietly.
I can get a kit and do the work, am I asking for grief?  I saw a couple really good writeups online.

Title: Re: Success rate of home installing rebuild kit on K24?
Post by: RabbitJockey on July 12, 2012, 01:44:00 pm

You can do it but for what the xs place charges it's not really worth it

Title: Re: Success rate of home installing rebuild kit on K24?
Post by: theman53 on July 12, 2012, 04:15:13 pm

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=31392.0

This guy did my T3. Haven't ran it but it is professional. Also, 225.00 for automobile turbos like ours. You cannot beat it.

Title: Re: Success rate of home installing rebuild kit on K24?
Post by: rallydiesel on July 12, 2012, 08:04:48 pm

I did my old one and it was fine. However, you obviously cannot balance it. You can just mark the wheels and line them up afterwards, but the chances of them still being in balance after 300k miles is pretty slim.