red hot turbo.

KTM530

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Jan 24, 2011
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after installing much needed turbo insulation, my turbo is faintly glowing red hot. My AFRs are normal and it seems to run great. I was cruising at 70mph for about 20min on the way to a friends place and popped the hood after arrival, and in the dark of the night i can see faint red on the exhaust side of the turbo in a spot i did not cover. Is this normal? turbo is a Turbonetics 60-1, t-3. oil cooled only.
 

KTM530

Supramania Contributor
Jan 24, 2011
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santa rosa
thanks for the fast reply! no cat right now. is there anything i can check or do to prevent this?
 

Poodles

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Jul 22, 2006
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If it's oil cooled only, use a turbo timer.

Could also be the tune, but I assume you would have noticed it running lean on your wideband.