I myself have disintegrated 2 turbos now. The case does not fail, and it's far less dramatic than one would think. The first time it happend, I didn't even know. It just stopped running.
Don't get too proud about all the heat showing in the turbine section.
You're overheating the turbine--and there's a good chance you're going to have a failure of that part in the near future.
You need to install a pyrometer and watch to see you don't exceed
established values to protect the rotating group.
One of the interesting things about these is they'll just run good, and all of a sudden they'll disintegrate. DON'T stand in the rotating plane of the turbine!!
i couldn't find a pyrometer to measure the exhaust temp . this was the first time it did run on 8 bars butane gas ..
the sound it makes is amazing !really loud
it's made from an old mercedes benz turbo
but thanx again for the warning i'll make a thick metal plate over the turbine section to prevent things flying around in case of an failure ..... bye
note : i'm working on a really big one now
.......so wait and you'll see something .......
martijnbaarn 3 years ago
I myself have disintegrated 2 turbos now. The case does not fail, and it's far less dramatic than one would think. The first time it happend, I didn't even know. It just stopped running.
pulsejet87 3 years ago
yep....thats exactly what i would think.
the case of those things is made of a real good quality cast iron ....
so i'm gonna keep on jetting till it breaks down,disintegrates or whatever might happen ..
martijnbaarn 3 years ago
Don't get too proud about all the heat showing in the turbine section.
You're overheating the turbine--and there's a good chance you're going to have a failure of that part in the near future.
You need to install a pyrometer and watch to see you don't exceed
established values to protect the rotating group.
One of the interesting things about these is they'll just run good, and all of a sudden they'll disintegrate. DON'T stand in the rotating plane of the turbine!!
jetbillca 4 years ago
hey thanx for your reaction and advise !
i didn't realize it could disintegrate ...
i'll take care about that soon .
i couldn't find a pyrometer to measure the exhaust temp . this was the first time it did run on 8 bars butane gas ..
the sound it makes is amazing !really loud
it's made from an old mercedes benz turbo
but thanx again for the warning i'll make a thick metal plate over the turbine section to prevent things flying around in case of an failure ..... bye
martijnbaarn 4 years ago