pmercury

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Has anyone removed the turbos without removing the engine and if yes how ?

thx

ItalianJoe1

Not gonna happen.

Maybe if you drop the subframe and fight taking them out from the bottom, but honestly it's not that much more work to just remove the entire engine, and once it's out the turbos come off pretty simply.

pmercury

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wow thx

Welwynnick

Yes, I removed my turbos with the engine in place.

I dropped the front subframe (4 bolts plus a couple of little tricks). Got lots of pictures.

Why do you want to remove them?

Nick

Welwynnick

See this thread:

https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...sl-models.html

These are all the things you don't have to touch if you don't drop the engine:

• Fan
• Bulkhead
• Wiring
• Engine Cooling
• Heating
• Air con
• Oil cooling
• Charge cooling
• Transmission cooling
• Alternator cooling
• ABC
• Exhaust
• Propshaft
• Transmission
• Engine

Yes, it's more difficult removing the turbos in place, so you have to weight up the benefits.

Nick

pmercury

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thx !

I have a tiny oil leak in that area right turbo
Just in case I would find the leak coming from the turbo gaskets and not something easy

Welwynnick

Oil leaks from the turbos are rare, it's usually coolant leaks - the O-rings seals are much less robust than gaskets / flanges.

Nick

biker349

good info.
thanks

pmercury

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hope you are right !
I bought a endoscope camera

wampa007

Any followup on this? I'm resealing my turbos and was curious to look for any issue you may have run across.
Thanks,
Jorge

pmercury

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I didn't take them off, had no leaks
i'm swapping engine soon anyway