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Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby ned » Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:16 am

What would be the best grease/lubricant to put on the moving parts of the turbo actuator, mine is sticking a wee bit I think, the van was down on power (well sort of) so last night I manually pushed the actuator rod in and out a few times, it's was a bit stiff at first and now moves freely, the result being my power is now restored :P so I'm just wondering if I grease it up it should stop it sticking in the future, my only concern is that the turbo gets bloody hot so I don't want to bake any grease on and cause future issues.

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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby Altransit » Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:42 am

In my experience, grease is useless on an external part that moves frequently, unless it's confined to always be in contact with that moving part, such as in a sealed bearing housing.
It simply gets pushed away from the rod or whatever it's supposed to lubricate, and stays away from the moving part until re-applied.

A spray lube, or a light oil, applied frequently, is the best you can do IMO :)
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby ned » Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:48 am

Now that's a good point Mr Al sir, might just put some 3 in 1 or chain oil on it, bloody vans eh.
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby Jim Archer » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:40 am

Mine turned out to be the stator/vane ring sticking at the far ends of travel. A squirt of oven cleaner and a good scrape out of the housing seems to have sorted it.

There is now a pronounced dump valve style 'whoosh' in 1st and 2nd just as it really starts pulling up on the boost - guessing that being a 140 it is torque limited in the bottom 2 gears as in 3rd it really hauls on some 8)

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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby bambi mk 1 » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:27 pm

You would be inclined to think Ned that the actuator pin would be worn out and not seized with all the limp mode sessions :mrgreen:
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby ned » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:45 pm

bambi mk 1 wrote:You would be inclined to think Ned that the actuator pin would be worn out and not seized with all the limp mode sessions :mrgreen:


:lol: :lol: injector pins/needle more like, bloody chocolate injectors :lol:
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby ned » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:48 pm

Jim Archer wrote:Mine turned out to be the stator/vane ring sticking at the far ends of travel. A squirt of oven cleaner and a good scrape out of the housing seems to have sorted it.

There is now a pronounced dump valve style 'whoosh' in 1st and 2nd just as it really starts pulling up on the boost - guessing that being a 140 it is torque limited in the bottom 2 gears as in 3rd it really hauls on some 8)

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It was the lack of the dump valve sound that made me check the actuator, might have to have a good look at the turbo, vanes and actuator this weekend, I do miss the "kick up the arse" power before as Bambi said limp mode :lol:
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby SeanLan » Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:17 am

Was there anything suspicious about the turbo, Ned? Did you pinpoint where the problem is?
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Re: Best grease/lubricant for the actuator

Postby ned » Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:24 pm

Not really looked yet, I just put some 3in1 on the moving parts of the actuator as it felt a bit stiff, something isn't right though as I only see 20psi of boost (on the gauge) bit down from the 25 - 28 psi I was seeing :? Think the spinning clutch doesn't help :lol: :lol: need to get that changed soon :(
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