Quote: Originally Posted by BoostinByeU
Quote: Originally Posted by ojedel01
Quote: Originally Posted by red04
You were told the warranty does not tranfer from the original owner. At the rate that a turbo spins, if there was a problem with assembly it would fail as soon as you start the car up. There is a problem somewhere else or a mishap during install to make it fail. We gave you the best possible solution for your friend.
Red04 has a good point. You can't expect them to warranty it from one car to the other. I don't know of any vendor that will warranty a turbo to other than the original car. I wonder though why some of these blow up after all. Could it be they were not installed properly? There are a lot of e1's out there that don't blow up.
Don't you have to "prime" the turbo with oil before the initial startup and break it in properly before running it hard? I'm planning on buying an e1 soon as well.
Man another thread bashing the E1. I have to agree it sucks, you invest your money and time and all you have is agravation and dissapointment. The E1 is great i have been in many rides with one and must say its something else. BUT this turbo is not "bolt on" as the forward says. If you have a boost leak this will cause your E1 to blow, if install goes bad your e1 can blow, if your unluckly your e1 will blow. The e1 requires a DIRECT fit FMIC meaning you can get the big one. I had a chance to pick one up but i didnt on account i am unlucky when it comes to modding.
BTW answering your question
it does not require preoiling. Not even a break in period. There was one cause where a guy preoiled his an it still took a shit. So you never no.
No priming.....? Thats the number one problem, people get their info from other people that dont know what their talking about. Of course you should prime the turbo...why wouldnt you?
To the original poster, FM has been in the FWD Turbo Dodge business for a long time. They know what they're doing. You on the other hand, well, who are you? You either did something wrong on the install, or got a bad turbo, in which case, you should have contacted FM and they would have replaced it. Instead, you chose to (after suspecting a problem) sell it to your "buddy". Nice.
BTW, my E1 makes a conservative 321whp and hasnt given me a single problem yet.
