Marky
Member
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2018
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 32
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- 56
- Location
- Chicago
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Civic Si
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- 1
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- #1
I purchased 27Won's W1 Turbo and PRL FP/DP and inter cooler a few months back and had time this weekend to conquer the installation. I'm new to turbo's and tunes in general but am a pretty handy weekend warrior on car repairs. I wanted to praise 27Won on their detailed step by step well written instructions with color pictures that were a huge help during the process. I took my time following every step and torquing all the fasteners to spec. After I was done, I started the car and let it run and filled up the coolant reservoir to make for the half gallon or so that I lost in the process. I then went out for a test drive and smelled oil and smoke and made my way back home to an oil leak under the car. I can honestly say my heart sank a bit when I started the car and saw oil dripping out thinking the worst and that I'd have to remove everything and start all over again. I checked the oil dipstick and it didn't even register that I had lost any which was good, was still between the markers on the orange portion of the dipstick It was Sunday evening here in Chicago and I figured I'dc all 27Won to leave a msg on how best to approach this come the following day. To my surprise Vincent picked up the phone (totally didn't expect that as it was a weekend) and guided me to the correct repair. He saved me from removing the entire turbo assembly and saved me a ton of time. I ended up having an oil leak from reusing an oil drain line gasket off the stock turbo. So I took a trip to Honda and picked up part# 15544-59B-003 for $4. To get to it I had remove the heatshield and downpipe and reinstall a new oil gasket between the oil drain line and bottom of the turbo. I loaded the KTuner 27Won 93 octane non-race tune (for now). I just got back from my followup test drive a day later and no more leaks and the car pulls hard! I can't say enough great things about Vincent and his support for his products! THANKS AGAIN VINCENT YOU TOTALLY SAVED THE DAY! Next stop will be Derek Robinson's shop in the near future! (After my CTR clutch retrofit from Eman comes in!)
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