Pulled off the 2.8 turbo: Stuffed or what?

[P4trol]

Pulled the turbo off the 2.8 Symptoms included a grinding noise instead of boost, up to -5psi boost on the guage, oil gathering at an alarming rate in the intercooler, oil weeping on the first join of the exhaust post turbo. The shaft has over 2mm wiggle back and forwards.

In the pics: Two shots from the front of the turbo. To me the blades look like they have contacted the wall. I don't know what a good one looks like.
One shot of the back, I can see a corner out of one of the blades.
A pic of the intake runners... EGR block doing it's job.
A shot of the dump pipe post turbo. Too much oil. Ignore the bit of coolant in there.

So I'm pretty sure I know the answer - its stuffed. All I'm after is a replacement for something that didn't do a bad job in the first place.

I can see a few options:

rebuild (probably not myself)
exchange (if this one hasn't disgraced itself inside)
buy new.

I'm not too keen for a rebuild. Am I right in thinking a new unit will be balanced and just needs to be bolted in?


Just counting my lucky stars it held out for the cape trip in June.

[K1W1]

Its definitely been hitting something on the compressor side.

Is the 2mm Play at one end or when you are holding both ends of the shaft? A turbo can have a lot of shaft wobble when only tested at one end and still be ok.

[cos]

For a 2.8 is a waaay to much . The IC is only reason to not feed engine with engine oil an suprarev himself till a conectin rod break and engine rech his very final end .

[Dales300exc]

Its cactus. Any end float is no good. Looks to have damaged blades and be dropped a lot on one side as opposed to being central.

[P4trol]

Either end will move about the same in isolation. The fresh air end was easier to measure.

I haven't tried to move both the same direction towards the side.

[nissannewby]

She is fingered mate. Looks like the bearing has failed.

[P4trol]

Does anyone have any recommended sellers/suppliers/rebuilders for a turbo. At the moment only Denco is on the list to call.

[nissannewby]

Mtq. Gcg turbos. Ebay.