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Remanufactured turbo vs new — which should you buy?

A properly remanufactured turbo gets a new cartridge or new bearings, seals and wheels, is balanced and tested, and costs well under a new unit; new is the better buy when the reman is not made for your engine or the old turbo was damaged by an engine failure that is not fixed. Diesel Fuel Injection Service in Scappoose, Oregon stocks Grizzly, Garrett and Holset reman and new turbos with verified fitment and ships nationwide. (503) 235-1947.

What our reman turbos include

  • New or re-machined center cartridge, balanced on a VSR machine
  • New seals, bearings, thrust components and, where needed, compressor wheel
  • Actuator or VGT mechanism tested and set to spec
  • Core charge refunded on return of a rebuildable core

When to buy new

  • The engine ate the old turbo (metal in the oil, failed bearings) — fix the engine first, then decide
  • No reman exists for a late-model VGT unit
  • A warranty job that specifies new

Questions

Oil starvation, oil contamination, foreign objects through the compressor, or exhaust temperature from a fueling problem; we look at the old unit before you fit the new one.

Yes when the cause of the last failure is fixed; our reman units carry a warranty and verified fitment to your part number.

Yes — give us the OE number on the tag and we match it.

Nationwide from Scappoose, Oregon; local pickup Mon–Fri 6:30–4:30.