AET Blogs

Here, the seal plate has been damaged by excessive play in the journal bearings (also known as thrust bearings).

In this image, you can see a seal plate with the tell-tale signs of corrosion damage. On a new, undamaged back plate, the surface would be smooth, but here, corrosion has caused the face of the seal to become pitted, worn and roughened.

This example illustrates the damage that can be caused by inadequate or faulty air filtration. It’s a common problem and in these examples, small pieces of dust, dirt and grit have been able to enter the turbos on the air inlet side.

This is a common problem with turbos that are attached to pieces of equipment that are stored outside, like marine turbos and those attached to outdoor generators.

Here, you can see three compressor wheels with varying degrees of damage to the blades. This kind of damage is fairly common, and caused when a foreign object (like a stone or piece of metal) enters the compressor on the air inlet side.

Over the coming months, we’re writing a series of posts in which we’ll be sharing some of the knowledge and experience we’ve built up over the past 40 years. In the first of these posts, we’ve written a short FAQ that covers some of the more basic aspects of the turbocharger. This is designed as…

In our continual quest for perfection we have invested in a fantastic piece of kit; a VNT flow rig.

AET have recently been selected to supply genuine Napier Turbocharger spares.

In January this year a representative from BVQI visited us with the purpose of conducting our re-certification audit.  Read more to discover the rather pleasing outcome...

EFR supply has finally started to flow through again. AET Motorsport is the largest stockist in the UK of the Borgwarner performance turbo range, comprising of EFR and Airwerks turbos.