Turbo wear - is this usable

[bales]

I have just got my new engine back today and was having a look at the compressor side of the turbo and found that the blades were all rough and serrated. Is this a big problem as in will the turbo need reconditioning, I know that the turbo will still work fine but does this lose you a fair amount of efficiency and will it not produce the same boost?

Looks like it has been run without a filter for a while and ingested a nice diet of grit for a while, or is this normal turbo wear? I have never had a turbo car before so I don't really know whether this is bad or not. I have some pictures I took as you can see below.




By the way the engine is an xu10cjte 2.0 turbo that is from a xantia that is going in my 205gti.

Cheers

Alex

[thong]

dont use it,need's recon,period.

[boosted ls1]

Agreed, you'd be courting disaster!

Boosted.

[agent006]

Given the damage that a failed turbo can do to the rest of the engine, i'd not risk it.

[GavinPearson]

It's cream crackered.