Dangers of turbos that burn a little oil
03-25-04, 11:18 PM
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Dangers of turbos that burn a little oil
What is the danger of this? My turbos have a little shaft play and push a little oil on startup. They don't smoke while driving and there is a little oil in the intake track. What are the dangers of running these till they die? They still boost perfect.
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03-25-04, 11:24 PM
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this is typicaland the second post like it in a row (expect some flames(forum wise)) don't worry bout the start up smoke it is typical, and read up on some of the archives, they are full of invaluable info.
03-25-04, 11:38 PM
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Check your compressor stage. I've seen instances where PCV pullover was so bad the compressor housing got completely covered in sludge. Surely a degradation of performance. If you've got sludge build-up the easiest way to get rid of it is to throw some oil onto the sludge and let it set for a couple of minutes.. then grab a rag and wipe it down, should come off real easy. Continued running like this will eventually lead to efficiency degradation and sludging.
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