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How quick will turbo die without oil pressure?
Posted by davidm [Email] (more from davidm) on Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:27:37
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So, long story short - last fall the oil light came on. The car ran for about 10 to 15 seconds with no pressure. The engine was newly rebuilt. The oil pressure problem was solved, but I've since had a problem with a fairly large amount of white/grey smoke coming out of the tailpipe when coming to a set of traffic lights at idle. After idling for a minute, the smoke seems to go away until the engine is reved up again.
I've pulled the spark plugs and they are perfectly clean. The smoke doesn't seem to smell like coolant. What are the chances that I cooked the turbo bearing and the oil is getting into the exhaust and smoking inside the exhaust system?
I'll bite the bullet and get a new turbo if I have to, but it would be a shame to put a new one on just to have the problem remain.
The turbo is a garret water/oil cooled unit.
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