are my turbos dying?
03-11-2003, 12:43 PM
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are my turbos dying?
drove out today...turbos sound like they always do when car is cold...i get that whoooosh sound...but today, it seems louder and higher pitched.
now, i also remember reading that basically "if you blow a turbo, you'll know"...so i'm guessing actually blowing one results in smoke, LOUD noise, etc.
so...does my noise mean anything, or is it just the warm-day-windows-down bug?
now, i also remember reading that basically "if you blow a turbo, you'll know"...so i'm guessing actually blowing one results in smoke, LOUD noise, etc.
so...does my noise mean anything, or is it just the warm-day-windows-down bug?
03-11-2003, 12:55 PM
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actually - a good way to see if your turbos are on their way
is to pull an IC line and check for oil. _some_ is normal (not good, but normal), but the more you have in there, the worse off the seals are...
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03-11-2003, 01:09 PM
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That is kind of hard to quantify since it could've been a long time
since you've cleaned the intake pipes, or if you're chipped, you get much more blowby. The best way to check is get it up on a lift and put a long metal screwdriver on the turbine housing and listen for a grinding/scraping noise, similar to how a bearing going bad would sound.