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Old 06-11-2002, 07:55 AM
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Default Dead turbo or any other possibility???

Last night my car suddenly lost all of its power, there were no sounds or anything just a major loss of power throughout the entire rpm range. When I parked the car in the garage a small amount of oil came out of the exhaust tip. I bet its a turbo, could it be anything else??? Thanks.
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Are you sure it's oil? You would have seen white smoke pouring out of your exhaust if you have blown a turbo.

No possible way that a "small amout of oil" would have made it past the Catalytic without burning.
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I do have no cats...?
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So you have DPs and a test pipe then?
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Default Nope.

A custom exhaust that has straight pipe to the stock DPs.
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Default Your stock DPs still have the precats then

the oil should be caught in there and still burn. Are you sure it's oil?
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Default Just went for a drive...

And was burning oil bad, tons of smoke...
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bye bye turbos...... time to call your dealer!
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are you experiencing any noise from your turbos at all? The impellers may not be blown, but your seals may be gone. Best to have it checked out. Sorry bout that man.
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Yeah no noise, thanks for your help.


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