Oil consumption, MC2

[Huw Powell]

> > That sounds like a clogged cat to me, to shoot from the hip.  A clogged
> > cat makes it hard to get to high rpms.  You've got exhaust back
> > pressure, hence the "boost", but no flow, hence the lack of
> > acceleration.
>
> Ah, but with exhaust restriction comes reduced boost as well, because
> the turbo needs high flow, and low backpressure from the rest of the
> exhaust to work.

that's why I put "boost" in quotes... it's not really boost if this is
the problem, it's just exhaust pressure building up - don't know if you
can get 1.5 of that, of course.

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Huw Powell

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