[s-cars] Did I Damage My Turbo????

[Fifield, Douglas]

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Minea,

I was running MTM 1+.  The first time this happened, I was 70 miles (112 km)
from home and had to limp home with the hose only partially off.  I can hear
the turbo spool up, but I don't know if I would call it a whine or a
whistle.

If I did do some damage, what is the recommended course of action?  Wait
until it gets noisier, or look for a rebuild kit now?

TIA,

Douglas

-----Original Message-----
From: Mihnea Cotet [mailto:mik at info.fundp.ac.be]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:17 AM
To: Fifield, Douglas; 's-car-list at audifans.com'
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Did I Damage My Turbo????


Douglas, if you can't hear any whining yet, I am sure you didn't damage
anything. What damages the most a turbo is to run it at high boost levels
(a la MTM 1+ for instance) with a boost leak, because the turbo will be
overspinning in order to give the boost the ECU wants to see. Otherwise you
should be fine!

HTH,

Mihnea

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