[Vwdiesel] Grenaded turbo!!!! OH! OH!

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Well I haven't removed the intercooler but I can tell you, that  
except for the pieces of the compressor vanes, nothing in the intake  
side appears to be missing.  I think what must have happened is that  
a vane fractured and that cause the catastrophic failure.  hayden

On Apr 22, 2006, at 5:50 AM, Doyt W. Echelberger wrote:

>
>> ........................ this afternoon I pulled the turbo and the  
>> intake side
>> compressor vanes look as if something collided with them.
>
>
>
>> Several  are broken and one is sheared in half (luckily these  
>> pieces are in
>> the intercooler not in the engine).
>
>
> .......................is anything else in the intercooler, like a  
> nut or washer?
>
> Doyt
>
>

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