Thread: TURBO FAILURE!
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Old 14 Sep 2003, 03:29 pm
Cal Cruzer Cal Cruzer is offline
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Were you running synth oil? The syptoms sound like what happened on my first turbo car before I learned about synth. When I change to synth I was able to run my turbos for 120K-200K miles with no turbo problems. It was the bearings that got chewed up from the coking of the dino oil.
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