I got a phone call this evening from a fellow 80series (97vx) owner somewhat distressed that his turbo had blown. Apparently he was driving along when the engine began revving out so he tried turning off the ignition but then had to stall it to stop. Worried that the traffic behind where going to pile into the back he looked in the rearview mirror only to see that the smoke cloud was so dense that the traffic had actually stopped becuase of zero visibility the mortification unfortunatley didn't stop there as he had to be towed home by a renualt van
The truck only has about 150k and he keeps it in pretty well serviced. This sounded surprising so I got him to get his mechanic to strip it out and inspect the fan. Reports came back that the turbo was actually fine but there was a lot of oil in the intake side of the inlet manifold.
I haven't spoken to the mechanic himself yet but he was having trouble understanding how the oil was in the manifold but didn't appear to have come from the turbo unit.
My first thought were perhaps something to do with the egr valve. I don't know if he is referring to the crossover pipe from the turbo or the actual intake manifold.
other than a damaged turbo seal is there anywhere else for the oil to enter the system or any other ideas....
The truck only has about 150k and he keeps it in pretty well serviced. This sounded surprising so I got him to get his mechanic to strip it out and inspect the fan. Reports came back that the turbo was actually fine but there was a lot of oil in the intake side of the inlet manifold.
I haven't spoken to the mechanic himself yet but he was having trouble understanding how the oil was in the manifold but didn't appear to have come from the turbo unit.
My first thought were perhaps something to do with the egr valve. I don't know if he is referring to the crossover pipe from the turbo or the actual intake manifold.
other than a damaged turbo seal is there anywhere else for the oil to enter the system or any other ideas....