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Old 05-02-2011, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by pmally View Post
I should add that the turbo is already out of the car the shaft was broken so it didn't spin just the exhaust spun and made a horrible noise. basically the car stopped running on the freeway and we had to pull over and push it to the gas station. so it was on the road for only like a mile and a half it just lost power and then stalled
I'm confused - are you saying you were running the car with a broken turbo shaft - or the shaft broke when you ran out of oil?

Regardless of my confusion - do you by any chance have oil dripping out of the exhaust / into the exhaust ('cos that might have been where it has gone)
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