First of all it has been quite a while since I have been on this board. Used to be on it religously, but got a bit distracted when I bought my 911.

Anyways, I am having an acceleration issue with my '87 300TD Turbo. It is almost like the turbo isn't there. It used to have a surge of power/acceleration around 2K RPMs. Now though the RPMs go up, but no surge. I have used the search function and did get some idea on where to look. In a lot of those posts, it was mentioned to check the play/lack thereof, of the turbine itself. My car does not have smoke blowing out the back, and there are no unusaul puddles of oil under the car. I know that the typical sign of a bearing failure is oil burning (smoke). My question is, can a bearing seize up? Hence the turbo is not working.

BTW, yes I have replaced the fuel filters.

The car has 221,000 on her.

Thanks in advance for any further tips.

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