I must have been thinking of something else then. Something about the engine using its own oil as fuel sucking it thru whatever doo dad and the revs go unregulated and then the whole thing blows up. But the turbo might suck oil at an increasing rate of not fixed, correct? I think I remember reading a post about turbo oil consumption before. This post said something about a lot of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust.

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