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Old 01-03-2007, 01:38 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by d.delano View Post
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.
I've heard stories to the same effect, but, unless the engine gets a steady and huge supply of oil (much more than one quart every 50 miles), I don't see a runaway situation happening.

I'm sure it's occurred in the past, but, it's certainly spoken about far more than any experiences are posted.

In my case, it was white smoke........and lots of it.
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