The turbo is definitely dead. When I took it off last night I found that the exhaust side turbine was just floating around inside of the housing. The turbine is destroyed, it appears that it fell off of the shaft. From what I can see with the housings still on, the whole shaft is still there.

I've been talking to a sales rep at Pure Turbos and he said that I'll need a new cartridge most likely, since when a turbine comes off of the shaft it severely unbalances the turbo and begins to oval all of the internals. He's trying to track down a new cartridge for me and I hope to hear back from him tomorrow.

I'll also check out ************ and see what he has.

Has anyone else ever had to rebuild or replace one of these turbochargers before?

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1998 E320 Wagon

1992 300D 2.5 TURBO

1991 560SEL M119.960

1986 300SDL TURBO

1992 500SL Parts Car

1991 420SEL Parts Car