I recently determined, due to help from this forum, that the turbo on my 124 no longer functions. I don't know why I just know it doesn't work anymore About the same time I started having turbo problems the car began to consume much more oil than it had been. From 1qt per 2500mi. to 1qt. per 500mi The car does smoke more but other than startup it is primarily black smoke. At startup I get some white/blue for about 10-15 seconds. Could a turbo seal or oil line be broken and causing this sudden increase in consumption?

Fuel consumption has also dropped from 29+ to 25. I attribute this to driving a turbo car with a bad turbo. I'm sure it can't run its best pushing exhaust through a bad turbo.

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Muleears
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