how do you know if your turbo is dead ?

[bangahh]

I wish i didnt get up at all today. :-(

I drove to macca's and on the way back gave it a wee bit too much throtle.

I have that 4k rpm boost cutting thing. it surge forward once not sure it was a spike... and then just doesnt want to go anymore.

It now revs at just above 0rpm and doesnt quite stall. you cant rev past 3k rpm.

blows a lot of black smoke out the back, change spark plugs which were also black.

could it be the turbo ie like when its dead ?

thanks............ going back to bed now

[Lukas]

:microwave

[Andy W]

or poss an intercooler hose split or come off

[FATGTS-R]

I had the exact same symptoms and the cause was a leak in my inlet manifold gasket so as above said I would be checking for an intercooler hose which has come off or any other inlet leak.

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

it sounds like your turbo is blown - black smoke is a sign of this

what happened to me, is that you'd drive the car for a bit, and when you come to a stop, heaps of black smoke will come out the back (like engulfing the car - looks quite funny at a set of lights). It would still boost a bit but i never tried going over 3000rpm.

(this was in a 180sx)

what sort of car is it?

[Col-GTSX]

Well a great sign of blown turbos is fins in the cat.... LOL

If theres heaps of smoke then probablly....

Leak in piping will cause everything you mentioned, but heaps of smoke can only be 2 things... 1. Blow by (new motor or rebuild) do a comp test... or 2. Turbine is loose and oil is rushing past and burning through general running which will cause bad idle and your intercooler will be filling with oil....

2 things to do.... pull the pipe off the turbo outlet and see if there is heaps of oil in the pipe. If this is the casue then new turbo time... If not then do a comp test and this will indicate blow by.

Hope its the turbo man cause its easy to replace... Motor rebuilds are not easy or cheap....

[Husky33]

bet ya it's the intercooler pipes....that's exactly what happened to me. And it'll run super fckn rich aswell..... just check all the cooler pipes