is it safe?

[sethyboy2003]

ok so im pretty sure my turbo seal is to blame for my smoke see other thread but is it safe to keep driving it? and how long do i have before i blow all my oil out the turbo?

soon very soon like next week ill be putting on 400+ miles a week (most highway) but still i don't need to lose all my oil one of these days on my way to my new job...

[shelbyglhs222]

Who rebuilt your turbo or was it new?

[sethyboy2003]

please... this has nothing to do with my questions now does it...

I will be contacting who rebuilt the turbo though tomorrow, does it really matter who rebuilt it? NO im talking about my current situation and whats wrong now, not about some vendeta that you have with a vendor...

[shelbyglhs222]

I was just curious.....don't have to get your panties in a bunch now do ya?

[sethyboy2003]

don't worry my butt floss wasn't getting all twisted about... lol jk

just trying to point out it doesn't really matter who made/rebuilt this turbo, its whats wrong now and is it safe to continue to drive?

[shelbyglhs222]

Well its safe as long as you monitor your oil level...I know when TU blew 3 of my turbos i drove them each for 600 more miles after they blew and my motor was fine...I even hammered on it while they were blown.

My bro just picked up a '88 T2 Daytona with bad turbo.

Don't know how long it was driven, but we found about 3 quarts of oil in the intercooler and misc. small turbo parts in there too.

Apparently, the turbo was shot to the point where the shaft play allowed contact with the compressor housing and thing just blew apart from there.

Had it not been for the oil, I bet those pieces of metal would have went past the throttle body and wreaked havoc on the bottom end.