girl7

I'm waiting on my boost gauge, but meanwhile been checking the easy stuff. I see a good bit of oil inside the ducts. Its not dripping, but all the insides have a good coat of it. I'm low on power, not getting much boost if ANY AT ALL.

Can an FD run with blown turbos?

I'm driving around fine...just not as quick.

Tom93R1

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You can drive around just fine (very sluggish) with bad turbos, depending on what went wrong with them. My turbos went out the week after I bought my FD. When my primary went out the intake turbine rattled around and made a really loud grinding sound and after another 2 days an oil seal in the turbo went out allowing alot of oil into the intake. The big cloud of smoke was amazing! I promptly pulled over at that point and called the towing company to get my car back home.

jackc

Mine too had a oil seal go... the exhaust smoke is bad... mine was 4 - 5 blocks long... now after sitting in the garage... theres no oil on the dipstick...
Check your oil offen... No oil is bad in the engine is bad...Can anyone tell me if cast iron turbo housings be fixed? jc

ZoomZoom

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The car will run but its bad because the motor will run very rich and will cause the seals to carbon up and fail. I have a brand new set of stock twins still in the Mazda box I will sell you if you end up needing new ones for just a little more than rebuilds.