DougsfastZ
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For the last 6 months the car has been burning oil, only after the car would come to temperature. After a few attempts to fix it figuring it wasn't the turbo, I broke down and pulled the turbo from the car. First thing I noticed was it had about an 1/8" of play side to side, but no up and down play. As I tore it down, I first found, what I believe is a worn turbine wheel:
Then I pulled the compressor housing off and found these grooves:
With matching marks on the turbine wheel:
Flipped over the center section and found a bunch of oil, that looks to of been there for a while:
As I tore down the center section:
Not sure what this is, but it was broken:
And this was cracked:
Lastly both bearing's were moderately scored:
This is a stock turbo out of a 86k mile car. Any idea's of what would of happened? I change the oil every 1k miles or so and don't drive the car much.
Thanks,
Doug D

Then I pulled the compressor housing off and found these grooves:


With matching marks on the turbine wheel:


Flipped over the center section and found a bunch of oil, that looks to of been there for a while:


As I tore down the center section:
Not sure what this is, but it was broken:

And this was cracked:

Lastly both bearing's were moderately scored:

This is a stock turbo out of a 86k mile car. Any idea's of what would of happened? I change the oil every 1k miles or so and don't drive the car much.
Thanks,
Doug D