Drove it down the road for about a mile and smoke is coming out of exaust and greatly deminished power. It has a stock rebuilt Garrett turbo. Is there any way to check and see if it is really the Turbo gone bad?
Take the inlet pipe off the turbo, reach in to where the compressor wheel is, grab the center of the wheel and try to move it up and down, side to side. If you can move it very much, that's a problem.
Also, pull the inlet pipe going to the throttle body off and see if your throttlebody is covered in oil. It could be that the seal has gone bad in the turbo which is allowing oil to pass through to the compressor wheel.
That's a start...
I pull both pipes loose, The inlet pipe where the fins are located, seems to not have much movement in it. The throttle body on the other pipe is black inside of the pipe and the throttle body itself. Wipe it and it comes off on your finger like black grease. Could this be a seal bad in the turbo? If it is can the seal be replaced without getting a new turbo. Thanks
Yep. Seal is bad. That's why its smoking so bad.
Where can I send it to? Or should I get another turbo. Maybe the next step up from the stock Garrett?
Would have getting a vacuum line backwards at the EGR selinoid have caused this?
I would call Precision Turbo on Monday. Ask them how much to fix it. If it were me, I would step up to a TA49. Its a bit bigger.
Post some pics of the car. Any other mods to the car or is it basically stock?
You should clean your intercooler while you are at it.