Son OF a yaknow

so the things you always wanna hear when ur gettin on it and kathunk no more boost, and white smoke and that oh so pleasent rattle from the turbo. so what now??? there was a lil bit of fresh oil aroung head,the motor ran as usual just without boost and white smoke out the tailpipe, it wasnt idling weird or anything, checked the oil wasnt below the low mark but just above it, just had it changed bout 2000 miles ago, so as you all can imagine im pissed

im not a turbo wise guy... but sounds like its toast...

white smoke means coolant...

oh... yeah... that also!!!!!!! lol.. sorry im doing homework as well u.u

ya sounds like your turbo is gone. i could be wrong it was still driving after the kathunk? maybe you blew a stock charge pipe off perhaps. where are the dsm masters? they will post up soon and should have a better idea

you proabably just blew off an intercooler pipe of something. You most likely have a massive boost leak which is causing you to run very rich (white smoke). Check all the intercooler piping around the turbo and down at the bottom for any cut in them or the clamps loose

i've never run that rich so i didn't know, thanks TE, i learn something everyday

i gave a little bit of look around the intercoller but it was gettin kinda dark, but that wouldnt explain the turbo ratteling would it? that and i dont think it really smelled like unburnt gas

do you have shaftplay in your turbo?

dont know i havent even looked at it since it happened i just know how the cars acting i had to leave it at a friends cause i didnt wanna run another 15 miles on it to get home

oh i didnt know you could hear rattling in the turbo. In that case thats totally different. You need to remove the intake pipe and check out that shaft and see what kinda shape its in. Ive seen cases where the entire wheel had fallen off.

so lets say the turbos done, what would be a good kit to go with, should i replace it with a stock one, or get like a 20g kit, i was planning on getting a bigger bolt on kit like a 20 g and just upgrade the fuel pump, but that was all in development and might have to happen a little bit sooner than expected. so thought to ponder, good bang for the buck kits, cant really afford a full blown hks or greddy kit lol

of course a very popular upgrade is the evo3 16g but im pretty sure the 20g has a bolt on kit. personally i love my big 16g which is really close to the evo 3 16g. on vfaq.com there are a list of the turbos for the dsm and how muc air they flow and just good things to look at b4 getting one. but it depends on your power goals in the end

i think the 16g is better suited to people first looking for an upgrade

good info, im lookin 300-350 final range i want to keep a daily driver, a 16g would prolly run cheeper too

yea definetly, and also youll have alot less lag from the 16g

so bang for the buck 16g over 20g, so whats the difference between the big 16g and ths standard one, just ported?