I have spoke to a few people about turbos screwing up and taking the engine with it. My car is remapped and I'm interested to see how many have actually had turbo problems.
Only 2 things go wrong with turbo's, failed bearings or failed shaft/turbines. They are not mutually exclusive, what normally happens is the bearings go the shaft seizes and then the shaft snaps.
when your turbo is going, it will blow a lot of blue smoke out, that blue smoke is oil, so if your turbo goes, you will know about it.
picture the scene.. in my old ko3s Ibiza
driving up motorway, starting to hear a whirring noise, look in my rear view mirror, i had created a smoke screen James Bond would be proud off, so dipped clutch, rolled off onto hard shoulder, got car onto trailer and ko3 turbo refitted no damage to engine, a little oil used, maybe 1/2 litre needed added to topup to max level.
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