Just checked it and found the following:
6mm of play on the shaft.
Compressor wheel has chunks missing out of it.
Smoking, but not a huge amount yet.
Alot of oil coming out of bottom IC pipe, aswell as oil, and swaf in the filter to turbo pipe.
Boost seemed to have returned for now infact it seems to have alot at the minute. However i'm fully aware that it will only get worse until it finaly gives up.
@thebiglad, all pipes seem to be in good condition, however i am thinking of upgrading to slicone hoses.
@sean, cheers for the link matey, Thinking thou the cost for a rebuild is gonna out weigh the cost of buying a second hand one. The compressor wheel fins are bent out of shape, plus i'm willing to bet that the turbine wheel is gonna be dinked also.
@v8jay, i would say that the bearing were the main cause of failure.
Ok so should it give up whilst driving, apart from alot of smoke, what else am i looking up. Are turbine wheel fragment liking to make into the intake manifold.
cheers alex
