smoke possibilities?

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Sounds like your turbo is shot. What are you runing for an OPR? Why do you not know what your oil psi's are like?

Stock oil pressure gauge. I'm still waiting to hear back from turbonetics about this issue. I would find it highly unlikely that the turbo was killed within 1500 miles... but the possibility is there. I notice a few mm of shaft play orthogonal to the axis of rotation, but that's it (well.. besides the small amount of oil).

To top this off, wouldn't a dead turbo emit smoke at start up when the pressure reaches the same as when it emits ~30PSI. I think it has something to do with the turbo, but I don't think the turbo is DOA... could be wrong though.