Will driving with a seized turbine cause any damage?
 

My turbine thats right behind the intake piping is seized up (see my other thread). It's SOLID. Doesnt turn or move period. But I need to drive a 12hour round trip next saturday. Will this cause any issues besides the truck smoking a ton? Will it suck more fuel (or less since it isn't boosting)? Will anythign burn up or blow up?


Thanks
Matt

I don't think driving is a good idea ... a 12 hour trip is way out of the question.

If you do drive it it will suck WAY more fuel than normal, smoke a ton, and your EGT's will be through the roof.

Dammit. Thats def. not what I wanted to hear

i wouldnt drive it any where if i didnt have to? if you have to move the turck i would unhook the the boost line coming out of the turbo, the motor is having a hard time sucking air throgh a seized turbo

Ok thanks for the advice man. I'm trying to figure out what the hell to do to fix this

think about where the egts were before the turbo went out. Now take the air out of motor. I would not even drive 5 min with a turbo that is seized. If it does start to move you might not have a engine left...either way 12 hour drive you would be out of a engine,turbo,fuel wasted also pulled over for all the smoke.....NOT GOOD:td:

When I blew my last charger I could barely make it up the hill to get to my house an 1/8th of a mile away.

pick up someones old stock charger takes 30 mins to change it , most performance shops has a pile of stock turbos , use the price quote forum here to locate one should be less than $350

Thanks for the input man good info

lol :s:

The price quote can find me used turbos?

You can use the price quote system to get sponsors attention. We don't suggest it as a habit but in this case it's somewhat of an emergency. You can also put a post in the wanted section to section to get to members.