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Small 16g installed, boost control settings? Read plz!

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Verticaljump1

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May 8, 2004
cheyenne, Wyoming
My stock boost is 8psi, and my 2nd stage boost level is 11psi. It turns out after I parked in the driveway I found out my oil feed line popped off somehow! Oil is all over the place on my engine. I put two quarts in it (all I had), and drove it about 10 blocks and parked it. While I was driving it the turbo wasn't kicking in, is that because the car has too low of oil? and also the car was smoking like no other, Idk if it was coming from the engine or from the exhaust but it looked like the exhaust. I knew it would smoke cuz of the oil that spilled on the engine but why would smoke be coming out? Can I put oil in and drive the car, should the turbo work then, please help me out. I know 11lbs. of boost wasn't too much cuz I have 560cc injectors and 3" gm maf blow thru set up, dials adjusted and everything. If their is oil on the intake side of the turbo will that mess anything up, do I need to take the turbo off and clean it, is the turbo ruined? Thanks for any help you guys provide, if you want to email me with advice feel free, [email protected] and title your email "Help with DSM" Thanks again guys, long live the dsm LOL
 
Top off the oil and drive and see. if the turbo waswithout oil and was boosting it may be shot. Can't uurt to try. If no boost drive it home under boost rpm's and park and remove the tuyrbo ilet and see if the wheels spin and check for shaft play. In fact do this before you take a test drive and if the turbo is bad do not drive it. mark
 
Starvation of oil from a turbo is the fastest way to kill it, get yourself a new turbo. How does an oil feed line simply come off? Anyways your lucky you didn't kill your motor also.
 
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