.... my turbos are done. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I'm looking into some RS6's, but I will be out of the country for 6 months so I have plenty of time to save money and think about what i want. What do you guys think I should do?

 

Also how bad is it for you to drive your car with a blown turbo. I ask this because when it blew I had to limp it back home about 15 miles.

 

def not the best idea to drive with a blown turbo. were u on the highway and fillig it up with white smoke the whole way? haha .. sorry that happened to me. I towed it. once at the next exit.
it can screw up the engine.
if you go rs6 you will need to build the engine most likely. if you want it more for a DD, then go with k04's

congrats for the stage 3 move! haha

 

I drove 100 miles with a blown turbo andnooil pressurein my A4. I replaced it with a k03, fixed it all, andit's never worked better.

 

how the heck did you manege that????

Josh

 

Not really sure. I've got pictures of it at the bottom of this page
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2994628

Iwas driving home from school and it was the middle of the night, and no tow trucks were around in the middle of GA. I got a low oil pressure reading about 130 miles away and decided to keep going and hope it lasted. About half and hour later the engine made the most god aweful grinding noise. Again, I said f-it and just kept going. Took it apart and found the nut that was supposed to be at the end of a bold on the blade had come off INTO the blade. Luckily it got stuck and just killed the blade. The cars weren't made to run w/o a turbo, it really sucked.

 

That has got to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard!!!! You my friend got VERY lucky!!!

josh

 

Is the smoke supposed to be really white like a cloud? Because mine was grayish and it also pretty much stopped by the time I got home.

 

k16/k04's!!!! these are the ultimate replacement turbos!

 

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