marshallma0504
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Hello all, so yesterday I was driving along car felt great shifted out of third and into fourth gear and the car fell flat on its face no boost whatsoever no turbo spool and it has been like that for the past day tonight however, when I was leaving work. The car barely started and a huge cloud of white smoke came out the driver side tailpipe, so I immediately knew that I had a blown turbo attached below is the picture of the turbo what I’m asking is if the other one that I linked would be a suitable replacement or if I should just suck it up and pay $800 for OEM versus an offbrand i’m not looking to gain any performance but mainly to just gain reliability back in this car as I’m already on my way to DIY the timing chains as well at 133,000 miles so cost savings is of the essence. I have checked car parts.com and see some used ones however I want to hear people’s experience on used versus knockoff versus OEM turbo replacement as I know, the turbo failure is very common on these cars, and in all input would be very much appreciated. I have yet to get codes as I have to bother my neighbor for his card reader to see if I got any under boost codes. I have had P0016 for a while now due to the timing chain issues, but timing stays within 5° of desired on his scanner. The rear turbo was replaced at 88,000 miles from the previous owner and I have the paperwork for that I’m probably gonna end up inspecting the housing on that one too, but I’m just hoping the front one is the only one that went bad as it’s much much easier to do