Turbo death that is, and it looks like it's struck again. There's good news and bad of course. Good news is that the turbo still makes boost, so it's not beyond saving. The bad news though is that the bearings will definitely need replaced but hopefully not the shaft itself. Time will tell. As for now the car's sitting at work without any lungs in it, but I'll be swapping in an old junk blown 16g to get it back to the garage and do a further tear down.

   Initial speculation is pointing at a possible oil feed issue so I'll be installing a braided line to the oil filter housing and swithching to a 90 style oil filter housing at the same time as I currently can't seem to remove the allen headed plug from the housing. I figure a best case estimate puts the total repair at around $400-500 as I'll need to rebuild the turbo ($100 for a rebuild kit from FP if it's not covered under the warranty) , $50 or so for the 90 oil filter housing, $65 or so for a braided stainless oil feed line for the new turbo to keep this from happening again, and then as much as $200 for a oil cooler unit to go with the 1990 oil filter housing. All this while I'm trying to get the transmission rebuilt, 4 new tires for the season, and get the ecu socketed for my new huge fuel injectors.

   This could be a long and ugly season.