Blown turbo or boost leak?
12-22-2011, 12:09 AM
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Blown turbo or boost leak?
Im lost. I will do a boost leak test tomorrow but just wanted to get honest opinions on what you may believe it to be. Just give it to me straight LOL. smh 
Blown Turbo? '09 Cobalt SS - YouTube
Blown Turbo? '09 Cobalt SS - YouTube
12-22-2011, 12:40 AM
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I think you may have a hose blown off. happened to me on a diesel truck I was working on, took it down the back lane, and apparently the hose clamp wasn't tight enough..... rev rev PSSSSHHH. pull over, and inspect, hose is seperated. making the turbo spool immensly loud. same as can be heard in your car In MY opinion, I could be wrong.
12-22-2011, 01:41 AM
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Thanks for the responses! Im hoping that its anything but a blown turbo. but hey it is what it is. I can hopefully figure it out tomorrow. it drives ok, it went above 5 psi a little while ago without me gettin on it but that was it. im just dreading the worst case scenario lol cuz it couldnt have come at a better time. Merry Christmas everyone!
12-22-2011, 12:22 PM
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Again, I appreciate the responses. I checked for the white smoke and the part that sucks is that its a little cold in Houston, TX today so when i give it a little gas at a stop, a little white smoke comes out but i think its because its cold outside. Plus I have a catless dp. When i reved it in the garage or when i drove it a little, no smoke came out the back. Im gonna do the the check today and let everyone know what it was. I dont have a CEL yet. Thats my TPMS light on in the video. I was told from a truck mechanic that it may be the intercooler. Hope not because I just purchased it from treadstone not even three months ago.
12-22-2011, 12:29 PM
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Again, I appreciate the responses. I checked for the white smoke and the part that sucks is that its a little cold in Houston, TX today so when i give it a little gas at a stop, a little white smoke comes out but i think its because its cold outside. Plus I have a catless dp. When i reved it in the garage or when i drove it a little, no smoke came out the back. Im gonna do the the check today and let everyone know what it was. I dont have a CEL yet. Thats my TPMS light on in the video. I was told from a truck mechanic that it may be the intercooler. Hope not because I just purchased it from treadstone not even three months ago.
12-22-2011, 12:45 PM
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Again, I appreciate the responses. I checked for the white smoke and the part that sucks is that its a little cold in Houston, TX today so when i give it a little gas at a stop, a little white smoke comes out but i think its because its cold outside. Plus I have a catless dp. When i reved it in the garage or when i drove it a little, no smoke came out the back. Im gonna do the the check today and let everyone know what it was. I dont have a CEL yet. Thats my TPMS light on in the video. I was told from a truck mechanic that it may be the intercooler. Hope not because I just purchased it from treadstone not even three months ago.
have you even looked under the hood for a quick visual?
12-22-2011, 01:00 PM
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its a boost leak......case closed, takes 5 seconds to look and check if any piping is lose before you go around panicking that you have a blown turbo, if the turbo was shot it wouldn't be spooling like that and you would be blowing visible smoke from the seals being shot
12-22-2011, 01:03 PM
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if you have a treadstone ic its most likely not a blown ic.....thing is built like a tank. check your charge piping and make sure the intake is still connected to the turbo. it sounds like the turbo is spooling to me. mine didn't throw a code immediately when this happened:
have you even looked under the hood for a quick visual?
have you even looked under the hood for a quick visual?
12-22-2011, 01:05 PM
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its a boost leak......case closed, takes 5 seconds to look and check if any piping is lose before you go around panicking that you have a blown turbo, if the turbo was shot it wouldn't be spooling like that and you would be blowing visible smoke from the seals being shot
12-22-2011, 02:06 PM
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if you have a treadstone ic its most likely not a blown ic.....thing is built like a tank. check your charge piping and make sure the intake is still connected to the turbo. it sounds like the turbo is spooling to me. mine didn't throw a code immediately when this happened:
have you even looked under the hood for a quick visual?
have you even looked under the hood for a quick visual?
12-22-2011, 07:23 PM
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Blown passenger side IC end tank. I don't know where that dog-bark sound came from, though. 
I don't know why you're saying that you hope it's anything other than a blown turbo. A turbo will cost you less than an intercooler. Sounds dumb, I know.
I don't know why you're saying that you hope it's anything other than a blown turbo. A turbo will cost you less than an intercooler. Sounds dumb, I know.
gotta look out for them red cobalt owners
