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Hey guys, got a turbo bug, 1.8l turbo gas engine. Was towed in as a hardly running vehicle, well it wont run and the story is that the oil pressure light came on and the engine started making noise so she pulled off and her son added a quart of oil, which ive noticed hasnt been changed in a very long time by the way, and the light went off and she cobntinued to drive the car. It still had some engine noise according to the driver, and it slowly degraded to a non drivable condition or, "not running". I found about literally 15 codes in the computer, anything from cyls 1-4 misfire, 1-4 knock, cam sensor implausable signal, boost codes, ect. I think the turbo took a dump due to the lack of oil pressure but i need to tell for sure. what is the best way to do that and am i on the right track?

First place to start would be clear codes and run a min and see what comes back. Of course if you start it and hear a couple little dudes in oil pan with hammers trying to get out, it would be time to look at replacing the engine....

Oil sludge build up I think there is a tsb. Frr flushing the engien and replacing some parts . I think vw get 1500 + for the job. THen there is no guarentee it didn damage something. I seen it somewhere

well i did clear codes and the only thing that has come back was the cam sensor signal is implausible code. its kindof funny. if you unplug all the injectors it starts and runs briefly. but if you plug them in it will act like it wants to start but wont. it wont run on carb cleaner either. i checked engine timing and its dead on, it has injector pulse and the fuel quality is good.

don't you just love these. abused until they don't run and a customer that's probably to embarrassed to say three quarts and say's one. see if the injectors are powering up without breaking. i believe that they will open fully when you punch it and the turbo engages. it's controlled by the pressure switch. it defaults through the oil pressure switch. i believe if the pcm reads little or no oil pressure in the engine it will shut the engine down. with all the codes especially the knock sensor i think that they meant gallon not quart.

Turbo Bugs are very oil picky. USE THE RIGHT OIL

Wrong oil and infrequent changes plugs these engines up bad. Pull a few cam caps and look for scoring. Engine is probably toast by now.

Yeah I did notice a few times while cranking the engine that the oil light came on and flashed, so
I made the call and told em it needed an engine. So they bailed. Thanks guys.

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