Brooklyn Baja

Good point on the oil supply and screen filter array. The wrench at the Dealership is replacing all of the associated screens and hardware along with the turbo.

Well the diagnosis was correct. The turbo went south from oil starvation. Who knows if the local jiffy lube dropped the wrong weight oil instead of the 5w-30 or if it was the turbo's time. The wrench at the dealership didn't have a lot of experience w/ 110,000 mile turbo units so who knows. Thankfully the cat was spared The total: $2500.00. With care and a switch to synthetic oil maybe I'll get another 110,000 miles.

Thanks again for all the advice. I'll get the Baja over to the dealer Monday and post the diagnosis and repair total. Serenity now.

When the check engine light came on I figured it was only a sensor gone bad. The lack of turbo was troubling however. I ended up traveling 100 miles (In the middle of a 200 mile trip) before I smelled the baked oil aroma. The smoke started the next day.

Thanks for all the advice and warnings. I checked the oil level this evening and was 1 quart down after an oil change right before all this occured. I have a feeling my semi driving friend may be correct in his observation that the cat is probably ruined as well. Bummer!

Thanks Bratman, In looking over all the posts it seems like my problem could be a seized bearing in my turbo resulting in a wrecked oil seal and resultant burning of oil. Some poor fellow suffered catastrophic engine failure from the oil loss and a $10,000 rebuild. Does this senario of a seized turbo sound plauseable? Anyone out there know what I should brace myself for in terms of cost should the problem be a failed turbo?

Hi, New to the forum. Have an '05 Baja turbo w/ 110,000 miles. While on road, the cruise dropped out, check engine light came on (figured an engine code needed checking) However the turbo was not "spooling up". Got home made a service appointment which will be on 1/26. However I went to drive the car yesterday and about a minute after starting the exhaust smokes like crazy. This is a foul, oil buring type of smoke. Not the sweet smelling quickly dissapating coolant leak kind of smoke, but heavy acrid piss-off the poor guy behind you smoke. Smoking lessens significantly after about 15 minutes of driving. Still no turbo, temp appears to be fine, engine idles OK. anyone venture a guess before I see my Subaru dealer on Monday. Also based on the limited info, am I destroying my engine by commuting to work? Many Thanks.