How To Tell If You Have A Bad Turbo. Assuming the rest of the turbo is fine thats probably a decent option. However the longer you wait on the problem the higher the potential that your engine will fail very soon.
However it also can be the source of a variety of problems. And do not drive it for a long up to a 100 miles. Most will do it for free or if they are ok the charge is very small.
But if we take the actuator off take a hold of the sector gear and try to move it from stop to stop and it doesnt make full travel you definitely have a turbo.
If you see bubbles around any of the couplings or anywhere on the intercooler found in front of the radiator then you have a boost leak and not a bad turbo. In this condition and set up you have to be very gentle with your car. A dead battery is a tell-tell sign of a bad alternator. 15 Oct 5 2013.
