LostKiwi
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A turbocharger has nothing to do with any chains other than sharing oil for lubrication.
I struggle to see how a seized turbo can damage the timing chain.
I can see that loss of lubricant or oil pressure can cause a seized turbo or seize camshafts destroying the chain etc and yes that would cause massive damage. If it were the turbo oil feed line that failed then perhaps that set the chain of events in motion but that's not the turbo itself being the cause.
I guess diesel runaway could have been the cause where if the oil seal on the inlet side of the turbo failed the engine will run uncontrollably on the engine oil, however that would be very obvious to any person driving it!
The only thing that makes any sense at all is oil starvation. Low oil level, major oil leak or oil pump failure.
I struggle to see how a seized turbo can damage the timing chain.
I can see that loss of lubricant or oil pressure can cause a seized turbo or seize camshafts destroying the chain etc and yes that would cause massive damage. If it were the turbo oil feed line that failed then perhaps that set the chain of events in motion but that's not the turbo itself being the cause.
I guess diesel runaway could have been the cause where if the oil seal on the inlet side of the turbo failed the engine will run uncontrollably on the engine oil, however that would be very obvious to any person driving it!
The only thing that makes any sense at all is oil starvation. Low oil level, major oil leak or oil pump failure.