smoking when exceling but has tones of power

Asked by yamha1981 Apr 01, 2011 at 07:49 PM about the 1996 Volvo 850 R Turbo

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

when eceling the car wont smoke then after about 3 or 4 secs u cant c behind u any ideas on this the car has 365 000 kms on it. also it seams 2 smoke more around corners then when its going straight

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you probably blew the internals of the turbo, you can find a replacement for $200-400 used or $600-900 new (on ebay)

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