I bought an evo last week and drove it home from NY (~250 miles after going to registry). I noticed some blue/white smoke under high rpm/boost, so I quit doing that and babied it to my house. I found a leak around my manifold and I think the turbo is blown (some oil near housing). I've got a new manifold and another turbo on the way so I can fix it this weekend, but my question really is: can I drive it the 100 miles to where I'm doing the installation/tuning without damaging anything? It doesn't sound good and I'm scared to blow anything inside the motor. It idles fine and drives fine, but sounds terrible.

Kevin

 

If the oil seal in the turbo is just leaking you will be fine to drive there. But if the turbo is blown bad enough to where the compressor wheel is hitting the housing I would not even start the car up.

 

Is there a way to tell that by sound? It doesn't sound bad idling or when driving. there's no "dentist drill" sound, just loud, obnoxious, air release.