Accidents and turbos

Hi all,

as some of you may be aware from my post a few weeks back my car has been written off after 4yrs of what can only be described as unconditional love!
Anyway.......I was travelling at approx 25mph tops when the impact occured and I can't quite remeber if the car cut out immediately but im sure it must off, the point is its a superspool turbo with probably just 15,000 miles of use on a very well matained car always warmed up before warp speed and always left to 'breathe' a few mins after spirited driving.
I know the car cutting out at 25mph (in 3rd gear due to petrol costing ££££ these days) could mean the turbo still spinning and a cut in oil supply to the turbo but do you think it would have a seriously damaged the turbo?
As I write this I'm sure that its probably impossible to tell without checking but hey any thoughts are welcome it might mean that I reclaim the car for the turbo and other bits after/if the claim is settled.

Cheers
John

I would have thought it would be fine, if you have access to the car then pull off the intake pipe and give the blades a spin with your finger. see if there is any play in the shaft, if there is any resistance for them to spin, if they scrape the housing etc.

Cheers mate, unfortunately I can't look at it as I got special treatment as my cars a 'high insurance group' so the insurance company removed it from the scene so it could be looked at quickly by them (although it was nearly 1 week later before they're engineer looked at it)

Cheers
John