I know my volvo 740 will loose power but my turbo decided to quit recently and my mechanic quoted 00 to fix it, which is like twice the cost of my car nowadays. The turbo failed I think by cracking a seal or breaking it or something. Tons of smoke in the exhaust (smoke so thick I couldn't see the road behind me while I limped to the mechanic). Now, I have lived in this small town for a while, and I go for up to a year without using the turbo. I only drive in slow streets. Now the question is this: I am working on removing the exhaust manifold (almost there, one more nut). What will happen if I block the oil intake to the turbo and oil return and remove the turbo? I don't know how powerful or how exactly does the oil pump getting oil to the turbo works. I just want my car to roll, I and the prices for getting a turbo even a rebuilt are too high. Second hand looks ok, but I don't want to have to worry about this again in another 5K miles or whatever an used turbo decide to last. I might as well just remove it. Any encouraging words, or just go buy used and live with it?