Site Rules - NewBeetle.org And I'll just direct your attention to Rule #9 here.
Seemed like he left you good advice to me. I can't tell you how many people I see complaining about financial problems here.
Anyway, it'll run, it'll run poorly. You'd probably be leaking oil like crazy, maybe even trying to push oil through the intake manifold. But who knows. There's umpteen different ways a turbo could die, from seals becomming non-existant, to a shaft bending and the turbine locking up.
Or maybe pieces of vanes breaking off sending shrapnal to the intercooler.
How about a more specific question... Maybe a new thread asking if anyone has actually had their turbo fail on them. Then you can ask them for first-hand information, maybe we'll get a correlation going.