the shaft play is caused by wear on the thrust bearing assembly. your okay for now, but you don't want it to get any worse. the play should go away as soon as you get oil pressure to the bearings.

the 3 main causes of thrust bearing wear/damage are:

-dirty/contaminated oil

-baked on oil from no cool-down before shutting the car off




-overboosting the turbo

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