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Which risk increases significantly when a turbocharger compressor vanes experience cavitation?

A)Reduced compressor pressure ratio achieved
B)Increased exhaust gas turbine backpressure
C)Lower intercooler heat exchanger effectiveness
D)Elevated engine oil consumption levels

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Reduced pressure ratio occurs because *cavitation* introduces vapor bubbles that collapse, disrupting airflow and reducing the efficiency of momentum transfer; therefore the pressure ratio drops rather than other effects, because volume flow suffers before turbine characteristics or oil flow.

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