Originally posted by Jimmy_: Do you mean it just cut out whilst it was being used or it broke completely??
The one in my dad's car sometimes cuts out, not often though.
Complete failure, seized or stopped working.
Wondering how common it is, whether its particularly common to certain fuel types/engines e.g. diesels and whether when they completely fail do the take out the engine with it.
I was with a mate when his turbo failed in a 3 week old Subaru Legacy a few years back, the single biggest white smoke cloud I've ever seen following us until we stopped... Still, that wasnt my car, so ticked the "no" box.
Found out I had a pin sized blow from my manifold and two badly sticking rear calipers at Santa Pod! It was an MOT advisory, but I thought it was just the usual trash.
I found it out to be true when a squealing noise started - and I found metal caliper against brake disc!
Despite the slight manifold blow, the car feels a bit quicker now that's been fixed - may also explain as aspect of my dreadful economy.
Even a simple 20%+ bhp chip is enough to take it from being rare to possible failure?
How about caining, full throttle uphill around wales most days - suggesting the oil is at the correct temperature of course... and you let it cool for a minute or so after?
I am not comparing actual cars and circumstances. I merely made the point, that turbos are amazingly reliable if left standard. I do not leave mine standard, as a rule, but clearly, the more you tune a car, the higher the likelihood of failure, as components start having a harder and harder life. That's all. I had a Lancer Evo putting out 375 bhp from 1997cc and it never missed a beat. I am not saying you cannot tune.
