How reliable are the factory turbo's on these new cars? (insurance, vehicles)

[iTsLiKeAnEgG]

I'm also confident in the reliability of a well maintained turbo but if mine goes bad its just another excuse to go bigger (again)

[ram2]

Originally Posted by deevel79

I see a lot of car manufacturers doing away with 6cyl engines and instead opting for turbo 4's. My question is, how reliable are the turbo chargers on these new cars? Is it safe to assume that one would get 100k+ miles out of them?

No, it is not safe to assume. One of my coworkers had the turbo die in his early 2000s Volvo at 90,000 miles.

Look at when the manufacturer's warranty expires. That may give you a hint.

[vmaxnc]

Originally Posted by ram2

Look at when the manufacturer's warranty expires. That may give you a hint.

Are we to assume, based on your nugget of wisdom, that everything is expected to die shortly after the warranty expires?

[iTsLiKeAnEgG]

Originally Posted by ram2

No, it is not safe to assume. One of my coworkers had the turbo die in his early 2000s Volvo at 90,000 miles.

Look at when the manufacturer's warranty expires. That may give you a hint.

I'm not saying this will be the case for all premature failures but the vast majority that I've seen have been due to poor maintenance and abuse.

[Engineer_Guy]

Originally Posted by ram2

No, it is not safe to assume. One of my coworkers had the turbo die in his early 2000s Volvo at 90,000 miles.

Look at when the manufacturer's warranty expires. That may give you a hint.

Your "I knew a guy" logic is flawed.

There's no reason not to assume the turbo in a modern car that is properly maintained will last over 100k miles.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Engineer_Guy

Your "I knew a guy" logic is flawed.

There's no reason not to assume the turbo in a modern car that is properly maintained will last over 100k miles.

Anything that regularly spins upward of 100,000 rpm is not going to last long.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by vmaxnc

Are we to assume, based on your nugget of wisdom, that everything is expected to die shortly after the warranty expires?

In many cases - yes. Would you pay $40,000 for a new car that only had a 12,000 mile warranty (like in the "old" days)?

[Engineer_Guy]

Originally Posted by ram2

Anything that regularly spins upward of 100,000 rpm is not going to last long.

Please inform me of the degradation analysis you performed to come up with this result. And "not last long" is a pretty arbitrary amount of time

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Engineer_Guy

Please inform me of the degradation analysis you performed to come up with this result.

That is called common sense, something most engineers lack.

[Engineer_Guy]

Originally Posted by ram2

That is called common sense, something most engineers lack.

lol assuming something doing what it is designed to do is going to break is common sense?