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Turbocharger Killers
Just a quick list of lesser known things that will surely kill a turbocharger.
- Spooling up quickly while cold.
- No or low oil flow leads to dry starting
- Different metals expands and contracts at different rates.
- Spooling up quickly after sitting for long periods of inactivity (not started engine for a day or two).
- Oil will completely drained from bearing housing.
- The longer the time of inactivity, the dryer the bearings become.
- Revving an engine after just starting it.
- This is one of the worse thing you can do to an engine, turbocharged or not.
- It may sound cool to you, but other people that know what is happening to the moving parts of the engine and think it is silly (actually, silly is putting it nicely).
- For the love of your engine, let it warm up and have proper oil flow before spanking it.
- Shutting off engine while turbo is spooled up.
- Oil flow will stop, but the turbo cartridge will continue to spin on dry bearings for some time. Your engine may turn up to 7,000 rmp, but the turbo can be spinning up to 150,000 rpm.
- Some people will rev their engine just before shutting off, not a big deal with naturally aspired engines, but is a turbocharged no-no.
- Shutting off hot engine quickly after working it hard.
- The turbocharger cools too rapidly, possibly causing the turbine housing or bearing housing to crack.
- Oil inside of bearing house will cook and turn into petroleum coke.
- Not changing oil when needed.
- Oil is the lifeblood of a turbocharger.
- Old oil will lead to old turbo bearings.
- Sure you can get lucky and run sludge for years before meltdown, just as a Russian roulette player can pull the trigger often without loosing their mind, but why take the risk?
- Not changing air-filter when needed.
- Air intake restrictions will cause the turbo to struggle.
- Imagine running a marathon with tape over your mouth and cotton balls up your nostrils.
- The turbo will eventually start sucking oil past the bearings.
- It can even suck pieces of the filter into the compressor wheel.
Most of these killers can be subdued with three simple habits to get into. Always idle a turbocharged engine at startup and shut down for at least one minute. With a cold engine, always keep the overall rpm below 2,000 until engine has come to full operating temp. Keep up with engine maintenance.