[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: A turbo will last indefinitely... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Street [Email] (#3751) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Street) on Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:46:27 In Reply to: Yup, no oil haze any more. A real miracle., RayF, Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:00:42 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

since there is no metal to metal contact. The entire shaft floats on a film of oil. The key is:
Use only synthetic oil, change at recommended intervals. Dino oil builds up a layer of carbon in the hot areas (turbine side), no matter how frequent the oil is changed. Sooner or later it'll display the smokey-joe symptoms.
Allow engine to reach operating temperature before stomping on the loud pedal.
Allow engine to idle at least 30 sec before shutting down, regardless if it's water cooled or not.
Don't operate outside the limitations (excessive boost), this will shorten the life of your thrust bearing. The compressor wheel then acts more like a propeller and will pull against the thrust bearing wearing it out. You can take it from an extreme high mileage, very spirited driver who has never had a turbo fail (yes, I purposely destroyed one once just for gathering my own empirical data... it was already more than 400k miles old anyway). Hope this helps...

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• Massive sudden oil burning problem..., RayF, Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:15:48
  • Hope I guessed right, turbo looks so clean..., RayF, Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:34:26
    • Not oil sender, all looks clean., RayF, Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:43:10
      • Saab is resurrected - - on Good Friday!, RayF, Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:45:05
        • So, did this stop the oil burning?, Bill Homer , Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:52:40
          • Yup, no oil haze any more. A real miracle., RayF, Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:00:42
            • Re: A turbo will last indefinitely..., Street , Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:46:27 <-- Viewing This Message
              • Guilty of rare oil changes, not other charges..., RayF, Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:22:05
                • Re: I"m interested in the post-mortem..., Street , Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:22:55
                  • Post-mortem will be a while..., RayF, Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:15:00
  • Re: Massive sudden oil burning problem..., Simon S, Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:58:12
    • Junkyard turbo removed; some how-to., RayF, Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:44:15
      • Where is this junkyard?, tz, Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:32:40
        • Freeport Auto Parts, Freeport, Maine., RayF, Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:47:16
          • Thanks, tz, Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:17:39
          • Re: Freeport Auto Parts, Freeport, Maine., Simon S, Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:36:21
            • Re: Freeport Auto Parts, Freeport, Maine., DickT , Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:32:39
              • Pickings getting slim here too..., RayF, Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:19:35
      • Well done!, Craig , Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:04:21

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