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Guilty of rare oil changes, not other charges...
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:22:05
In Reply to: Re: A turbo will last indefinitely..., Street, Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:46:27
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Street, thanks for your thoughts. Till this happened I too figured turbos were forever, the pressurized oil carries the thing, not the bronze bearings.
Sorry to say I rarely boost much, and nothing even close to out of spec levels, since this is LPT. Maybe some driver before me. I'm only responsible for maybe the last 40,000 out of 195,000. No overheats under my regime, and no running with low oil till the thing started sucking the crankcase dry, and even then still had oil pressure. I kept the oil topped up once I spied the smoke and saw the trouble, till repaired.
When and if I ever get around to putting a kit in the failed one I'll try to figure out why it started leaking. What exactly is sealing against what, and what went wrong - - worn away seal, worn sealing surface, something rubber broke down, or something metal broke?
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