Hmmm. My Saab low pressure turbo "blew" in spectacular fashion at 56,000 mls.
Clouds of grey smoke. reminded me of the naval war films when the command went
up "make smoke". Mind I had reworked the ECU and other mods,and the car was
producing 220 BHP (up from 170) Pretty fast car though. ;-)> Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
From: Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 11 June 2015, 10:42
Subject: Re: [OM] I ♥︎ My American Car
We're also getting into electric turbo territory these days I read, were it to
be the first stage of a double stroke compression.
Ph.
Le 11 juin 2015 à 11:37, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> I hope my Turbos last longer than 100K :-) never thrash when cold and change
> the oil regularly (on schedule) and use top quality stuff (mobil 1) modern
> cars have long term in mind - such as keeping oil pumping to the spinning
> turbo(s) when you stop so the early turbo issues are hopefully no longer
> there.
>
> On 11/06/2015 08:19, ChrisB wrote:
>> Excellent! But that might have something to do with the driver, Charlie.
>> You must have been kind to the machine (as I try to be).
>>
>> I would be very surprised if my car lasted that long. Although I treat it
>> carefully, a turbocharger is likely to give me trouble before I get much
>> above 100k. I have done fewer than 50k so far, though.
>>
>> Chris
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