Horrible whining noise and severe loss of power? Argh!

There must be some mistake, somebody on here said modern diesels are totally reliable and it's all lies that turbos and stuff go wrong.
 
[TW]Fox;21395059 said:
There must be some mistake, somebody on here said modern diesels are totally reliable and it's all lies that turbos and stuff go wrong.
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Wasn't me :)

But I do find people with TD's don't look after them as well as people with Turbo Petrols for warm up, cool down etc, which could account for the failures.
 
Dr Who said:
But I do find people with TD's don't look after them as well as people with Turbo Petrols for warm up, cool down etc, which could account for the failures.
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Although this is becoming less and less as manufacturers turn more to turbocharging with petrols, traditionally a turbocharged petrol engine was found in an enthusiast-grade car whereas a turbo diesel was found in a consumer-grade car.

People who adore the Subaru Impreza Turbo they drive will obviously have more sympathy and give it an easier life in this respect than Mr and Mrs Normal who drive a Golf diesel because the salesman told them CO2 was bad and MPG was good.
 
The turbots on diesels are tiny anyway, can't imagine they need the cooling time, and it's not like they're ragged to the redline as you would a petrol (if you were so inclined).
 
[TW]Fox;21395059 said:
There must be some mistake, somebody on here said modern diesels are totally reliable and it's all lies that turbos and stuff go wrong.
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It's fine, think of all the money saved on fuel that's now going to be spent on a new turbo ;)
 
Clarkey said:
Some people here are going on as if turbo's don't blow regularly on petrol engines too :confused:
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It's not that - it's the fact that there are far more turbocharged run of the mill diesels (proportionally) than turbocharged run of the mill petrols.
If you buy a modern diesel you should take potential turbo failure into account when you are thinking of reliability and running costs. Generally you need not do the same with a petrol car because the majority of them just don't have turbochargers.
 
Lopéz said:
It's not that - it's the fact that there are far more turbocharged run of the mill diesels (proportionally) than turbocharged run of the mill petrols.
If you buy a modern diesel you should take potential turbo failure into account when you are thinking of reliability and running costs. Generally you need not do the same with a petrol car because the majority of them just don't have turbochargers.
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Buying used cars in 10 years time will be fun as everything will have FI.
Turbo for your 118i Sir?
3 turbos for your 550d Sir?
A turbo and a supercharger for your Golf Sir?

:(
 
mjt said:
Buying used cars in 10 years time will be fun as everything will have FI.
Turbo for your 118i Sir?
3 turbos for your 550d Sir?
A turbo and a supercharger for your Golf Sir?

:(
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I was thinking this recently, not just in relation to FI but the whole raft of "tech" that cars now have.

Oh well, I'm sure we'll all enjoy buying our used Hyundai's and Kia's with a few years warranty left and throwing away our out of warranty cars as there is no market for them :p
 
Clarkey said:
Some people here are going on as if turbo's don't blow regularly on petrol engines too :confused:
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It's like Fox said, Petrol Turbos are/were generally an enthusiast engine (although this is changing, so expect more turbos going as people don't warm them and cool them properly), so you get less of em.
 
Hopefully it's the last time you'll let a service interval slip. :p

Do you let the engine idle for a few seconds when you pull up after driving it, before turning the engine off?
 
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