who's the guy with the bad a... grey turbo
#21
HA! There inlies the problem. I just got done paying a 5k dollar bill for pretty much a full tear down of my engine. It was leaking from everywhere. But its practically new now!
But yes, the maitnence is a bitch!
But yes, the maitnence is a bitch!
#25
i really dont understand why pple say the turbo is that much worse than an s2 or n/a. The turbine is a pain to work on w/o pulling the motor but other than that the engine and maintenance is just the same! Maybe ive worked on too many of these cars but i just dont see what the big deal is with working on them. Now if your paying for someone else to work- that is a pain in the wallet.
#27
Well, its the difference between dropping the oil pan on an N/A and a turbo, naturally its more work on the turbo because all the exhaust that has to be removed. Everything is just more complicated. I always did my own work, till the whole engine was leaking, i was having clutch problems, and no time. Then someone else does the work at 100 dollars an hour, and you end up broke.
More power = more problems in my opinion too. I snapped the bolts holding the CV on the diff. flush. That just wouldnt happen in an N/A. Blown head gaskets seem to be more common on the turbo cars too for whatever reason, probably people not monitoring their A/Fs.
Just seems the turbos are more work.
More power = more problems in my opinion too. I snapped the bolts holding the CV on the diff. flush. That just wouldnt happen in an N/A. Blown head gaskets seem to be more common on the turbo cars too for whatever reason, probably people not monitoring their A/Fs.
Just seems the turbos are more work.
#29
Originally Posted by xsboost90
i really dont understand why pple say the turbo is that much worse than an s2 or n/a. The turbine is a pain to work on w/o pulling the motor but other than that the engine and maintenance is just the same! Maybe ive worked on too many of these cars but i just dont see what the big deal is with working on them. Now if your paying for someone else to work- that is a pain in the wallet.
I agree dropping the pan is a bitch, but how often are you gonna do it? To me the added gains of having a turbo well overcome the disadvantages of working on it.