MAKING YOUR TURBO GO THE DISTANCE. The Ford T6 Ranger has a perfect combination with a diesol engine fitted with an intercooled turbo. The turbos main purpose is to give your engine a boost of a few more extra horse power. Since engines today are getting smaller turbos are getting more common especially with the pick ups which now are standard issue on diesol. 20yrs ago people were afraid of vehicles with turbos due to the high expence of replacement if they failed as well as the reputation of them being unreliable which was more on rumours spread by failed turbo owners who never looked after them properly. Of course the modern turbos today are more reliable and durable compared to the older ones. But over 90% of turbo failures are due to owners neglect and the rest of failure is due to factory fault or mechanics installing the turbo improperly. Every turbo thats failed almost all was caused by the owner, whether 20yrs ago or today! I want to share 4 basic things you need know that will help you avoid premature failure of your turbo. Because all turbos will fail if neglected, some sooner or later. 1- Make sure you idle engine on start up and shut down. (weve all heard this before) Many say todays turbos dont need to be idled before switching off the engine, but thats not true. If you never idle on start up and before shut down your turbo will eventually fail, it may not fail as quick as the older turbos but it will fail. Even your T6 manuel advices you to cool down your engine by idling after a long run or pulling a heavy load. Even if you drove only around the corner you should still idle a few min to warm up and idle before shut down. It may not make much difference to some but its cheap insurance. Heat is the num1 killer of turbos and if you idle on warm up(not reving engine) before you drive and before you shut down engine it gaurantees the safe temp of you turbo. Yes some wont agree saying the modern turbos dont need to be idled but there is no harm done and you have nothing to lose if you do. 2- Clean quality oil. Regular engine oil and oil filter changes are VERY important because the turbo is lubricated by the engines oil. Old oil not only reduces lubrication but will be thicker so it flows more slowly through the turbo’s bearings, removing less heat. Also old oil leaves burnt resedue that can block the same passages it flows on. That is why the only oil that should be used is semi sythetic or a fully synthetic oil in your engine. And do not push for high mileage before oil changes because your turbo needs the fine clean oil to continually flow and lubricate the bearings that the impella spins on. I mentioned in a previous post when to change oil and that is at 200 engine hrs or the due mileage and usually the 200hrs comes before the due mileage. 3-Clean air is always needed to be flowing through the turbo. If you neglect to check your airfilter then particles can get sucked up in your turbo and eventually cause blockages in your oil passages. If you drive alot in dusty areas just vacum your airfilter once a month it will help remove any loose particles so your filter can breath alot easier. Airfilters can be vacumed at least twice halfway before there replacement time. 4-Do not remap your ecu (chip tune). This means do not change your factory settings on your vehicles ecu. Some do this to get more power but if your ecu turbo settings are altered you run the risk of causing your turbo to run hotter than it should and after some time this will shorten the life of your turbo. A failed turbo in some cases has cost others a motor as well, aside from a new turbo. So look after your turbo! - and it will look after you. And it will still be running well after 100,000km. God Bless You.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:21:11 +0000
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