Probably so he is a Toyota fan and has a few videos about turbos and small engines with them not lasting do to the added stress.
small motors and a turbo = short life?
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Probably so he is a Toyota fan and has a few videos about turbos and small engines with them not lasting do to the added stress.
It's not that dramatic.
He’s a mechanic who works in his yard…so…not really a professional…he’s actually a YouTube personality.
Loud-mouthed, obnoxious, opinionated, with little experience to back any of it up. His cheesy burn-out opening tells you all you need to know.
You should view him as entertainment, not expertise.
Sounds like Scotty Kilmer...what a tool.
What kind of Toyota? Either way almost any 2010 Toyota is going to be a high standard to hold to and I don't think most new cars are going to be capable of 399k miles without major repairs.
How often do they put 300k miles on them? I'm under the impression that based on fuel cost and local government, keeping older vehicles is just not very common there, unlike here in north america.
I wonder if Volvo borrowed turbo technology from their big truck engines?
But turbos are only one piece of the puzzle. Lots of reasons for newer cars to end up in the junkyard prematurely, some of them lack of maintenance, some of them poor design and parts cost.
he's been a mechanic for 50 years. lol
a corolla still going by the way. Only things i have done is change the oil every 5,000 change the tranny fluid when the color starts changing. Sill uses zero oil.
No doubt Volvo had a lot of experience with making (or specifying) turbos that would last.
But also note that the turbo on my Volvo was only oil cooled and that later years were also water cooled. It would be easier to build a system that would run for a little while to cool a turbo after shut off if you had water cooling. So I let mine idle for a minute or two after a hard run before shutting the engine off. I know it glowed orange at times and that has to be pretty hot - which can't be good for oil that is just sitting there. And mid '80s oils weren't as good as modern oils are either.
All that said, there should be no reason for a manufacturer to build a sub-par turbo today. But the owner would have to use good oil and change it regularly.
He's not exactly a reliable source. He was a pro mechanic when they were in their infancy new seems to fix old beaters in his driveway. Comparing a small turbo motor to a 90s Toyota/Honda? Maybe has a point. Compare and Ecoboost to a 3v Triton and they are about equally as bad.
In a past life, I enjoyed racing 4 cylinder turbocharged cars. I learned early on how to use Toluene in the fuel mix, from the F1 guys in the paddock next to us at the Detroit Grand Prix, as an epic way to raise octane for boosted engines. It works amazingly well with the right setup (heated fuel is key). Yes, that's counter-intuitive, but the heat enables vaporization of Toluene and the relatively cool intake air ensures good power.
This goes back to the OP's thoughts on boosted engines. I ran enough boost a few times to shorten connecting rods and would often search for more robust solutions. But what I did not have trouble with is cam/follower/bucket/shim, piston, ring or rod bearing wear. In fact, the only time I had any rod bearing wear was with a very low viscosity oil experiment. Even then, it took quite some time and high RPM abuse to create some wear, which was picked up with a 250ppm Pb UOA result.
Eventually I settled on a magic number of 33 pounds boost, an absolute requirement for no more than 120 degree intake air temp and a 20% Toluene/quality fuel blend. No problems or engine wear issues what so ever.
This goes back to the OP's thoughts on boosted engines. I ran enough boost a few times to shorten connecting rods and would often search for more robust solutions. But what I did not have trouble with is cam/follower/bucket/shim, piston, ring or rod bearing wear. In fact, the only time I had any rod bearing wear was with a very low viscosity oil experiment. Even then, it took quite some time and high RPM abuse to create some wear, which was picked up with a 250ppm Pb UOA result.
Eventually I settled on a magic number of 33 pounds boost, an absolute requirement for no more than 120 degree intake air temp and a 20% Toluene/quality fuel blend. No problems or engine wear issues what so ever.
I’ve been a mechanic for 50 years. lol
Using the definition we’re applying to Scotty.
Difference is, I’m not fixing beaters in my driveway and yelling sensational claims into a camera.
I work on European cars and have a climate controlled shop.
Find a better source of information than YouTube personalities. Because that’s all he really is.
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Turbos owned as personal vehicles:
1. 1 (one) Volvo 740 Turbo
2. 1 (one) Volvo 760 Turbo
3 3 (three) VW TDIs
4. 2 (two) Ford Powerstrokes
5. 1 (one) GM Duramax 6.6
6. 1 (one) RAM 3.0 Diesel
7. 1 (one) RAM Cummins Diesel
Not a single problem with any of these turbos/engine combos over many hundreds of thousands of miles. A well engineered engine is reliable regardless of turbo or not. I prefer turbos, generally. Have a Tundra (twin turbo 3.4L) on order now.
1. 1 (one) Volvo 740 Turbo
2. 1 (one) Volvo 760 Turbo
3 3 (three) VW TDIs
4. 2 (two) Ford Powerstrokes
5. 1 (one) GM Duramax 6.6
6. 1 (one) RAM 3.0 Diesel
7. 1 (one) RAM Cummins Diesel
Not a single problem with any of these turbos/engine combos over many hundreds of thousands of miles. A well engineered engine is reliable regardless of turbo or not. I prefer turbos, generally. Have a Tundra (twin turbo 3.4L) on order now.
And he's still an annoying imbecile.
So has everyone's uncle, neighbor, or friend but no ASE Cert, with retraining on new tech to back it up. He's an idiot....plain & simple and you'll excuse me for saying that anyone who follows him is one as well.
Yes, somewhere a village is definitely missing its idiot.
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I don't care. I wouldn't let that dude oil my bicycle chain.
My wife and I test drove a CRV with the 1.5 turbo, and it just happened to be in middle of summer and the outside temp was like 90. We immediately jumped on a highway on ramp, and I had to floor it just to get going at all...what a dog!
The only way to completely eliminate lag is by using a boost system that keeps the primary turbo on boost all the time. This is exactly what Mazda's Skyactive system does...
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