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Re: Expected life of turbo? 700 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be A. Gary DiFrancesco on  Thu Mar 1 08:59 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Have a '87 745T with 213,000 miles. Original turbo. Only seen dino oil, no synthetics. Bought the car 4 years ago at 152,000. The car has always been well maintained, and I change the oil about every 3,000. Last spring I had the plumbing off the turbo as part of another repair. Checked the turbo shaft for play. Felt no lateral play, and hardly any radial play. Unless a major problem shows up, I would expect to get may more miles from this turbo.

By contrast, my wife's '88 745T was purchased 3 years ago with 133,000 miles. The PO did not take good car of the car, and it was evident oil changes were sometimes far appart. But hey, the price was right. There is a lot of evidence suggesting the turbo was replaced sometime before I bought the car. With continued poor attention, the turbo shaft has a lot more play than the '87 745T.

So the bottom line is, take care of the car, and the turbo should last a long, long time.

Good luck,





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