The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Re: Expected life of turbo? 700 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be Haroon on  Thu Mar 1 15:04 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Had an 87 740T with 213K car died in an acciedent. Strong turbo, original. No signs of aging. Well with Jiffy lube charging the previous owner (young lady) an exta $5 bucks for 'turbo oil', you can't go wrong!!! I saw the old records.

Turbo tips: do reqular oil changes (3k), and wait 30s to let the turbo cool down before turning off. Also warm up. Also keep an eye on the oil and coolant supply hoses to the turbo. You don't want them to go bad. Ask my uncle, who replace a turbo, with an new engine on his 91 740 with 69k miles. The thing with turbo's is that if the wrong seal fails, it'll suck the oil right out of the engine. Very unlikely though.

Regular maintance. Don't worry untill you get to the 250K mark.





USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.