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I agree with you there. I don't like turbos either. That's because I blew up the turbo in the Defender TD5. And that's despite the fact that I always drive my engines gently. Warm up, don't use full throttle, always let the engine run down after a long drive and high revs.I am nervous about turbos; recognizing they do improve power and emissions-per-HP, they also introduce additional mechanical complexity to the unit. But, it's one of the compromises we have to make. The fact is everything breaks eventually, my main concern is how devastating the break is to continuing a journey.
So a scenario, based on what I understand is a common issue with Turbocharged Ford motors for a spell - they were regularly failing at 100k kms because of failed turbos:
I'm cruising up through Alaska at a steady 100 KPH, turbo screaming the whole way. I put in a 12 hour day, pull into camp and kill the motor, and since my vehicle has been "rode hard and put away wet", that's the day the turbo really needed help cooling down gently but because I didn't do that, I wake up the next morning to an awful sound of a siezed turbo and a motor that won't mote.
What's my solution, assuming I've got a robust set of handtools?
And where did it happen to me? Not in a place where there are appropriate garages, no, in the middle of the Faroe Islands.
My Disco 2 also has the TD5 engine. And as I have already written here, the odometer now shows 335 Tkm.
Engines can lead such different lives.