Is there a typical life expectancy for a stock turbo unit? Any preventative maintenance?

 

Clean air, clean oil, and warm ups and cool downs will make your turbo last the longest. A typical life expectancy is hard to say. It all depends on how the turbo was treated. Stock turbo, stock truck, well taken care of could last a million miles.

 

Very, very important!

 

My dad's truck, 05 dodge cummins, has just under 400k, hard miles on it. still on stock turbo with no issues......and he works the **** out of it. He uses syn oil and good BHAF.

 

just curious could you explain the proper "warm ups" and "cool down" for the turbo thanks

 

not super sure what a fellow could do for warming up a turbo except to not wind it without oil pressure, but the cool down is important. idle for a minute or two before you shut down, that will cool the turbo a bit and help from coking the oil in the housing.

cooler than 300-350 if you have a pyro.

 

im not easy on my turbo its a stock hx 35 with waste gate delete i let it warm up before getting on it let it cool down to at least 300 and pust 37psi when i had my smarty and tst power max i was pushing 42psi at wot its got 235k

 

Damn, thats pumping some air!!!!

 

[QUOTE=blacksally;974379]im not easy on my turbo its a stock hx 35 with waste gate delete i let it warm up before getting on it let it cool down to at least 300 and pust 37psi when i had my smarty and tst power max i was pushing 42psi at wot its got 235k

42psi is as high as i have gotten my stock hx35 to go up to. and that with just what i have in my signature. but in order to reach the 42psi i have to be running a more aggressive tune on the quad adrenaline