Turbocharger Tips

Turbocharger serves to pump more air into the engine boosting engine power without increasing the engine volume.
Due to its design, the turbocharger works at very high temperatures. Therefore, the requirements to the engine oil quality are much higher. Low quality, or old contaminated oil can be easily cooked under high temperature in the turbocharger causing it to fail.
Here are few tips:
- If it's not against manufacturer recommendations, use synthetic oil, or at least be very accurate with regular oil changes.

- When you stop the car after hard driving (speeding, accelerating, etc.) don't shut the engine off right away, let it idle for a while to cool down the turbocharger.

- Very long uphill driving under constant load may also cause turbo to overheat, try to avoid it if possible.