Colorado 2.8l turbo

That's interesting for an engine which has a name Dura - Max. For them it is neither Dura or Max. We wait to see what else happens to the new Fiat Motori engine.
Does anybody know the brand of turbo used on these. To put out big torque the boost has to be quite a bit higher than many other engines doing the same work, therefore the turbo is the bit which is being MAXED.

The old saying, when you continue to cut corners you end up going around in circles cos all the corners are gone.

What are they talking about when they say "blown the turbo"?

It's highly likely to be a variable vane turbo, so has the actuator stuck and oversped the turbine?

Has the compressor wheel come off?, or been unbalanced and disintegrated and bits gone into the engine?

Has the oil seal failed and spilled oil outwards?

Has there been an oil leak inwards and caused an overrun by fuelling the engine on engine oil?

Has the computer mapping misread a parameter and oversped the turbine?

Reading Denco Turbo's informative newsheets, they remark on how reliable turbo's are in general. They are not fragile things with magical and mysterious powers to save the world, to be treated with kid gloves. Sure they need to be respected and taken care of, but in normal use, the turbo components are remarkably reliable.

Tim

All kinds of things can happen to new cars so who knows what will develop in this case. It may be far too early to tell at this stage. One thing is certain though, the dealers will send reports to the factory and a problem like that will not be ignored.

The first major problem like this that I can remember was three new 179 EH Holdens breaking connecting rods in their engines. I fixed one myself under warranty and two apprentices attending North Sydney TAFE with me said they had seen one at the dealers they worked for. It did not go on to be a known fault with those cars and there was no factory recall.

Another was two near new HJ Holden Statesman that were towed in at work with the passenger side front damaged. The power steering had instantly spun the steering wheel around onto full left hand lock while the car was cruising along the road in a straight like. Fortunately the speed was low in both cases. Once again they were the only two I ever heard of and there was no recall.

Thanks to all for your input. I don't know what he ment by "blown the turbo", it could be any of the things mentioned. I was just wondering if anyone had heard of any trouble with these engines before I go and spend my hard earned.

Thanks,