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Originally Posted by Pete156
Don't believe everything you read. It's the TUNER that makes the difference.
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Or a mechanical or system failure with the turbo itself especially if not installed properly or serous corner cutting goes on. But that can happen with anything in the engine even NA and isn't really the turbo's fault.
I think a lot of the "turbo will blow your engine" statements came about the same way as all the "all dealers will screw you" or "dealer techs all are morons" statements do. Since all that ever gets told are the horror stories of a small minority while the bulk of the people that never have an issue remain silent. This creates a false perception of what the reality is.
Now all that said, installing a turbo can reduce the reliability of the car but so can putting on different springs, changing the headlights to aftermarket, doing a tune on the stock engine and anything else that changes the vehicle from it's original design specs. There is nothing saying any mods
will lower the reliability but they all
could lower it.