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Old 07-02-2004, 01:13 AM
Carrameow Carrameow is offline
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Does a Diesel Turbo ever really Die?

A couple of professionla mechanics have told me that on thr W123 Turbo Diesels, its extremely rare to find a Dead Turbo. I dont know why a Diesel Turbo is different from say a Turbo on a Volvo 940 Gas engine which seems to die at 200K...

If this Turbo Diesel adage is true for the W123's , then does it hold for all Mercedes Turbo diesels in general, in my case a W124 which I just bought and which has no boost (Yet)? Does that extend to Cummin Diesels and even Diesel Genaerators?

The reason I mention this is I remember from working on Merchant Marine Diesel generator governers that the Turbochargers were also very very reliable.

I am not sure if this is to sturdy Diesel Construction or some temperature aspect of the Diesel Thermodynamic Cycle...Finally does anyone ever remeber a Carnot Engine from Thermodynamics??
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