Anybody had any problems with there Turbo.My FL2 HSE after doing 13000 miles started making a bellowing noise which seemed to be coming from the exaust.Took the landy to the dealer only to be told the Turbo is cracked.

Hope thats not a sign of things to come with the FL2  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

I wouldn't worry too much as turbocharger construction hasn't cahnged a great deal over the years and they are generally very realiable....but they need to be treated correctly.

A manufacturing defect could cause it to crack, but generally speaking cracks generate due to the failure to allow the turbo to cool after hard driving. 100 mph down the motorway and then pulling into your drive to stop on a regular basis is a sure way to reduce turbo life.

Gambba wrote:

A manufacturing defect could cause it to crack, but generally speaking cracks generate due to the failure to allow the turbo to cool after hard driving. 100 mph down the motorway and then pulling into your drive to stop on a regular basis is a sure way to reduce turbo life.

On TD motors it normally isn't too much of an issue and the "word on the street" has always been to take the last 5-10 minutes of a drive relatively easy.

After stopping and switching off teh engine a pump kicks in to continue recirculating coolant through the turbo to aid cooling, but there is a certain threshold where the heatsink outweighs the ability of the coolant to remove heat and this is where problems can start.

The best time to allow a turbo to cool down is whilst driving, not whilst simply idling on your drive, as the cooling effect is far less when stationary...which is why stop start traffic kills so many cars.

Gambba wrote:

100 mph down the motorway and then pulling into your drive to stop on a regular basis is a sure way to reduce turbo life.

Gambba wrote:

On TD motors it normally isn't too much of an issue and the "word on the street" has always been to take the last 5-10 minutes of a drive relatively easy.

I'm going to have to slow down, when I come off the motorway now

Now I will have stop been Nigel Mansell and become "Hoke Colburn" off "Driving Miss Daisy" when I come off the M1 to cool the turbo.

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