Does anyone know what the average lifespan of the T25 is? If yours died, what mileage did it die at and what boost were you running? My T25 makes a howling sound (at least I think it's the turbo) and I believe this may be the beginning of the end. The car still makes boost and doesn't blow any smoke but I think it's only a matter of time. My car currently has 46xxx miles. Thanks for the input.
Average T25 lifespan
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Does anyone know what the average lifespan of the T25 is? If yours died, what mileage did it die at and what boost were you running? My T25 makes a howling sound (at least I think it's the turbo) and I believe this may be the beginning of the end. The car still makes boost and doesn't blow any smoke but I think it's only a matter of time. My car currently has 46xxx miles. Thanks for the input.
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mine was still in good condition when i swapped it out and that was at about 49k miles. i used to run like 18psi, and didn't seem to kill my turbo.
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I think it depends on the amount of boost you put threw it and how often you change the oil. There is a guy around here that has 160k on his stock T-25.
Definetly depends on how diligent you are about maintenance also the person who had the car before you. In my case, I am the only person who has had the car 
By the way, Nick has no idea how to make a turbo last Sorry Nick, couldn't resist.:crackit:
By the way, Nick has no idea how to make a turbo last
Sorry Nick, couldn't resist.:crackit:I agree with everyone here. I heard a howling/whistline noise from my T-25 before I upgraded and it turns out my compressor wheel was all chewed up. I personally think the guys at SATAN did it, because I didn't hear it before I brought it there, though they swear they heard when they test drove it before doing the work. Hmmm. Other than that wheel, the turbo had 55K miles on it and it was still solid everywhere else. I actually sold it as is for 100 bux to a guy who needed a stock turbo really bad.
But anyway,the point of my pointless rant is...check your compressor wheel, something may have gotten in there and chewed it up. I would doubt it's anything else from the responses in this thread.
But anyway,the point of my pointless rant is...check your compressor wheel, something may have gotten in there and chewed it up. I would doubt it's anything else from the responses in this thread.
Uh-oh, here we go!!!
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Not fair!RippinGSX said:
By the way, Nick has no idea how to make a turbo last
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Well, the turbo is gone, I'll be surprised to have another one, unless it's twin, and under the hood of a SupraRippinGSX said:Just kidding man
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Mine blew
Mine just blew a couple months ago @ 95k. It had been making a whiney howl for a few weeks before it went. I was running 16psi for a while, and then the locking nut came loose on my mbc, and the adjuster knob fell out. I was driving cautiously while I waited for new MBC internals from Extreme to show up. I left my car at a tire shop to get some new rubber put on. I assumed that they weren't going to road test my car, but I assumed wrong. The kid that road tested it must have laid into it pretty hard, cuz when I picked up my car it was smoking like crazy, and I was unable to make boost. $4600 later, I now have a new turbo, new clutch, and my crankwalk has been fixed......for now.
Mine just blew a couple months ago @ 95k. It had been making a whiney howl for a few weeks before it went. I was running 16psi for a while, and then the locking nut came loose on my mbc, and the adjuster knob fell out. I was driving cautiously while I waited for new MBC internals from Extreme to show up. I left my car at a tire shop to get some new rubber put on. I assumed that they weren't going to road test my car, but I assumed wrong. The kid that road tested it must have laid into it pretty hard, cuz when I picked up my car it was smoking like crazy, and I was unable to make boost. $4600 later, I now have a new turbo, new clutch, and my crankwalk has been fixed......for now.
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No lawsuit, and I replaced the turbo with a ported 16G
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I didn't make them pay for it because it was partially my fault for not mentioning the boost controller failure, plus the turbo was about to blow up anyway.
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A road test after tires is really never needed. Anyone knows you are to make no full throttle runs for a while because you can spin the balanced tires on the rim and make them unbalanced.
I also think you are not to go over 60mph or something like that for X miles.
Take that f!@#$%'s car for a test drive!(don't matter if he says no)
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