Scotty are Turbocharged engines as reliable, as long lived as a non turbocharged engine? I see lots of car companies offering Smaller engines with Turbochargers, even Toyota. Neighbor had a 2.7 Ford nothing but problems. All I want is reliability and longevity. Thanks HAPPY Thanksgiving.
No.
Scotty explains this a lot in his videos
Happy Thanksgiving.
This has already been discussed ad naueseum on our forum if you do a search. The short answer is stick with naturally aspirated engines if you care about durability/longevity.
This topic was discussed on the form previously and in great detail.
Anyhow,
are Turbocharged engines as reliable, as long lived as a non turbocharged engine?
No.
There are specific exceptions - none on the US market.
I see lots of car companies offering Smaller engines with Turbochargers, even Toyota.
Emission and economy standards plus car buyers wanting more power is forcing them.
A lot of car models that have gone turbo only or GDI only are sold as naturally aspirated cars abroad, they're just much lower performance and often less efficient.
And I get why they don't bring that tech over, I've seen a few cases where they have and virtually everyone opted for the fancier Cylinder deactivation enabled / Turbo / GDI / T-GDi powertrains.
The same is true about transmission tech.
All I want is reliability and longevity
In today's world, longevity and reliability are two different distinct things.
A lot of the Japanese new tech is decently reliable, but not it's not going to last 20+ years like older tech has (due to complexity making it almost impossible to diagnose as they age and develop unusual faults, and repair costs on that tech is just insane)
No. Think about it, a 2.7L V6 is powering what should be naturally aspirated V8, or a 4.0 V6 that's naturally aspirated if he doesn't pull anything. My 3.0L V6 in my Ford Ranger is larger than that 2.7L, and it's a compact truck. The 2.7L only has power because of the GDI engine and turbocharger. Without either /or they're dogs. That tiny engine wears out extremely quickly, especially if you tow.
Natural Aspirated is usually more reliable than a turbo. But a turbo Toyota engine is probably more reliable than almost any other American or European car makes naturally aspirated engine.
