My turbo has started to chuff, how long till?

1 mile or 5000 , its not long for the world , you could do far damage than if it goes kaboom

 

Usually when they go it's rather sudden...You might want to deal with it in a convenient place rather than some out of the way place. A friend of mine just paid a small fortune getting his replaced in a small town because he thought it would last a bit longer.

 

It def saves you money if you do it soon, and how and where you want. Turbos rarely let loose idling in a parking lot where you can work on them. They usually come apart while your pulling a hill, on a blind corner, with no shoulder, at night, and either raining or snowing. Don't know why but that seems to be the case more times then not.

 

Get it done if you are hauling and it goes you may have to have it tow save a lot more money now .

 

Luck of the draw on your run. You're tossing a coin. I'm gonna bet you're gonna complete the run. Would get it fixed right after to prevent tow.

 

Like was said above, hard to tell how long you'll get but once it goes, its gone.

 

Doesn't matter if you have a load or not. Mine blew up when my truck was empty and I was turning low rpms (about 1,300) and not really any boosting to speak of.

If you change it now you will save yourself a few hours extra labor and extra money. If it blows up it will send tiny pieces of aluminum throughout your system.

The CAC will keep those pieces from going into the engine but you will have to remove it, dump and shake it out, then steam clean it really good to get the oil out of it.

You will have to tear down all of the rubber elbows, hump boots, etc and thoroughly clean the insides (and outside while you are at it) of those.

You will have to throw away the air filter. If you try to save money by not throwing away the old air filter you will destroy your new turbo as soon as you crank the motor.

None of this is difficult but if it blows up you just have a lot more time involved and some extra costs. It's a simple job to swap a turbo you don't have to be a mechanical guru. About a 3 hour job if you take your time.

I know it sucks being on the road and worried about it. Mine blew up about 40 miles from home. I parked it at a grocery store lot about a half mile from where it happened and did the swap in the parking lot over the course of the next few days. Had to bring everything home to clean it though. If you were just swapping a turbo you could do it anywhere. All you need is a socket set and a big prybar. Inspect all your hump boots and everything while you are at it, replace if needed.

 

Hmm never heard one chuff??
Had a Detroit that went POP.
Does someone have a video example of one "chuffing" or able to describe the noise? Is there any visible signs ?
Thks.