How long should a turbo last?

I have a Browning A-Bolt rifle that needed work. Being used to Remington, Ruger and other Paul Mauser designs, I wasn't expecting the goofy trigger assembly that I found in the Browning. Weird setup, to be sure. You have to send the assembly to Browning to get it right unless you know what you're doing. I just bought a replacement. I equate these VGTs to that. Making it more complicated doesn't necessarily make it better.

 

I've seen Cummins & Detroit go Vesuvius through the stack. What a nightmare.

That's why I could see changing one after so many miles, but you might make it worse lol.

 

Oh, that's just funny, right there. That made me laugh.

 

Yep, but I have to be careful of that since I have an Ultrashift and am not quite sure at what RPM the centrifugal clutch starts to engage. I'm afraid if I set the idle too high, the clutch may start to engage ever so much and I'll wear out the friction material. I like the Ultrashift, but I just don't know enough about the things.

 

Oh, I know how to run one, I just haven't taken much time to learn about how they operate, which I should. I run mainly Midwest to Northwest and I have no problem with it, aside from the fact that I would like to have more control than it gives me. Still, though, it's been a pretty good transmission. Like I said, it's a few little things that I'm unsure of, like the upping the idle thing.

So, what you're telling me is that if I'm just bumping the idle up to keep oil to the places oil needs to be (turbo, etc...), the ECM will keep the clutch from trying to engage, so I don't have to worry about that part?

 

Okay, thanks for the info. I'm actually waiting for KW to call me back, since I had a couple questions for them after picking my truck up, anyway. I didn't even think about the clutch being fully engaged in neutral as it would with a standard. It is a standard, after all, with the computer doing the shifting.