[Shop-talk] Premium for Turbos

[David Hillman]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Eric Murray wrote:
> Most turbo cars require premium.  Turbocharging puts a lot of heat and 
> pressure in the engine and that can cause detonation.  That will blow 
> up a turbocharged engine real quick.

    Luckily it's a Subaru, so he can run regular gas without it blowing up 
any sooner than it otherwise would've ;)

    Both my Subarus ( 2000 Legacy and 2003 WRX ) blew their headgaskets 
before 60,000 miles, and I'm not nearly alone.  Something like half of 
that generation Legacy production with the EJ25 suffered a blown HG inside 
80k.  At least Subaru warranted that one... the WRX (EJ20T) they just 
disowned, and dared me to sue them.

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  David Hillman