2000 Audi A6 2.7T w/ 91K and original turbos, currently getting replaced.

 

How'd you know your turbo died on you?

 

If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard someone last how long my turbos are going to last on here...i'd be a very rich man. And I'm sure we are all sick of people asking it

 

I am in 100% agreement with Southboro! Treat the car well and she'll treat you well!

OOOO

 

Thanks, NJ. You're one of the few who answered the original question. I didn't ask how long they should last or how to treat them. I asked if anyone out there had a high-mileage 2.7T with original turbos and how many miles they had.You seem to be the winner with 135k. Good luck getting beyond 175k.

If anyone else has more miles on their OEM turbos, please let us know.

 

Have you searched on this? As people have pointed out, it has been discussed many times before. Search here and on www.audiworld.com and you'll find many posts with people saying how many miles they have on their original turbos.

Good luck.

 

I have met a few people at some of the Audi meets that either have a A6 2.7 or S4 2.7. There has been more than one person that had blowna turbo with less than 80k in a car with no chip and no hard driving. Keep in mind that these people were my age and are not driving the cars hard (lets just say I am older than most)

For every person that has 100K on there stock turbos there is at least 1 that has not made it that far. I decided to purchase a N/A car for this reason

There is truth to the fact that the turbo will fail it is a wearable part. All parts will fail sooner or later. All in all there is no set mileage to how long it will last. The best thing you can do to help your turbo is to follow general car maintenance southturboguy listed some major ones.

But IMHO I would in no meens think that you are safe with over 100k. That your turbo will be fine for ever

 

I know the turbo was failing because I was hearing a siren type noise and audi confirmed it.

 

I have an 01 A6 2.7T with about 88,000 on it and I can hear that one of the turbos is starting to let go. I let the turbos warm up and cool down before hammering on the car and always run Mobil 1 5W30 synthetic. There is not much more you can do but hope they last a while. Just like SouthboroAudiGuy said, you don't know how the car was treated before you got it.

 

I have 101K on original turbos. 2000 which is supposed to hve smaller lines feeding the turbos oil and are more prone to fail. I am somewhat easy on the car but I also flush my engine with seafoam every other change and have had a better running vehicle since implementing that, so hopefully I'll never have to replace the turbos.