An exhaust-driven compressor that forces more air into the engine than atmospheric pressure alone would supply. Turbochargers are blamed for far more faults than they cause: a split boost hose, a loose clamp or a seized wastegate produces the same underboost code as a worn turbo, at a fraction of the cost.
Also known as: turbo, turbo charger, blower, snail, vgt, vnt, variable geometry turbo
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The corpus opens its page on the turbocharger by saying they are blamed for far more faults than they cause, and that is the right place to start — but this article is about the ti...
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