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THE RISE OF THE TURBOCHARGER

THE fitment of turbochargers became popular as a solution to reducing the carbon footprint of motor manufacturers by downsizing the capacity of the engines fitted to their product range and ensuring similar performance with forced induction systems. But these high-tech components come with their own set of rules to ensure optimum running and a long life.

Normally, an engine failure sees the entire unit disassembled and checked in order to find the cause. This failure mechanism is resolved or

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