Well, it looks like the turbo finally failed and got stranded in Droitwich with no power.

Does anyone know of a good place in the Worcester region that can replace turbos?

Or how hard is it to replace a turbo if I've never done one before? I'm quite handy with a spanner.

Do the turbos from eurocarparts come with all the kit like new gaskets etc? I know there not the cheapest but I need to get my car fixed ASAP.

Thanks

Replacement of a turbo is mechanically straightforward, however the failure of your existing turbo is almost certainly due to the disintegration of the impeller which mean you may well need to replace the intercooler as well, in any event you'll need to remove all the high pressure pipework and intercooler for a thorough inspection and clean to ensure no metal fragments remain.

Right...

If I remove the turbo and it seems intact does that mean everything should be OK?

It is a bit fiddly and tight for room to get inlet manifold off, but once this is off its pretty simple to get turbo off, lift it out from the top of eng bay.

You don't need to remove to check though, remove turbo inlet pipe and reach inside and see if the turbo spins freely, also how much play is in the shaft.you might find it won't turn at all, or there could be loads of play and the impellor is touching the body.

Is there an easy way to get the intake manifold clips off at the bottom! There a sod to get too! I've removed the two bolts & I'm just stuck on the circlips things

There are special long reach pliers for those clips available, which make it easy!

 

I use what I'm sure are called water pump pliers, or mole grips if you can get them in.

I think it was more to do wit the location. Anyway, I've jacked the car up & can get relatively good access from underneath.

 

Will report back.

Air intake manifold off. Getting there slowly.

 

BTW, now that I have all the pieces off, should I clean off all the gunk from the intakes & ERG? What is it people use... Mr Muscle Oven cleaner?

 

Edited 15 July, 201411 yr by Chris Berry

Deffo worth doing, but wait until you've found out if bits of turbo have been blown into pipework/intercooler, as all that will need to come off and it will be easier to clean with it all off the car.

Right, just the large nut on the oil return-flow line to remove & I think that it!!

 

Cant believe people do this for fun!!

I am missing something? I removed all 8 nuts from the turbo housing, the exhaust pipe, the oil feed line and the oil return-flow line but its not coming off. Its loose & the turbo side is pretty free, but the right hand side seems stuck on something. Is there anything else I should have removed but have missed?

 

edit: missed the bloody lower bracket by the oil return line!

Edited 15 July, 201411 yr by Chris Berry

Right its off!!

 

The implellers look undamaged but theres a lot of movement on the intake axis side & the outlet side moves a bit too.

 

Looks like a lot of play, how much is there if you pull it in and out?

Also is the shaft still complete?turn one end and hold the other to check shafts not broke.

Shaft seems broken as both impellers turn independantly. Cant see any signs of debris or particals in the turbo or pipes.

Edited 15 July, 201411 yr by Chris Berry

btw, after fitting the new turbo, should the car just work? Do I have to do anything apart from let it idle for ten minutes to in sure that oil has been properly circulated.

Shaft seems broken as both impellers turn independantly. Cant see any signs of debris or particals in the turbo or pipes.

 

That'd do it

if it's spinning to suck air in but not spinning to suck it back out again you're going to struggle

 

btw, after fitting the new turbo, should the car just work? Do I have to do anything apart from let it idle for ten minutes to in sure that oil has been properly circulated.

 

yep once all reattached it should just fire up like before

Cheers PB, will hopefully have it all back together by tomorrow afternoon.

Best practice to get a new oil feed pipe,and put fresh oil and filter in.

 

Pour some oil in the top feed point before fitting the feed pipe,just so you know the bearings have got a bit of oil around them for the first turn

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Doing an oil & filter change now.

 

The oil feed pipe looks pretty clean inside - is it necesary to change it?

I changed the first one cos we bent it getting it off in the first place

didn't bother changing the second one

OK, I'll check to see if it's bent or not because I did have to push it a bit put of the way to get the turbo and bits out.

That looks fooked mate :(

Yeah it sounded pretty fooked when I was driving it!

 

But I'm glad it didnt fail catastrophically & have bits of impeller in the system.

You were very lucky by the sound of it. Hope it all goes back together smoothly