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Offline Aggrofish

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Has my turbo died?
« on: 11 June 2012, 22:08 »
Guys,

So today I went out after the football to the local shopping centre, only a few miles up the road on the motorway.  On the way back I noticed that when I applied gas and the turbo should kick in instead the car would shudder as if losing power and I wouldn't accelerate.

I managed to limp home by which time I had found out that when trying to accelerate instead of the turbo kicking in all I get is a sucking sound.  Like air is being sucked in.  At first I thought the climate control was coming on!

There were no bangs leading up to this and the car didn't cut out at any stage.

Has my turbo gone or could it be something else?

Cheers,
Ross
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Offline richw911

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #1 on: 11 June 2012, 22:10 »
Boost leak / boost pipe come off  :smiley:
« Last Edit: 11 June 2012, 22:18 by richw911 »
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Offline barrym381

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #2 on: 11 June 2012, 22:16 »
Quote from: richw911 on 11 June 2012, 22:10
Boost leak / boost pipe come off  :smiley:
a boost leak rich  :grin: :grin: prob has that aswell
« Last Edit: 11 June 2012, 22:18 by richw911 »
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Offline richw911

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #3 on: 11 June 2012, 22:19 »
Quote from: barrym381 on 11 June 2012, 22:16
Quote from: richw911 on 11 June 2012, 22:10
Boost leak / boost pipe come off  :smiley:
a boost leak rich  :grin: :grin: prob has that aswell

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Offline barrym381

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #4 on: 11 June 2012, 22:21 »
Quote from: richw911 on 11 June 2012, 22:19
Quote from: barrym381 on 11 June 2012, 22:16
Quote from: richw911 on 11 June 2012, 22:10
Boost leak / boost pipe come off  :smiley:
a boost leak rich  :grin: :grin: prob has that aswell

 :tongue:
:grin: :grin: changing post now
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Offline Aggrofish

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #5 on: 11 June 2012, 22:23 »
Ok so how easy/difficult is this to fix guys?

Thanks for swift replies!
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Offline richw911

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #6 on: 11 June 2012, 22:25 »
Quote from: Aggrofish on 11 June 2012, 22:23
Ok so how easy/difficult is this to fix guys?

Thanks for swift replies!

Check all the boost hoses to see if they are loose, damaged or have come off.

Im going to guess and say it the OS inter cooler pipe come off  :laugh:
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Offline Aggrofish

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #7 on: 11 June 2012, 22:43 »
Ok well I hope so!  I will have to have a look tomorrow now.  Will it be quite obvious that something has come loose/off?
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Offline Dalo Harkin

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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #8 on: 12 June 2012, 12:32 »
Quote from: richw911 on 11 June 2012, 22:25
Quote from: Aggrofish on 11 June 2012, 22:23
Ok so how easy/difficult is this to fix guys?

Thanks for swift replies!

Check all the boost hoses to see if they are loose, damaged or have come off.

Im going to guess and say it the OS inter cooler pipe come off  :laugh:

Always a safe bet, either that or the plethora of pipes where the N249 and N112 are, only because both were shot on mine
Nick at Carbon found them both  :grin:
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Re: Has my turbo died?
« Reply #9 on: 12 June 2012, 19:13 »
Ok so it could be disconnected or damaged pipes.  Can anyone give me some advice on where to look for the specific ones?  I've had a quick look under the bonnet today but nothing stood out.

Cheers.
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