Blown Turbo?

[immortalkhalsa]

Sounds expensive and I don't see the need to replace the exhaust system. Any remaining oil will soon get blown out. Can the oil seal not be replaced?

Did the oil light not come on when this happened?

the exhaust system will need to be replaced as i will not be aloud to drive the car and give it a chance to clear out, as the continuous smoke will get me pulled by the cops. a 50 mile drive on the motorway at high speed will get it cleared but also get me arrested.  general day to day driving around town just wont do the trick, and i was told there is a risk that i could end up causing probs with the new turbo? not sure about that tho?

the question about the oil seal i also asked but i was told that as the turbo had been flooded with oil it needs to be changed.

the oil light came on eventually as all the oil leacked out, but not immediatly on the day of the problem.  which i guess makes sense as it took sometime for the oil level to get low enough to trigger the oil light.

[immortalkhalsa]

ok guys, just had the work done and need to pay the mechanic tomorrow.  need to know if this is a good price for the labour!

£385 - this is Labour only to remove and replace with new turbo, remove and replace full exhaust system and also to change oil. the price includes purchase of oil. i would have thought this is quite a big job, what ya think?

so what do you think? how good or bad, do i need to negotiate?

[Ridg]

sounds like quite a good price.

oil change on its own would set you back about £60 and i don't think that the full exhaust change would be a quick job, esp as the turbo is on the mainiford.

make sure you take it for a drive before you pay though just in case any of the timing needs to be adjusted.

[immortalkhalsa]

sounds like quite a good price.

oil change on its own would set you back about £60 and i don't think that the full exhaust change would be a quick job, esp as the turbo is on the mainiford.

make sure you take it for a drive before you pay though just in case any of the timing needs to be adjusted.

thanks very much ridge. makes me feel better. i have been driving the car tonight and have noticed that the turbo makes a sudden extra whistle every now and then which the old turbo never did. not sure if this is something to worry about?

also how can i tell if the timing needs to be adjusted?

[Rhyso]

also how can i tell if the timing needs to be adjusted?

your car will feel a bit sluggish and there will be flat spots throughout the rev range; best thing to do is to try some foot-flat-to-the-floor accerlation in different gears and see if the car is sluggish, slow to respond etc;

also i believe it would idle a little eratically

[immortalkhalsa]

also how can i tell if the timing needs to be adjusted?

your car will feel a bit sluggish and there will be flat spots throughout the rev range; best thing to do is to try some foot-flat-to-the-floor accerlation in different gears and see if the car is sluggish, slow to respond etc;

also i believe it would idle a little eratically

o ok, well i dont think this is the case then...its being quite responsive and a smoth drive.....better then before really.

do i need to be extra gentle with the car for a while cos i have a recon turbo in there now? do i need to "run it in" ? really dont want to damage the thing again.

[Rhyso]

sounds like its fine then 

just make sure you let everything get up to temperature before giving it full throttle, red line acceleration; same as normal really.

perhaps take it gentle for the first hundred miles but i would have thought its good to go out of the box