turbo kaput

[lacedr]

Whilst changing my engine mounts noticed the pipe going to the turbo looked a bit iffy so undone it and was not pleased with what I found.
Could have been worse could have imploded in on itself when driving!
Dave
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/lacedr/20140119_201902_zpsc78vmi8a.jpg

 

[lacedr]

Sorry posted twice

 

[Cater_Racer]

worse still can't see the images....

 

[944 man]

How about that Gerry?

 

[T3rra]

How was the car driving with the turbo like this? Did you notice any lost ?

 

[Frenchy]

Nasty [] i presume you run an air filter ? possibly some debris left in the airbox at some time ?

 

[lacedr]

to be honest i havent had the car long or done many miles,i didnt notice any excessive noise but the inlet hose to the turbo was f#####d
with bits missing i presume that went into the turbo
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/lacedr/20140119_201919_zpsotw78rce.jpg
i had not noticed a difference

 

[George Elliott]

sorry to see that,.....it is not pretty and it takes very little to make it happen.

The intercooler may have acted as a filter for you so don't give up, big bits missing are less of an issue than small bits.

if it happened to me I would have a compression test done to verify if the shrapnel has done any harm internally.

If you have 130psi** equally or thereabouts on all cylinders, you have probably been lucky.

Then backflush the I/C and catch the shrapnel. Clean everything. The I/C is the No1 dangerous component on your car in my book.

The turbo can be reconditioned or replaced.

George
944t



** check this figure, its approx and others will confirm exactly

 

[lacedr]

sorry yes with a cone filter

 

[lacedr]

ORIGINAL: George Elliott

sorry to see that,.....it is not pretty and it takes very little to make it happen.

The intercooler may have acted as a filter for you so don't give up, big bits missing are less of an issue than small bits.

if it happened to me I would have a compression test done to verify if the shrapnel has done any harm internally.

If you have 130psi** equally or thereabouts on all cylinders, you have probably been lucky.

Then backflush the I/C and catch the shrapnel. Clean everything. The I/C is the No1 dangerous component on your car in my book.

The turbo can be reconditioned or replaced.

George
944t



** check this figure, its approx and others will confirm exactly

George thanks for the reply and tips
i had prior to noticing the turbo trouble changed the oil and filter and had not noticed any rubbish in the oil i will clean out i/c and do a pressure test hopefully tomorrow
i will post up the results,fingers crossed
cheers
Dave

 

[scam75]

+1 re: intercooler

When my car simultaneously trashed it's HG and turbo we decided to just bin the intercooler and use a known clean s/h replacement. Fortunately my bores survived unscathed. It looked like my turbo had shed it's front shaft nut and then chewed it up. Nasty nasty stuff but a full stripdown of the engine to refresh and check all was well showed no bore damage. The old IC was full of silver dust though as was the turbo hard pipes.

Stuart

 

[Cater_Racer]

Thanks Simon, much better.

I'm away in France ATM so I think photobucket is playing up.

 

[912UK]

looks like you saved that in time nice save..

Better to be replacing before it went bang!