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29/3/2016 at 3:38pm
Location: North Surrey
Outfit: Bailey Unicorn Valencia S3
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Take the van out for a tow when you are not going anywhere and without the family, prove to yourself the car is fine.
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29/3/2016 at 5:51pm
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Depends what was wrong with it & how good was the repair? If you want forum members to help restore your confidence then you will need to provide full details of your car, the nature of the breakdown, full details of the fault & how much it cost to repair.
Turbo failure can involve a very expensive complete repair or a cheap repair causing turbo to fail again in months.
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29/3/2016 at 6:25pm
Location: Stoke On Trent
Outfit: 2006 Avondale Eagle
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The repair was good , Kia Sorento 2.5 crdi , it's a car with a good service history , the last service was done by myself(1800 miles ago) I am very good on the spanners . The service exchange turbo was replaced by myself , all pipe work and inter cooler taken off and cleaned ,all new gaskets . Oil and filter changed and left to run on tick over until upto temp , oil and filter changed again , new fuel and air filter fitted , oil flow and return to turbo checked fresh water and anti freeze and flow of that checked aswel . Car had 2 adult and 2 children towing Avondale eagle . It was all well under its 1500kg , it towed great for 51 miles. Come to a long pull up a hill on the A55 towards Queensferry started to struggle on the hill . Stopped at services after the junction checked oil and water no hot brakes nothing stuck on .
Left services on slip road loads of smoke and a run away engine , stalled engine and phoned rac ,
The turbo was shot bearings had gone . I put this down oil starvation .
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29/3/2016 at 7:31pm
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Turbo bearing failure allows oil into intercooler & exhaust system including dpf, also advisable to remove sump to clean sludge from oilways. Thats why a main dealer repair is so expensive.
If car is running ok now I would get shot while it still is. For your next car look for full main dealer service history, that should ensure correct oil has been used & oe filter.
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29/3/2016 at 7:56pm
Location: Northumberland
Outfit: Knaus Sudwind 550 TK
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Runaway turbo!!??
Rare, but not nice. Seen loads of videos of them on the 'tube'.
Do you think you'll need to take it for a really long run, as there may be oil on the exhaust system even though you've changed / cleaned everything else??
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29/3/2016 at 8:34pm
Location: West Sussex
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I had a Turbo go at 10,000 miles because the pipe from the intercooler was loose causing it to over rev to achieve the same pressure, destroyed the bearing/seal. Thankfully I noticed the blue smoke coming out the back in time. Changed under warranty and ran car for another 100,000 miles with no problem.
Check around the turbo pipes to see if there has been any sign of leakage (black oil sprayed around). Maybe the previous owner has such an issue.
How many miles has it done?
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30/3/2016 at 8:50am
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Could have just been fair wear & tear then. Did you check there was correct volume of oil flowing through bearing? Turbo replacement procedure usually requires return to be detached & oil flow volume measured in container.
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05/4/2016 at 7:48pm
Location: West Sussex
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Great to hear such good news!
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