lovie999

We have a winner!!!! Thanks for all the comments - it's been a good few years since I got my hands propper dirty on a motor and it's paid off. The replacement turbo arrived at about 10.30 yesterday and by 3 p.m. the car was back on the run! Anyone else who finds themselves in the same situation should give it a go. Turbo was

OK Turbo out and intercooler and air intake pipes cleaned out (must have been about a litre of oil in there). Took about 4 hours Haynes Manual in hand. On the plus side there was still just enough oil in the sump to read on the dip stick. :) Just waiting for the new turbo to come in now having been let down by supplier who promised it for this morning. ;) Fingers crossed for part coming tomorrow and a successful start up about luchtime.

Thanks for your comments everyone - I am a little encouraged by them and will have a crack at removing the turbo today. Anyone got any thoughs on how much engine damage I may have done? It will be heart ache if I do the turbo and the engine is dead. Also will I need to clean out all the oil from the air intakes and exhaust or can I just burn it off if I get it running again?

I was on the motorway this morning at about 80mph in my 2000 (v reg) Galaxy 1.9tdi and I noticed a whirring/hissing sound. This went on for a short while and faded as the revs dropped and then picked up again as the revs increased. I slowed down a bit and then was unable to pick speed up again (general lack of power) and then noticed black / blue smoke from the exhaust. Luckily I was able to pull into services - by then the engine was getting rattly and when I stopped I could not turn the engine off and it maxed out on the revs and I had to stall it to stop it. A passing tow truck guy looked at it and reconed it was a head gasket (the remaining oil is clean and no water loss) the AA man said blown turbo (he looked into a big pipe on the RHS of the rocker cover and saw oil?). Anyone got any more ideas and is it worth me trying to fix? Could it be terminal for my Galaxy?