Turbo Blown

[eurosteve]

Hi 

Maybe this has been covered already ,

 

Last weekend on the motorway I heard a strange noise like a loud hiss , then there was a smoky smell followed by a little smoke leading to lots of smoke so had to stop on the hard shoulder and be road rescued.

 

The tow truck guy seemed to think it was the turbo for some reason to do with oil burning through the exhaust.

 

Currently the car is in a depot waiting to be taken to a garage for inspection.

 

The car is a 2001 model 1.9 tdi trend model with around 140 k on the clock - not worth much these days so am hoping for reasonable news when its looked at.

 

anybody else had the same type of thing happen ?

if so what was the outcome ? any collateral damage ?

 

Thanks

 

 

[MrEnigma]

Same happened to me, mine died 2 years ago , same thing, had low oil and it caused turbo melt down.

 

Will be getting it back on the road this year , turbo can be bought on ebay for about £250 but will also need gaskets and a oil feed pipe

 

engine flush also needed before you restart as some bits might end up in engine!

[richyrich]

Hope this turns out ok (ie not too expensive) for you.

7yrs ago I had something similar - when I got home the engine would still run, but if you took the dipstick out or the oil filler cap off you would get showered with oil being blown out!

Recovery guy said turbo-ford garage said something seriously wrong with engine - no s--t Sherlock I said. (Could have been piston rings or hole in crown of piston)

Long story - ended up with new engine.

Big problem at your mileage can be egr valve - check it out - do a search.

 

Rich