Used Jaguar XF 2.7d or 3.0d

Ranger8

tired_dad wrote: »

tbh a new turbo on many cars will hit £1k or more from any main dealer.

I've heard that turbo failure is almost a wear and tear item on a diesel, i.e. they almost always fail at some point.

Diesel turbos are often changed unnecessarily because the diagnosed `failure` is down to being carboned up not because the seals or bearings have failed.
The vanes inside the turbo can often be cleaned.

harveybobbles

...and these people still buy diesels because they are brainwashed into thinking they are cheaper to run...

gilbert_and_sullivan

tired_dad wrote: »

tbh a new turbo on many cars will hit £1k or more from any main dealer.

I've heard that turbo failure is almost a wear and tear item on a diesel, i.e. they almost always fail at some point.

Out VW touran turbo went 2y ago at 50k miles. Main dealer price was well over 1k fitted. Independent managed to get one for about £7-800

They weren't a regular failure when oil change intervals were still in sensible figures, and to exacerbate the issue i wonder how many modern turbos are allowed to warm up and cool down a bit.

This applies just as much to lorries now, the turbos of which are regular items, again unheard of before starship miles oil change intervals became the new must have and new practices suggested no need to warm up nor cool down.

I know people who run modern Diesels the old way, with old school servicing and some equally old school driving (warm and cool), i know of cars that are covering 400k miles without a murmer from the turbo.

Alt

Ranger8 wrote: »

Diesel turbos are often changed unnecessarily because the diagnosed `failure` is down to being carboned up not because the seals or bearings have failed.
The vanes inside the turbo can often be cleaned.

Very true. Pretty certain my Mondeo suffers from the 'sticky vanes' syndrome. The local 'Diesel specialist' charged me over £70 to read the fault code and tell me I needed a new £1k turbo.

Alt

Ranger8

Alt wrote: »

Very true. Pretty certain my Mondeo suffers from the 'sticky vanes' syndrome. The local 'Diesel specialist' charged me over £70 to read the fault code and tell me I needed a new £1k turbo.

Alt

I`d be tempted to try Mr Muscle, google it

tired_dad

dang, just seen a Mr Muscle vid on youtube. Was on an audi.

Wish I'd seen that 2y ago when our touran turbo put us into limp mode