Replacement Turbo

[hilda]

Hi

I suspect the turbo has broken on my car-clouds of white/blue smoke when idling.
The oil pressure & boost guage are working normally & car is OK when under load but a little lumpy on tickover.
Has anybody recently bought a new or recon turbo & if so where from. I had wondered about a unit from a breaker if I could locate one.

Thanks
John

[Gazza]

Think loads of white smoke is normally a sign of head gasket failure.

Gazza

[Rambo]

JIMBO had a turbo for sale back in Nov. Drop him a PM to see whether its still for sale or not

[bobbrown]

Fetnas re built his turbo using a new center section purchased from the USA which is the main part of a turbo as the other parts should not wear.
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[lotusgirlmarie]

White smoke is head gasket. Pull your plugs to verify based on colouration and cylinder condition.

[sheprob]

Hi,
Even though I do not believe your problem is your turbo, if you or anyone else discovers your turbo has seen better days, then there are two sources to buy NEW turbos, and these are from the states:

http://www.powertechnologies-turbo.com/liquidation.html[/url]
If you look under:
89473158 RHB52TW Isuzu VI 78 Turbo $ 325.00
Our turbo is the VI77, the only difference between ours and this this one, is the angle of the compressor housing. By undoing the 6 bolts on the back of the housing it can be rotated to the correct angle. I have bought one of these, but please note it does not have an actuator. So just use your old one. $325 at the moment is £205 for a NEW turbo. A friend of mine brought it back for me.

The other alternative on ebay is a cartridge:
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110437357028&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

This is also the correct part, but at $299 I would go with the first option as it is a complete turbo.

I would avoid buying second hand turbos on ebay, as alot of them are rubbish. I foolishly bought one, and despite my best efforts in asking all the right questions, i.e compressor condition and shaft play, his response was "it worked ok on the car", ALARM BELLS should have rung. The reality was a compressor wheel that had digested a sand storm and the shaft had a ridiculous amount of play. I managed to send it back eventually, but lost out on P&P.

All the best

Rob

[G UK]

White smoke is head gasket. Pull your plugs to verify based on colouration and cylinder condition.

White smoke can also be the turbo blowing. From my personal experience last year.

First Turbo Failure = Small amount of Blue Smoke exactly as if your burning oil.
Head Gasket - No smoke but sge ran like a dog and the gasket was visibly weeping.
Second Turbo Failure - Huge amounts of White Smoke

The first Turbo failure was caused by thrust bearing failure which damaged the seals and started burning oil (hence blue smoke). The second Turbo failure after the head gasket was replaced, the valves reseated and a dodgy turbo rebuild was another thrust bearing failure, this time the turbine seals failed massively injecting oil (and possibly coolant) into the exhaust which gave rather large billows of white smoke akin to when an F1 car blows.