how do you and can anyone with basic tools replace a turbocharger on a diesel car?
Monday, March 8th, 2010 at
8:39 am
Brother_Chuck asked:
I am almost an average DIY enthusiast. It is my fiancee’s car so dont want to mess it up but also dont want to pay a mechanic for work I could do or any Joe public could easily carry out.
EDIT* The car is a peugeot 307 2.0 hdi
I am almost an average DIY enthusiast. It is my fiancee’s car so dont want to mess it up but also dont want to pay a mechanic for work I could do or any Joe public could easily carry out.
EDIT* The car is a peugeot 307 2.0 hdi
Tagged with: Diy Enthusiast • Peugeot 307 • Turbocharger
Filed under: DIY
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what year/make/model of car is it? most of the time passenger car turbos are fairly easy to replace (if they are front mounted), but make sure you get all applicable gaskets for this job. is the center section water cooled?
It’s easy to do, if there is easy access. I can’t tell you w/o the make and model/year of the car. If you can get to it, there’s no calibration. Just unbolt the damaged one and bolt on the new one. I can give you more info if you give the make/model/year. Also, I recommend you go with the manufactures’ turbo or equivalent.
Hope I helped!
The turbo is an easy job to replace on any car if its located at the front of the engine, it can still be done if its located at the back of the engine its just more fiddly.
Ensure you have lots of releasing fluid for the nuts that hold the turbo in place as they have a habit of snapping the studs they are on.
The easiest way to remove it would be to take off the turbo with the manifold then remove the turbo.
The pipe that goes to the top middle of the turbo is for the oil under pressure to the bearings (not water) before refitting the replacement turbo check that there is a pressured oil feed to the turbo, if you dont and this is blocked then you will damage the new turbo, also dont forget to refit the oil return on the bottom.
Most of this can be achieved with a DIY Mechanics tool kit (only checking the oil pressure needs special tools)
And also consider what caused the damage to the current turbo.
It is ESSENTIAL that the pressurized oil flow continue to the turbo as the “fan” insides rotates. The rotation continues even after turning off the engine.
Sooo, let the car idle for 20 seconds or so before shutting off the engine to keep the oil flowing tot he bearings that support the fan.
(oh, yes Iknow that may effect fuel consumption…but it is still a good idea)
Regards,
Eric