Hi everyone,

I have been having trouble with my car. Turbo failed. So I bought a replacement cartridge (chra?). I fitted this today. Started the engine. Seemed ok. Let the engine warm up for a few mins. Started to have a play with the throttle. Built up the revs. Could hear it spooling up. Just about to put the bonnet down and gave it another rev up and bang! Looked under the bonnet and the chra cartridge had split!! I checked and double checked when I rebuilt the turbo. All turbo pipes were clear and oil ways were ok. New oil in engine.

I got this item from eBay and now the seller won't answer my messages (6 hours now). Am I entitled to a refund or replacement or have I missed something more obvious? Is it a faulty item? It split out from the compressor side and the actual turbine is missing presumed in a million bits

Any help appreciated


Thanks
Dan

Did you crank it over a bit to get some oil through before starting it? When I had mine on a 2001 plate and the turbo went I bought a secondhand vectra 2.2dti turbo and fitted that.

It had been stood a few days and been taken to bits so it didn't go first time. Quite a bit of cranking. When it did fire I let it tick over for a while. The failure seems to be with the unit I have fitted. I just want piece of mind that it's nothing I have done.

Thanks
Dan

No help to you now but I've just sold a 2.2 93 with a low mileage turbo unit for £110.....
Back on topic... I've seen a few cartridges fail but usually because the casings have been disassembled incorrectly and/or rebuilt incorrectly. The other thing that occurs, is folks fit a new turbo unit without removing and cleaning all the associated pipework and intercooler. Tiny (and often not so tiny) bits of debris get sucked-up into the turbo and it fails. Finally, oil feed pipes become choked up and fail to deliver enough oil. This causes premature turbo failure and if not rectified before the new turbo is fitted, does the same....
Check all of the above and report back.

[Edited on 19/2/15 by owelly]