My Turbo Is Dead, Can I upgrade it rather than replace it?

[salve3tor13]

Hi,

I have an Ibiza MK4 TDI130 Sport remaped to 170bhp I was so happy with it until tonight as my Turbo went, leaving me stranded in Birmingham City Centre for 3 hours

I have been getting thirsty for more power, and I was wondering if i can get a new PD150 turbo instead of the 130. It seems to retail for around the same price, will it fit to my car or do I need to do anything else to the engine?

I had been driving it when the big pipe feeding air into the turbo had came off... plumes of black smoke out the back lol, is this what killed my turbo?

Also the AA man noticed that the cap on my break fluid was missing, and he said I will have contaminated the break fluid. Is this serious? Do I need to get the break fluid changed?

1 more problem

When I put my key in the ignition sometimes the immobilizer light wont stop flashing, and so I cannot start the car, however if I take it out and put it back in it usually works, any ideas?

Thanks to any1 willing to help

 

[james.l]

With regards to the Turbo, your car will have been remapped to work with the PD130 turbo, so upgrading the turbo, without upgrading map would be unwise in my opinion, you may also need to upgrade other parts of the car also, not really sure. If you have got water or other substances in your brake fluid then it will need to be changed, normally about £40 - £50.

Try plugging in vag-com and see if you get any errors.

 

[st10587]

speak to will at P torque, hes just started doing turbo conversions for the pd130

 

[kriso]

If the cap is missing, you will definitely have contaminated the brake fluid as it is hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from the air). This will have lowered the boiling point and created small air bubbles...result is a spongey pedal and dangerous as you will get air pockets. It must have spilled out the resorvoir too.

 

[cupra.al]

If the cap is missing, you will definitely have contaminated the brake fluid as it is hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from the air). This will have lowered the boiling point and created small air bubbles...result is a spongey pedal and dangerous as you will get air pockets. It must have spilled out the resorvoir too.



also water doesnt compress.

 

[kriso]

Neither does brake fluid (when new), but I get your point. Air does compress which isn't what you want

 

[cupra.al]

Neither does brake fluid (when new), but I get your point. Air does compress which isn't what you want

lol ive seen people shakeing bottles of brake fluid before there about to use it im going off topic but also shouldnt be done. brake fluid is hydroscopic not hygroscopic not that it matter as you explained what it ment.

 

[kriso]

brake fluid is hydroscopic not hygroscopic not that it matter as you explained what it ment.

Going off topic even more, but it is hygroscopic. No such word as hydroscopic!

 

[st10587]

Going off topic even more, but it is hygroscopic. No such word as hydroscopic!

lol ive seen people shakeing bottles of brake fluid before there about to use it im going off topic but also shouldnt be done. brake fluid is hydroscopic not hygroscopic not that it matter as you explained what it ment.

Kriso wins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygroscopic

 

[cupra.al]

hydro is water and hydroscopic means absorbing water.

 

[cupra.al]

my mistake lol why did i bother with college.

 

[st10587]

my mistake lol

we all make them!! now dont do it again

 

[cupra.al]

if i ever see my college lecturer again

 

[st10587]

if i ever see my college lecturer again

think we should stop thread jacking now

 

[Tom.]

Are you 100% certain your turbo has blown?
Reading your first post, you mention that the pipe blew off. Have you since replaced this pipe and then the turbo blown?

The way you have worded it, it sounds to me as if your claiming the pipe blew off and the turbo blew at the same time. Wouldnt have thought this would be the case.

Can you describe it a bit clearer as your original postmay be slightly misleading.

 

[Nath.]

The turbo pipe popping off is very common after a remap and the turbo doesn't normally suffer any damage as a result.

Refit the turbo pipe with a new £5 clip and all should be well again.

Your other problem with the not starting sounds like the chip in the key is loose or the reader in the steering collumn is not reading it too well, try the spare key and see if that helps.

 

[salve3tor13]

Hi, no the AA man told me the turbo has gone.

The pipe blew off and i was driving it around for a few days blowing black smoke out the back I then got the pipe reconnected and its still on now...

Could the fact that I did drive it about 50 miles (in short trips) over about 3 days be the reason why my turbo is now broken?

 

[salve3tor13]

Oh and my spare key still does the same

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

You drove round for days and didn't notice it was bellowing black smoke and you had a massive loss in power?

 

[salve3tor13]

LMAO of course I noticed... just could be arsed to fix it :S lol