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New turbo needed

I swear I am jinxed, having dropped the car off this morning, had a call by 9 saying the garage cant do it today as the decision had been made not to replace the oil feed, however I queried this today due to the turbo technics warranty and the garage have phoned them and they have insisted it has to be done. The Garage couldnt source the feed pipe so have ordered one in for tomorrow and said i can either pick car up and drop off tomoz or claimed they would start car today and finish tomorrow, I agreed to the latter. Disappointed, I made a couple of calls and managed to find one in stock. 45 minutes later I phoned the garage back and they said it will have to wait till tomorrow now as they have put it off suggesting they are doing another job instead. I asked is there no way it can be done today, same answer. I am shocked considering it had been booked in for a week. What could they really have taken on/started in 45 minutes that would stop them doing mine. If it wasn't for wanting the turbo sager brought to an end I would go and collect my car and say forget it. It also suggests they lied about starting mine today.
 
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The only one ive seen on the forum2 recommended is youngs in wrotham but they are 102 an hour labour. Dearer than main dealer. They too said they wouldnt change the oil feed which surprised me
 
Cheers, time will tell how long it lasts. They are known as chocolate turbos after all
 
I'm going to replace my turbo tomorrow, its been whining for ages but last week it finally failed when it started bellowing smoke, seals had gone on the hot side,

already got my old turbo off, it was also cracked when you looked down the exhaust port, it took about 1.5 hours to remove,

as for options,,, I went with a brand new garret turbo, cost £490 trade price, and my labour is free,

being a mechanic iv replaced loads of turbo's and in my experience and i'm sure other people will agree go with a new unit, for the sake of an extra £100, iv seen loads of recon'ed turbos fail within a year of being fitted,, go with a new unit mate, straight from the manufacturer,
 
Too late unfortunately, already gone recon. Has a 2 year warranty instead of 12 months tho. its an ongoing debate regarding which option is best, however for some reason the bkd turbos are prone to failure and are that bad they are known as chocolate turbos. As such some people believe buying recon will minimize the risk of failure as they have different components that are stronger. In all honesty I think its pot luck, cos there is no real documented reason why the bkd range are worse than others but something obviously went wrong in making them as too many fail for it to be bad maintenance/care. There are so many cases of failure like mine with under 30k and normally multiple failures per lifetime of ownership. I think they are one of the only turbos to have threads designated to the amount of failures
 
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Got it fitted today, it's was a ko3s turbo,, I had to practically strip the thing down as the core was miles out of line, it was a bloody nightmare to get back on and took about 3hrs, but all fixed now, there's still abit of a whistle, no where near as bad as before tho, car seems to have a few more beans aswell :D
 
took car for a drive today,haven't driven it since putting the turbo on, anyway about 5 mins into it and I noticed there was some blue smoke when I looked in the rear view mirror,, it was quite thick at first, the longer I drove it, smoke started clear, how ever when im stopped at the lights on junction, there is still smoke,, iv driven it for about 12 miles,, I know there will be oil in the exhaust from when my old turbo blew,, but how long will it take to burn the oil off,,,

and i'm also getting a fault code, it doesn't bring the eml light on, I keep scanning because I fitted a 2nd hand engine about 20 miles ago,, it comes up with re-circulation vale stuck open,, I clear it, start it up and it will be there again when I scan it,, iv done the n249 bypass when putting the engine in,, is it related to the bypass??
 
So now my turbo is done, I am very paranoid about hot shutdowns etc and have been considering ways of minimising damage without having to sit in the car. Obviously I could use a turbo timer, but I don't know much about these or the cost, so any info would be appreciated.

Also I seem to remember someone telling me about some sort of oil canister or similar that slowly release oil into the turbo after shutdown to keep it lubricated, think it was referred To as a turbo saver or similar. Anyone know what this is?
 
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Also saw a clip somewhere previously about a magnet, designed to be placed onto the oil filter that was used to ensure that any tiny fragments of metal in the oil are grabbed by the magnet to prevent them ever reaching the turbo and causing premature failure. Seems to make sense, and would be cheap Any thoughts?
 
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I know your going to be paranoid now but a warm and as cool down should be sufficient pal. My turbo went after 20000 miles but things happen.

Just look after it and it should be fine.


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I'm not sure to be honest. Apparently they are quite safe these days from what I've just been reading, as they either have rpm or handbrake related cut out safety. At the moment I am looking at the filter magnets, some of the images I have seen have pulled quite a few bits out of the oil so would definitely help prevent to being damaged, even if the risk is minimal
 
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I'm not sure to be honest. Apparently they are quite safe these days from what I've just been reading, as they either have rpm or handbrake related cut out safety. At the moment I am looking at the filter magnets, some of the images I have seen have pulled quite a few bits out of the oil so would definitely help prevent to being damaged, even if the risk is minimal
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Wouldn't it just be better all round to change the oil sooner?

With regards hot shutdown, if you take it steady for the last mile or so (light throttle and coasting) you should be fine. At most idle the engine whilst you undo seatbelt and pick up phone etc.
 
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