have i blown my turbo??

[dasmith83]

was driving to the fish n chip shop earlier this evening...and thort the turbo sounded a lil bit more whistly than usual.

i carried on, and went i left, i put my foot down in 1st (enough to be under fairly heavy load and changed gear pretty quick), but as i put the clutch down, i heard a really strange noise...hard to describe, maybe a loud whistly followed by a pop, but am not 100% sure as the stereo was on low volume too.

I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a BIG cloud of black smoke. I continued to pull away, but in doing so, realised i had no power whatsoever in any gear!!

I turned the car off, and back on again, but still same problem!

What have i done? Is the turbo shagged? or has a boost pipe just popped off???

Oh...btw i can't hear the turbo whine or whistle at all now.

Engine: 1.9TDI PD130

 

[claudefrog]

the pop could have been an intercooler hose blowing off.. and the car is getting too much fuel and not enough air hence the black smoke.

get under the bonnet pulling at all intercooler and intake hoses after the turbo to see if any of these have blown off

 

[dasmith83]

i had a quick look...and couldn't see any thing obvious...altho i confess engines aren't my forte...so my m8 is on his way over to av a nose around for me

 

[Triple D]

yup, sounds like you have popped a hose off matey, if turbo had of gone it would have been white smoke, and lots of it trust me i blew 2 of them up

 

[dasmith83]

lol few...my m8 is ere now, so brb i'm going to investigate!

 

[Triple D]

hoses to check, from the turbo, along the side of the sump, check the intercooler pipes going into and coming out of the intercooler, then the plastic one that comes up behind the headlight and runs up along the side of the cambelt......

Think it will be one of them

 

[mattylol]

if the turbo went there would be LOADS of smoke and oil running outta the back of here and really wouldnt be good to contine driving. sounds like a intercooler hose

 

[T. Spark]

yup, sounds like you have popped a hose off matey, if turbo had of gone it would have been white smoke, and lots of it trust me i blew 2 of them up

haha, it would be white, with ahint of blue from what I saw a Donnington with a PD130.

 

[dasmith83]

wel me n my m8 checked wot we could see from under the bonnet...but we cudnt see any pipes hanging...so i'm going to book the car in at the garage 2mo n hopefully get them to sort it out

is it bad to drive it while its like this? its 20miles to the dealership

 

[Triple D]

take the maf out and put it in limp mode, it will be fine then, do they know you have a remap??????/

 

[dasmith83]

not as of yet...so its turned off now too lol fingers crossed

 

[Triple D]

yeah thats cool matey, aslong as its turned off and they dont know then you should be cool.

Tbh im suprised you never took the bumper off, it only takes 10 mins max, and you would beable to see more from that aswell.

 

[dasmith83]

i've got a warrantee for things like that m8....i only like doing the fun stuff lol...done bumpers n things on my old cars..and now i'm playing more with my nitro rc lol

 

[Sisson]

more than likely be the bottom hose coming off the intercooler.

 

[Mikey_H]

My mate had EXACTLY the same thing happen to his golfmk4tdi was a hose split down the middle i'm sure it wil;l be something similar.

 

[Mikey_H]

Hi mate have you got it fixed yet??

 

[dasmith83]

not yet m8

 

[Mikey_H]

have you had seat have a look at it yet?

 

[DanDiesel]

yeah Dave any luck yet mate? hope everything is ok!

 

[dasmith83]

not yet guys...i'm running round in my gf's motor at the mo...too busy at work to sort it out yet.

I'll post back as soon as its sorted though