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[ivan dinsmore]

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Ni...Turbo-Chargers

found this this morning

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by ivan dinsmore

Im told that this is for the Turbo, the engine flush, the service, and labour, its not £1100 for the turbo on its own...

Still big money for a medium-sized job Ivan - must be your turbo is monstrously bigger than the Ts which can be had for a lot less money..but I'd be worrying about what made it go in the first place......high mileage? low oil? thrashed and turned off too soon?

Re your comment about bio further up, there is a confusion of terms - if it was 100% straight bio, i.e. diesel derived solely from a product like vegetable oil, then because of the additives and stuff used to process it, its renowned for stripping out all the gunk and crud the first time its used....often requires a filter change as a result....your system must have been badly gunged up for it to bollox the injectors as well....but once that first flush is done, the system is clean and you can use as much as you like thereafter.

normal 'bio' diesel, i.e. mainstream petrol forecourt stuff where its normal diesel with up to 30% bio-diesel (but from a major petro-chemical manufacturer not a backstreet still!!) does not have this effect - its very widely used on the continent and actually runs much better than UK diesel.

[ivan dinsmore]

Im starting to wonder whether it is a bit of a rip off. however, the europarts link i posted earlier would suggest the Turbo for my car is quite an expensive item £800+. Add to that the fact Northern Ireland in comparison to England is extremely small and cut off by water, there are only a handful of turbo specialists here, and only one close enough for me to get my car to them. Any parts required will always have to be ordered from 'across the water' adding more to the costs by way of shipping. The BIO fuel was bought at a small independent filling station, I knew something was wrong when I couldnt see anything in my rear view mirror only smoke, I managed to limp it to a mechanic who told me a few days later that it was indeed the bad fuel that had caused the problem. When you smelt the fuel after the surplus had been removed it smelt exactly the same as emulsion paint that had gone off...

[ivan dinsmore]

how much Should I be paying for a replacement turbo? and where is the best place to get them?

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by ivan dinsmore

Im starting to wonder whether it is a bit of a rip off. however, the europarts link i posted earlier would suggest the Turbo for my car is quite an expensive item £800+. Add to that the fact Northern Ireland in comparison to England is extremely small and cut off by water, there are only a handful of turbo specialists here, and only one close enough for me to get my car to them. Any parts required will always have to be ordered from 'across the water' adding more to the costs by way of shipping. The BIO fuel was bought at a small independent filling station, I knew something was wrong when I couldnt see anything in my rear view mirror only smoke, I managed to limp it to a mechanic who told me a few days later that it was indeed the bad fuel that had caused the problem. When you smelt the fuel after the surplus had been removed it smelt exactly the same as emulsion paint that had gone off...

Clearly home produced and probably from used ship fat....Google the way its made, the chemicals used are what does the gunge stripping....its fine if its properly made and you've done that first filter change, but always risky if an unknown source.

Try Milners Offroad, or there are other outfits over here (Allard I think is one?) that are turbo manfacturers and might do the right kit...if you find something at the right price at last it reduces the bill to labour only....but it doesn't need to be a turbo specialist your end....its just a big exhaust-powered fan at the end of the day and as common as muck, not like they are setting up a bespoke install.....did you check what your local Nisan dealer would have charged? Or indeed any competent garage...? Its not a specialist subject these days especially on big diesels...

[ivan dinsmore]

the most 'local' Nissan dealer is Charles Hurst, on your advise I called them to ask how much for a replacement turbo. I had to give them my reg to confirm they get exactly the right unit. how much I hear you ask.... £1003 and small change BEFORE VAT! thats just the unit by itself, no gaskets seals etc in that price. Then theres fitting after that. From reading through this forum I wished I lived on the mainland where things are obviously much cheaper!

[ivan dinsmore]

just to update you all, I have got the car back, and it is now running as sweet as a nut, I however shall be living off nuts the rest of the month. £1160 was the final bill. £300 of this being labour, the rest was the turbo itself, filters oil etc...

[briggie]

Originally Posted by ivan dinsmore

I however shall be living off nuts the rest of the month.

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