[Vwdiesel] Is my turbo shot? broken? or should I look elsewhere?

[Bryan Belman]

Will, that car sounds like a typical car I would own or most of us on this 
list.  Stubborn to the end, not wanting to stay fixed.....Ha

You should be able to watch the turbo when it is in the car, it is way down in 
the back of the head.  Just be in a clean space, clean everything good and 
remove the intake boot going to the turbo from the air filter box behind the 
headlight.

With a mirror, you should be able to watch things as the motor sucks in air to 
the turbo.
I can never hear anything from my turbo and the only way I know it is working is 
with a boost guage.  Goes up to 10psi and pops, the stock setting fror this 
small turbo.

I do not think that would be the turbo just because you can not hear anything 
when running correctly.
let us know.
I bet winter is right around the bend for you up there in Alaska.  Do you have a 
garage yet or still have a friends to barrow?


 Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
70 Type 1 stock Beetle -- Running :-) 




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From: Will Taygan <william at taygan.com>
To: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 2:28:37 AM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Is my turbo shot? broken? or should I look elsewhere?

Oh, my. '91 eco Jetta.  200k.  Leaky headgasket last winter.  Sat a few
months. Snapped a head bolt trying to tighten it down.  New headgasket,
head milled, ARP studs in.  Drove car 1000 miles, blew the heater core.
Sat a few months.  Pulled dash, new heater core.  Drove car 150 miles.

TODAY, on hard acceleration I was hearing a noise like leaves stuck in a
fan.  It's either coming from the cam area, or the turbo.  Doesn't
happen at idle.  For a while I thought it was a loose bolt.  Now I'm
worried it's the turbo.  Bearings?  Fins scraping?  ARGH!  It
progressively got worse on the 20 miles home.  I can definitely hear
something spin down.  Maybe even some exhaust gas blowing behind the
engine?  Hard to say.

Car drives FINE.  Great power.  I just don't want to break something for
real.

Can I check the turbo while it's in the vehicle?  What do I look for?

If I remember correctly I've got to get the turbo off before the
manifolds will come off (at least the bolts have only been on there a
1000 miles or so.)  Not looking forward to scraping my arms up reaching
for them though.

Any source for a eco-turbo?  Rebuilders in the Northwest?  DIY?  Maybe
I'll just throw a NA manifold on there for the winter (We already had
some snow flurries and this is my wife's commuter.)  I assume the NA
manifold will hook right up to the exhaust?

THANKS!

Will in Alaska.



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