Bad TURBOcharger symptoms how to check and diagnose? Smoke, whine... 

I know it’s been a long time. But my car does the same thing did you ever find out what’s wrong?

@@nathan87865 i bought a new turbo did a compression test and the car passed it and still would get that random puff of smoke. After a year or so my engine got rod knock. I never really found out what caused the puff of smoke but i think I was internal maybe the piston rings or something.

@@delwyngarate7218 piston rings or the valves leaking

Not necessarily, if you only get a puff of smoke on your start ups and if it only lasts for a few seconds then it’s more than likely a build up of condensation. Completely harmless, nothing to worry about.

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What ended up being the diagnosis with your car, mine is making the same sound as that part in the video and I’m trying to self diagnose. Thanks

@@brycebailey4266 The fins were damaged and the turbo had to be replaced.

How much was the repair cost?

@Marko 8L Just instaled new turbo and after first full throttle push it started to make this sound.... 1.8t AEB.... f#ck that crap!

@Marko 8L Cold side Tubine fins shatered and blew up. Goint to restore original turbine, and now need to clean all the intake from metal shavings. Just pay extra for quality, Dont buy china turbo!

Happy that you like it

Can't do a like and dislike at the same time that hurts

a common failure on mk4 platform cars is that the coolant temp sensor stops working, thus the gauge gives up and the car runs like ass for some reason

My car has 250,000 miles with the stock turbo as well! I don’t mind treating it with another turbo since it lasted this long

Wow 250k miles is amazing. What car is it?

@@SLR6700 it’s a 94 Volvo 850 turbo

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I feel ur pain it's a bit** I'm here with u man😞

Thought the day wouldn't come but it did SMH

I had same plm few days... can u give me idea what can I do now?

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Same 😢

What car was this? I have a 07 335i

Yes, thank you for observation. I understand that and forgot to mention in video. All purpose was to show movement, because with fingers I cover all hove and there is no way to film that inside. Plus turbos in video is not in greatest shape.

I am happy that helped

Keep updating about further diagnostics and repair 😉

Please please please be careful with OCC if you live in a cold winter environment like Canada. I've had two bad experiences with them freezing off and plugging my PCV system. Near catastrophic engine damage in both cases...not always worth it in my opinion.

Lol that's a good point

You can see like thin film oil quantities (or like dew type). If it is really bad you will smell it from exhaust (burning oil smell) and probably will feel need to top up oil in to engine more often

In most cases I recommend used turbo, because original is better than cheap aftermarket copy

If you have all symptoms that means that your turbo is on the way out completely

The grind is real 🙈

That car is the 1.9 SDI it is a NA Diesel I know because I owned one and the acceleration here is normal also the thermostat breaks on these cars as they age and always reads cold even when its not.

@@gravemind6536 Why would there be footage of a naturally aspirated engine when the video is about turbos?

@@WhiteNight0204 Because the person making the video has no idea what they are doing. That engine is the 1.9 SDI I can tell by the sound.

The example was slow acceleration. Look how long it took to get from 60 to 80km/hr.

I can only suspect vacuum leak or faulty solenoids

Same issue to my ford 😭

what's happening to me now, prolly the bearings are starting to go bad

Start from simple things like obd scan, check vacuum lines, fuel, change air filter and so on

It can be something with turbo or wastegate

Thank You!

May be gunk in turbo or something with pipes

Thank you for watching!

Glad it helped

It would be weird that you changed exhaust and turbo went bad same time, I believe that is more exhaust fault than turbo but who knows. Drive more, maybe exhaust needs few hundred miles

Hi I've got white smoke especially in the mornings plus sometimes it doesn't start that great ,also seem to be topping up the coolant more frequently & sometimes when I brake to slow down I get complete power loss as if I've stalled it also get a message saying engine systems failure & a red light come on ,once i turn the engine off completely then turn it back on again it's fine again,my turbo whines but not sure if it's this causing the problems or maybe a gasket, it's a Ford focus diesel, please an you help .

​@@wendysmith8328 Hello, it seems like head gasket failure or crack in head. Idk fords, but I think that they dont have coolant running through turbo.

also NO SMOKE at all from the exhaust. hoping my turbo is okay :/

Can be lot of things, it should be hole somewhere maybe in intercooler but it can be wastegate problem too (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xy-1O6V0vkc.html in this video you can find how to find boost leak)

If you heard something popped its might be that your intercooler pipe got disconnected or cracked.

Your Citroen C4 is working perfectly fine! The motor and turbo is completely seperate :) I'm a French NUT! Depending on the motor it could of been used by anyone from PSA/Peugeot/Citroen/BMW/Mini/Jaguar/Volvo/Ford. Grab your VIN number. Punch it into a parts catalog to grab your motor code. Search for problems with that motor and turbo. Check all intercooler pipes are flush to the end of the mounts. Tightened. Unplug your boost sensor to see if any change. Could indicate faulty sensor or leak. Do the same with air temp sensor and MAF. Grab an OBD2 scanner off eBay/AliExpress and 'Car scanner's for Android. Run through it and learn. These are Dakar Rally cars! Anyone who shits on French don't know what they are on about! If the turbo is knackered check the actuator sensor. If it's still stuffed grab a Melett (same guys as Garrett). The turbo's on these will take a beating all day if you have ran good oil. 200000km's is definitely not unheard of!

Your welcome!

Turbo is one of reasons why it's smokes. If smoking is bluish that means oil burning, so it can be turbo, valve seals, oil rings and so on

Glad it helped

Hello, can be turbo on its way out

@@Work_G thanks for reply mate , does that sort of thing cost much to repair or replace and is there a way i can check the turbo myself

@@1luvboomer Turbos is quite expensive, I suggest to leave that job for professionals. And If you want to chek your self do like in this video.

Thanks for valuable information pal , keep ut the great work , much support from new zealand 👌

Thanks

the sti blew a head gasket for sure

Turbo seals on the way out, may be valves seals or even oil rings can cause oil smell smokes.

you ever find a fix

No problem!

If you do everything correctly that does not affect the engine, but that is lot of steps, lots of work. For example you have to change car computer or program, depends of model. Deleting turbo is not just taking it out mechanical parts. And at the end you will get extremely slow car.

Difficult to diagnose based on your comment but you should check intercooler piping and turbo itself

There is a possibility but rarely it happens, metal in oil is more warned engine problems than turbo, but still there is a possibility

It depends on the budget, new turbos is pricey

Not much info to diagnose something and rattling sound rarely comes from turbo

Thanks

Mostly they need to be replaced, for repair need special tools, need to balance and so on. That is not cheap and sometimes repairs dont last. Its worth to pay extra but get good original part.

I can't say anything about M engines, but in regular case that would be problem.

there is so many reasons can cause that, starting from fuel filter, egr, intercooler system and so on

Yes, there is such restoration way just you need make sure that housings aren't damaged

There may be a boost leak in the system

Yes, it is normal when turbo seals goes out oil starts to go in the engine through intake

Maybe you have leaky system (pipes, hoses and etc.)

Kevin McGeehan yeah bro, you need to change your car lol

If it drives normally and doesn't smokes I doubt that this sound is from turbo. Anyway just take off hose from air box to turbo and check shaft play or search for visual damage. Good luck!

Shaft should feel smooth and pretty free while spinning, it can't have much side movement and can't have almost any longitudinal play. But still this method will not guarantee 100%

On the older Zafira's you can do a pedal test to double check there are no stored codes. Before starting the car, push down the throat and brake peddle and keep depressed. Then whilst depressed, turn the ignition round stopping short of starting the car. Depending on the model will depend how a code is displayed. The really old ones will flash a code using the EML, count howa many flashes there are and that's your fault code. There will be a pause in the flash, and you are looking four four sets of flashes. For example; Flash, Flash Flash, Pause Flash Flash, Pause, Flash, Flash, Flash, Flash, Flash, Pause, Flash. Stop This would be 3251. Ten flashes is a zero. Hope that helps, for error codes at least.

It can be

Thank you for your reply

Thanks!

It is a strange problem, if compressor wheel isn't standard sure it may cause extra noise. But I suggest to make boost leak test first

Hello, if oil is inside intake big chances that your turbo is blown, if it is on top may be gasket or loose fitting

Yes

Hi, it is hard to say something, may be that is just your mods, or vacuum leak.

Could be a leak from the flange plate behind the turbo or an actuator fault, buy an OBD reader off eBay for around £5, plug it in to your car diagnostic port and use internet to translate any fault codes, everyone should have an obd reader with an old car, this may just tell you where to look and save you a packet, join an owners club, they’ll probably be well aware of that exact fault

@@xxwalhalaxxmozza7415 thanks mate.

Cliffracer I have a 2009 Chrysler 300 3.0 v6 diesel turbo, there’s always something going wrong now as it’s a monster of parts and computer, thanks to joining an owners club we exchange problem info and get to resolutions quick, it’s saved me thousands

I never had experience with 3 turbos car, but I just can imagine since this car is pretty new you can find all info in diagnostics via obd.

Thank You

Same but I'm not sure its goin to be spoiled soon or not but i need to be ready to purchase one for standby

Me as well saving to buy one but car driving just fine for now maybe at beginning stages of being blown

In theory it could be mini crack and its starts leaking under pressure if seals and line changed properly. But may be its not leaking from turbo, but around and just drips there if leak is from outside, if it is inline oil leak maybe oil separator problems. This is just a guess, hope it helps!

i’m getting 4 codes 002906 intake system: suspected leak between turbo and intake, 002c57 boost pressure control, plausibility pressure too low, 002774 air mass plausibility air mass too high, and 002bc1 mixture ecu mixture too rich

@@The252000 Situation seems like you blow hose or seal. Your turbo air system is leaking - pipes hoses or intercooler. And codes just confirms this.

Yes, if housings not damaged.

I don't thinks so, may be your turbo is not that bad and there is no oil on exhaust side

@@Work_G thank you for your respond, i can relax now 😁

​@@zioslayer6987 your welcome, but if you have shaft play and oil in intake that can mean bad turbo