Citroën/Peugeot 1.6 HDI turbo failure. Turbo replacement, what to look for and repair. 

Super helpful. Thank you for braving the cold and taking all the extra time to record the important points. I.e. return and feed pipe filters.

Absolutely excellent video !!! Learn't a huge amount which will save me a fortune. Many thank, this was very much appreciated.

Actually good to see someone struggling a bit with poor conditions................just like the average home mechanic

What a man and what a video , absolutely incredible your attention and attitude to anything you are doing . Could do with a lot more people like you . I did a turbo on my Saab 9-3 , and boy what a pig of a job . As always informative and a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work .

excellent tutorial,explained in detail ,the best ive seen so far, keep up the good work and well done.

This is a great piece of information, I cannot thank you enough. Although I am not an English native , but I understood every word of your presentation. You have indicated to me some preventive checks that need to be done in order to avoid future big maintenance. So thank you.

Awesome video, really enjoyed this one! I've got a Peugeot 308 with a 1.6 HDI, with now 120,000 miles on the clock. So far it's been excellent and has never let me down. But I also am religious with maintenance! Owned a 406 2.0 HDI before, and I sold that with 196.000 miles on the clock! Again, very reliable! It's obviously only two examples, and I may just be lucky to have reliable examples. Knocking on wood... Thanks for the videos. I've subscribed and I'll definitely continue watching your content. You are incredibly knowlegeable and thorough. You don't see that very often!

Great video- thoroughly enjoyed it, I didn’t even get my hands dirty.

Really useful video. Learnt a lot about this job. Thanks for your great work. Dave

I got quoted 3000 aud for this job , you’ve saved me a lot of money thank you

Great job, best guide man.. Keep it up

Thank you Sir for this excellent video. Well done. I did the same to my Berlingo B9. I was using a 90 degree water nozzle for cleaning the DPF.

Great video really helpful, I've just done my friends citroen relay 2.0 2017 where the turbo is in the back underneath the van 😢 zero experience and mission accomplished all without taking off the subframe. Thank you so much saved so much money

The best explanation. Thank you.

great video, clear and precise, exactly what I wanted to know, thanks.

awesome video great work , many thanks for your time with this

Great job as always.

Well done! Thanks for the explanations

Hi very good video , thanks for making this video.

Great video very informative I’m in the middle of doing this job myself 👍

Thankyou, I’ve done this job twice, I didn’t know about the sump filter and I missed the small filter inside the lower union bolt. I’ve kept the van unused for6 months so now I’m inspired to try again.

Great tutorial. I have to change the turbo on my car too. Thanks.

Really great video. I'm in the process of replacing an oil-leaking turbo and this is helping a lot. Regarding the filter at around 30 minutes, I was told by a Peugeot mechanic that it should be removed since they get clogged all the time and it's better to feed the turbo dirty oil than no oil at all.

Spot on sir and very thorough! Without many of those checks, further turbo failure is the risk. I have similar job to do on 208 1.4hdi due to actuator spindle leaking exhaust and soot everywhere.

Thanks you for your video and explanations. Good job...really good job. Thanks again 👍👍👍.

thank you for the video keep 'em coming

Thank you for making the Video - I was almost ready to buy a Peugeot with a 1.6 HDI in it, glad now I got curious about what HDI stood for, as it led me to finding out about the turbo problems. just read about it before watching your video - the nut coming off and why, and there in your vid so it is, a lose nut - 2/ The Turbine nut fell off or came loose? " In some cases new or old the nut on the turbine can come off, first instinct is to think that it was not screwed on properly in the first place but this is where most people are wrong. The nut on the turbine for these HDI engines is self-tightening and from new is only hand tight. The reason for this is as the turbine goes round (when the turbo is active on the vehicle) it tightens the nut because the travel in opposite directions. If your nut should come off the most likely reason is down to oil blockage normally from carbon build up once again?? Why and how you ask? Well as the carbon blocks the bearings the turbine should not turn properly or in some case if the bearing have gone it may not turn at all. This will then cause the nut to stop tightening. When this happens there normally is a lot of vibration which over a short amount of time loosens the nut till it eventually comes off." hyperchips.co.uk/how-to-prevent-common-turbo-failures-with-the-peugeot-citroen-ford-hdi-engine/

Great video with lots of detail. Only disappointing part is, I would like to have seen you start it and would like to have heard it running.

another brilliant really informative, helpful video

Grate video best mechanic I like all your videos Thanks

Cheers mate, great info

patience and plenty of tools.. what a great job

great video.. thanks. In the process of similar work on my car... smoke issuing from turbo

Brilliant video

Lots of work. Well done.

Thank you very much for this video. Here in France we had several AWFUL news (car accidents caused many deaths ) because of failing turbo system.

My Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 HDi has been whining for the last couple of days, so I think I'm going to have to do this job pretty soon - and this video will be a very good guide. Thanks hugely for posting it

Brilliant DIY video...

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hi another question, i got as far as ready to remove the front heat shield, and even with the dpf pipes released i could not get it out, is there a trick im missing thanks

They are nice to do , always have to remove sump and replace pickup common to be blocked up or cracked great vid :)

Great video

Thanks for the video.

Great Video, learnt a lot, to talk to mechanics about it. My turbo has gone the same way as on this video an 08 plate with 70k on the clock I’ve also been told if the nuts come off it could be in the engine making it pretty much a right off :-( or in the filter box and I’ve been quoted from £500 to £1500 to get the job done.

Thanks for this lession

Great video.

Nice job. Glad I’m not the only one whose “I’m gonna try and do this by removing less parts as possible” plan goes to crap ... 😁

good video easy step by step, apart from installing the turbo cartridge, but overall nice job

That was a big job well done.

My friend has the same issue with this engine. I called a turbo charger remanufaturer. They say the turbo dies mostly because of the filter in the hollow screw. It is adviced to remove the filter on a new screw. Another major issue comes from the oil pan. Because the oil cant be drained fully because of the design of the oil pan. ~0,5L of oil stay in the pan. So oil sut builds up. When alot of oil sut hits the filter in the screw, the turbo dies because of oil starvation. -Thank you PSA.

Great video, very complete and loads of information about the turbo fitting. Well done, congrats!!! How did you cleaned the dpf? Thanks mate, well done!

well done, gut gemacht +++++

Thanks now know what to watch out for on my c4 diesel big believer in preventative maintenance

Great video, many thanks. I could not quite understand if you removed the front heatshield from top of the engine or from the bottom?

What size are the studs that hold the exhaust part onto the manifold, 10mm seems to small and 11mm to big?

Great video, very helpful, how did you clean the DPF ? Is it just soot that's in it, or oil and soot ? What would happen if you didn't clean it ?

Thanks for great video. I have the same problem with the nut that came loose, but how do you clean the inter cooler and the DPF, and with what?

is it the same the other side of turbo alluminum case a guide to where the cartridge locks in thanks

What nm torque is the top and down oil pipe screws?

Bought a Peugeot 308 with this engine. It had a brand new Turbo fitted when I bought it . It had the bill with all work carried out when turbo was replaced. The turbo blew again within a month. My advice, unless this engine has been meticulously maintained to a high level , avoid . Once they blow a turbo they are likely to blow another no matter what you do. These engines do not tolerate any sort of neglect and once they are clogged up a total strip down is the only way to put it right.

Great content :-)

Excellent videos but for people learning, it would be nice to see all the steps done even the taking off of parts and putting back together! Love your videos tho!

Great video, i have few questions. How did you clean dpf and is this same engine as in xsara picasso?

good job friend

Watched another vid on this and it recommended removing the particle filter totally and blanking off the egr valve after doing the work you showed us and then getting it remapped ? I value would your opinion on this

Many thanks really interesting

Brilliant.

Great content thanks, I have ordered a Garrett core for my turbo and will be doing the "LM Auto" repair on mine. I'm not looking forward it tho

great work man i love citeroin videos mine c4 grand picasso 2014 but i wish if yo show us how you clean dpf

Good job! Why don’t you take the filter out of the banjo nut? This little .... causes turbo failure when blocked.

Very good video - what did you use to clean the dpf? A pressure washer to flush it through? Also how did you clean the intercooler? With water or thinners? Thank you

Very good instructional videos. Picking one of these cars up next week so your videos will come in handy for future repairs. Do you source your parts online or from a local factor?

This looks a daunting job, I'm in two minds on doing mine after I've just spent £510 putting it through an MOT & now the turbo has gone, also has DPF issues, I'm mechanically minded but don't have patience for big jobs on cars, this looks like a big job, great video though thanks

would you add a OIL CATCH CAN or Air-Oil Separator to keep what the turbo is pulling in cleaner ?

hello my friend!excellent video good job!do you have any site/link you buy the new part's? thanks!

What key I need to remove intake pipe from turbo?

Hi can u help me I’ve got a 2009 2 L Peugeot expert van which is not posting up on the turbo would that be a new turbo or is there any way around it thank you

Do you fit the turbo first, or do you have to fit the oil feed pipe first and then the turbo?

do you think you can change the core and not take the exhaust side off the manafold?

hi ive c4 grand Picasso 1.6 gtc 2008 its had service every 6 month as it was x mobility car ive noticed oil driping down from turbo pipe tht connects at bottom of turbo plastic pipe the turbo doesn't have any play and i dont get any lag or smoke it runs as if new ive had it over a year and no dpf light has lite at all is it any concern to worry about and is the oil contaminating the dpf no smoke i think it could be the crank case vent valve leaking what would your opinion be much appreciated thanks arsome vids

Brilliant video, I have done this twice and the turbo failed. Now I know why, I didn’t know about the sump or the small filter in the lower bolt so I’m about to try again. Can you tell me what you cleaned the particle filter with and also how did you clean the inter cooler. Thank you.

Hi Louis were do you get your turbo cartridge from am finding it hard to get one for my ford s max ? Thanks

very good video awesome work it's very time consuming making a video while doing the job and explaining every nut and bolt. great stuff. i have 1.6 hdi Citroen c4. i think turbo is over raving when gears changed. what kind of problem is this. thank you in advance.

The Peugeot dealer workshop manual states that the metal mesh/filter/screen should be removed from the bolt before installation, as it is known to clog up and starve the turbo of oil. You can either remove the metal mesh yourself or purchase the new bolt which doesn't have metal mesh. If you have a turbo failure due to oil starvation, the oil feed tube should also be replaced with a new one, as it's only about GBP25.

A local turbo dealer sayd, that no warranty when the oil feed filter is not removed. Good intentions from the enginers, but we know, how it will end with the 20k miles oil service interwals.

saw a little less. thank you. I myself have my turbo replaced from my peugeot 407. with much less to disconnect. thank you

Just what i was looking for thanks. Could you tell me what nuts/bolts were used to fix the dpf in place, had the car in service and they somehow forgot those.

hi another quick question, ive removed dpf and got it separated from cat, but the thin ring was still inside the cat and the thicker ring was with the dpf, how should these seal rings go back together. your advise would be gratefully received/

What milage did the turbo fail at? Was poor servicing and oil grade a factor in the failure?

Thanks for another great video - just watched a 2nd time. Dumb question - would it be feasible/easier to leave the exhaust bolted up and attach the new cassette - seemed like a lot of effort to get it off - though much of that might be necessary to clean the dpf. Also - have you ever used a cheap endoscope camera to look inside the sump through sump plug - might be able to check state of pickup filter before removing sump. Similarly, you could back flush the pickup pipe with diesel if you took the oil pump off. I can see however that it might well be quicker to drop the sump and "do the job properly".

Hiya IMsvvavr I like this video as its my next project after Ive fixed my grandaughter Agila. I have the peugeot 307 1.6 hdi that I got off my younger daughter. It was running rough so investigated the turbo was just about running but is caked in solid carbon so thanks for that video looked at a few helping bits am going to video it as its so bad. One thing on this I could ask is how furred up was the inlet manifold On my daughters is was thick with carbon and oil. I was unsure what I could use for cleaning it as its plastic. i was unsure if chemicals would effect the plastic what did you use to clean your plastic parts. many thanks Colin

thank you my friend I'm so happy for your ansower another question about immobiliser how to read pin code immo opel astra g ? I have a vag tacho opel immo can you do it this operation think you very much and I wich good for you

Hi, Very useful video, I usually do small repairs in my C4 but I'm gonna need to replace turbo soon. It looks like not the easiest one. I would like to ask you what faults needs clearing after such repair. Thank You and keep up with good work.

is there a specific torque value to tighten up the oil sump back on, or a specific order to re tighten the bolts (i.e. tighten back a wheel). how do you put back the plastic thingy in the oil sump, doe it need to be connected to pipes, or what not...I'm kinda in the same situation (bought a new turbo, someone has mounted back on, but after seeing what else needs to be done, i'm quite frighten...he just might "plugged and play" the thing....

thank you for making this video. Its very clear and useful. I have the same engine in my 2008 mini R56. I would be interested to know, now i have cleaned the DPF filter with pressure washer, how to get the excess water out (I just left it to drain upside down) and I forgot to note how the DPF seals are positioned ? Kind regards

who supplied the replacement parts for the turbo please i have a similar problem with my turbo

On my C3 the pipes at 7:35 are impossible to get loose, how did u get them loose? I took away the intercooler (to have some place and leverage) and tried heating with a small torch but still wont come loose...

27:14 That flexi hose right behind FAP seems it is black from the soot inside, which means the FAP is damaged, does not work properly, maybe cracked somewhere inside .... my question is did it pass emission test - MOT? It looks like the FAP is not original and from the "cordierite" material. I have something similar, not original FAP from the "cordierite", just 25 000 old but black exhaust, but the FAP has no visible cracks, maybe cracked inside? I was told that the all pipes behind the FAP must be clean if it works properly...

hi really great video. were did you get hold of the turbo core from. i have a peugeot 407 1.6 hdi with a blown turbo thanks

Thank you very much for your hard work in trying to show problems etc. Could you do it again with daylight and good lighting.lol.(Just Joking). Well,am thinking of buying the 2.0ltr version,does it have a turbo.??. If it has will pull that pipe off and have a look,it will only take a few minutes.. Well done anyway mate,thank you..