2001 a6 1.9tdi turbo dead - damage to engine?

[needmorstuff]

turbo went pop, loads of smoke from exhaust, loss of power -I drove 1.5 miles to audi garage.

turborepairs.com fixing turbo

do you guys think any damage will have been caused elsewhere? I am partexing car straight away so as long as its ok for a bit I am not concerned.

[slice636]

how olds the car and what engine is it?
it might be burning oil on the part of loads of smoke

[STEWY L]

the burning of oil would be down to the turbo "going pop", no doubts about that.
as regards "other damage", i can't think of any more mechanical damage that would have been caused, although the intercooler will be full of oil,and may be goosed if parts of turbo
managed to reach it.
other than that, you need to think of oil affecting sensors, and i'm not too well versed on that side of things,
regards,
stewy.

[needmorstuff]

ok.. turbo back in and working but lots of smoke coming from the exhaust, audi think its as there is oil in the exhaust system. The lady in service said that this should burn off in time... is this an accurate statement?

if so how much time? couple of hours hard drive on the motorway? or a couple of months?

[Peter D]

Did they remove and clean the intercooler. What colour is the smoke and when does it smoke, at idle, under load, on the over-run, when. Regards Peter

[needmorstuff]

Did they remove and clean the intercooler. What colour is the smoke and when does it smoke, at idle, under load, on the over-run, when. Regards Peter
Hi Peter,

thanks for the reply.

I will ask the questions now.. but can you tell me what you mean by "on the over-run"

[Peter D]

How long have you been driving a car. ?? Over-run is when you take your foot off but remain in gear. Regards Peter

[needmorstuff]

How long have you been driving a car. ?? Over-run is when you take your foot off but remain in gear. Regards Peter


haha - brilliant.
had my licence for 16 years.

I couldnt explain lift off over steer either - regarcless of how many times a friend tried to get it across to me.

[Peter D]

"What colour is the smoke and when does it smoke, at idle, under load, on the over-run, when"

Are yopu going to tell us or what. Regards Peter

[needmorstuff]

"What colour is the smoke and when does it smoke, at idle, under load, on the over-run, when"

Are yopu going to tell us or what. Regards Peter

Peter,

I have asked the audi garage.. it is still with them. Will come back soon as they do,.

thanks for your help on this.. really appreciated.

[needmorstuff]

Peter,

I have asked the audi garage.. it is still with them. Will come back soon as they do,.

thanks for your help on this.. really appreciated.


Whilst i wait for them to come back.. I presume that if they havent cleaned the intercooler then they need to?

how big a job is that in terms of man hours?

[Peter D]

I did not realise you had not collected the car. Regards Peter

[needmorstuff]

I did not realise you had not collected the car. Regards Peter

ok they have come back to me.. smokes all the time and the smoke is grey.

they took off the boost pipes and let the oil run out, they informed me that is where the oil would have dranied to.

i dont think they have left it running for any amount of time as the smoke would fill the workshop?

they have suggested just to leave it ticking over on my drive and the remaining oil (that they suggest is in the exhaust) should burn off... they said not to tank down the motorway as was my thought on the matter.

[NickPicks]

If it was me doing the work on my own car, I'd probably clean the oil from the intercooler, boost pipes and inlet manifold, but leave any which had got through to the exhaust to burn itself off.