For the past 4 months I have had the feeling I was being followed all over the place by the police.
Thankfully this was not the case (not that I have anything to hide). It was in fact my turbo whistling.
When the car was running from cold the sound was very loud but seemed to get slightly quieter as the engine got warmer.
As time has gone by, the sound has got worse so I decided to get it checked out by a local independent Fiat garage.
They quickly diagnosed that the turbo was on it’s way out. Now it has been well documented on this forum that if the turbo does let go a new engine could be the outcome.
According to the turbo technics website they say 75,000 miles is the average life of a turbo. Mine lasted 64000 and was still running ok but very noisy. I have also serviced the car more often than recommended using the correct Comma Syner D oil. Some might say that the re-map has affected the turbo but I would say I have run with that for 4 years now.
After a lot of research and a quote from the garage I decided to let them do the work.
I thought long and about getting a second hand one to try and save some money.
The best I could find is one on the “bay” for £300. This was from an 06 car with allegedly 20k on it. Fitting this would have cost approx £120 plus the cost of an oil, filter and coolant change another £60 plus the gaskets, union and seals required £35. All in cost would be around £515 plus also the risk that the turbo could be a dud with no real guarantee.
Whilst searching for a turbo I could not find a new replacement for less than £800 just for the part. Most of the main turbo firms did not even bother to respond to my emails which was disappointing.
The Fiat garage did all the above with a reconditioned turbo for £773 (25% discount on turbo) plus I had a loan car for the duration of the repair free of charge.
I now have the car back at all seems fine – just huge dent in my wallet and big smile back on my face. Here’s to another 4 years.
Thankfully this was not the case (not that I have anything to hide). It was in fact my turbo whistling.
When the car was running from cold the sound was very loud but seemed to get slightly quieter as the engine got warmer.
As time has gone by, the sound has got worse so I decided to get it checked out by a local independent Fiat garage.
They quickly diagnosed that the turbo was on it’s way out. Now it has been well documented on this forum that if the turbo does let go a new engine could be the outcome.
According to the turbo technics website they say 75,000 miles is the average life of a turbo. Mine lasted 64000 and was still running ok but very noisy. I have also serviced the car more often than recommended using the correct Comma Syner D oil. Some might say that the re-map has affected the turbo but I would say I have run with that for 4 years now.
After a lot of research and a quote from the garage I decided to let them do the work.
I thought long and about getting a second hand one to try and save some money.
The best I could find is one on the “bay” for £300. This was from an 06 car with allegedly 20k on it. Fitting this would have cost approx £120 plus the cost of an oil, filter and coolant change another £60 plus the gaskets, union and seals required £35. All in cost would be around £515 plus also the risk that the turbo could be a dud with no real guarantee.
Whilst searching for a turbo I could not find a new replacement for less than £800 just for the part. Most of the main turbo firms did not even bother to respond to my emails which was disappointing.
The Fiat garage did all the above with a reconditioned turbo for £773 (25% discount on turbo) plus I had a loan car for the duration of the repair free of charge.
I now have the car back at all seems fine – just huge dent in my wallet and big smile back on my face. Here’s to another 4 years.
