You could do it on your own, as long as you have ratcheting wrenches, sockets ,some jack stands, a lot of penetrating oil...etc.
A few day before doing the job, start and spraying some penetrant oil on any of the bolts you might need to remove (if you drive the car some will smoke but it will be better than snapped bolts)
If you have a replacement downpipe.. first replace that; This was the most difficult part, the bolts were rusty and pretty difficult to remove, but with some rust penetrant i managed to remove it.
In the end i managed to take out all the bolts without braking any, with a lot of back and forth and penetrating oil... don't rush the bolts.
Check the turbo hot side for cracks arround the wastegate flap if it's ok then go to the next step:
The easiest way (and the way i did it), was to remove the oil and water lines (you might want to partly drain the coolant), then remove the clamp that holds the turbo on to the hot side, then remove the CHRA and compressor.
This way you don't have to remove the turbo from the exhaust manifold, and don't have to replace the exhaust/turbo gaskets either...AND more importantly less chances of snapped bolts.
Then clean the mating surfaces and put on the vl36 CHRA + compressor.
Extra:
I recommend using a piece of wire(or bike brake cable) and some brake cleaner in the oil feed/drain lines to from the turbo.. mine were pretty clogged. After some serious cleaning (with the turbo still off) i cut a small slit in a 2 liter pet bottle, put the oil feed line in the bottle, had my dad crank the engine over to spit out the oil with the muck from the line .. in 7 seconds it spit out about 1 liter of oil.. be careful the engine doesn't start and run dry.
A few day before doing the job, start and spraying some penetrant oil on any of the bolts you might need to remove (if you drive the car some will smoke but it will be better than snapped bolts)
If you have a replacement downpipe.. first replace that; This was the most difficult part, the bolts were rusty and pretty difficult to remove, but with some rust penetrant i managed to remove it.
In the end i managed to take out all the bolts without braking any, with a lot of back and forth and penetrating oil... don't rush the bolts.
Check the turbo hot side for cracks arround the wastegate flap if it's ok then go to the next step:
The easiest way (and the way i did it), was to remove the oil and water lines (you might want to partly drain the coolant), then remove the clamp that holds the turbo on to the hot side, then remove the CHRA and compressor.
This way you don't have to remove the turbo from the exhaust manifold, and don't have to replace the exhaust/turbo gaskets either...AND more importantly less chances of snapped bolts.
Then clean the mating surfaces and put on the vl36 CHRA + compressor.
Extra:
I recommend using a piece of wire(or bike brake cable) and some brake cleaner in the oil feed/drain lines to from the turbo.. mine were pretty clogged. After some serious cleaning (with the turbo still off) i cut a small slit in a 2 liter pet bottle, put the oil feed line in the bottle, had my dad crank the engine over to spit out the oil with the muck from the line .. in 7 seconds it spit out about 1 liter of oil.. be careful the engine doesn't start and run dry.
