TheDonovan81
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Hello all,
I recently bought a fiat bravo 1.4 multi air and have been loving it. Quite the upgrade from my 1.2 Corsa.
Anyways ever since I had the car I've always heard a sort of rattle when slowing down between 2-1.5 thousand revs. Sounds like the exhaust manifold shielding was rubbing against the manifold, as this this was only a small issue I left it for a little while.. big mistake.
I decided to take it to a garage who have always been really good to me and look after your car. They called up and said it's the wastegate actuator arm that's rattling on the turbo side, and that to fix this they need to buy a whole new turbo unit at a cost of 1.4 grand including installation cost.
Is this the best option? I always thought you could just change the rod and actuator out without having to get a whole new turbo? I'm taking the car back to the dealership on Monday who will also have a look as they aren't very happy with paying that much to fix the problem.
Is there anything I can try to fix it? As I really can't be taking the time off work as the dealers about 4 hours away and I need the car for work. I've done some stuff with cars before. Such as replacing the timing chain and suspension on my old corsa so I'm not too bad with my hands.
Any help would be great! Cheers
I recently bought a fiat bravo 1.4 multi air and have been loving it. Quite the upgrade from my 1.2 Corsa.
Anyways ever since I had the car I've always heard a sort of rattle when slowing down between 2-1.5 thousand revs. Sounds like the exhaust manifold shielding was rubbing against the manifold, as this this was only a small issue I left it for a little while.. big mistake.
I decided to take it to a garage who have always been really good to me and look after your car. They called up and said it's the wastegate actuator arm that's rattling on the turbo side, and that to fix this they need to buy a whole new turbo unit at a cost of 1.4 grand including installation cost.
Is this the best option? I always thought you could just change the rod and actuator out without having to get a whole new turbo? I'm taking the car back to the dealership on Monday who will also have a look as they aren't very happy with paying that much to fix the problem.
Is there anything I can try to fix it? As I really can't be taking the time off work as the dealers about 4 hours away and I need the car for work. I've done some stuff with cars before. Such as replacing the timing chain and suspension on my old corsa so I'm not too bad with my hands.
Any help would be great! Cheers