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I went to the mechanic the other day and he said the turbo was leaking, something to do with the manifold. The effect of this was that i was losing power and boost, and u can hear air coming out instead of in from the engine bay. He quoted me $380 and i have to leave the car overnight, is this a decent price or am i gettiing ripped.

Any help appreciated..

thanks

will

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i had a leaking problem too about 6months ago. mine was making a screaming sort of sound at full boost and was losing power.. mine was from where the turbo bolts on and all i had to do was tighten up the bolts half a turn each and only took 10mins... might be worth checking that first b4 you pay that sorta money for something that might be this simple

sounds like a good idea....just one question, im not much of a mechanic...how did u get down there to tighten the bolts, which bolts? like do i have to take out anything before hand .... Cause i know the turbo is low mounted, but don't really know how to get access to it....

umm im no mechanic either so this might not help you much.. but i remember taking the heat shield off and there was little metal clips covering 1 side of the bolt so they couldnt turn.. so after bending the clips back i just tried to turn the (not %100 sure how many) 4ish bolts tighter b4 bending the clips back over so they dont turn back at a later stage... i left my heat shield off which im not sure was a smart idea.. but it made putting the dump pipe on a bit easier.

What happened was that i lent my car to someone, who cracked the front bar, not sure how it happened, but the mechanic said that may be the cause for the problem in the manifold... not exactly sure of the seriousness of the problem atm ... but will check it out next week...

Jetdat - hopefully it is...save a bit of money, lolz

thanks for all the replies

btw...anyone in Sydney know of a good mechanic to go to to have it checked out, i've been to fussys and got quouted 380...but he did not explain seriousness of the problem, but just saying that he needs to have the car overnight...

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