I recently bought a 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi which has blown its turbo and yes i've read the horror stories regarding this engine/turbo failures prior to posting here so here's the background 1st:
Car has 80,000 original miles, fsh, been owned from new, and never missed a beat at all, I know this to be fact as I bought from a close friend very cheap to repair for my wife the car was running fine, loss of power, drove in limp mode for 1 mile, then oil light on and engine malfunction message where the owner at the time turned vehicle straight off, and called his recovery (RAC in uk) upon arrival the so called expert started car for roughly 30 seconds to 1 minute to try and move from the road then turned off to push from carriage way, rac bloke then diagnosed failed turbo, obviously car wasn't driven ect.
Previous owner said for that brief time stared idled as normal,and nothing was untoward, car was taken to garage who would normally service the car, (more idiots, as they have made a right mess of the sump to gain access to inspect grrrrr!
So now I'm in the process of repairing this car, at the moment I have turbo, intercooler, DPF, oil pump, oil filter and housing, and sump removed and all intake hoses off, and oil feed and return pipes/banjo bolts ect and about to take off cam cover and remove injectors and clean carbon if needed, and replace injector seals turbo shaft is fair amount of play and compressor wheel is in fairly good condition considering the amount of play, but has only just filed a very minimal amount of the compressor, small amount of filings in sump pan, and small amount of filings in oil return pipe, no carbon build up around crank area, and no play on rods ect, and engine cranks manually as normal by hand.
I'm going to replace obviously the oil feed/return pipes, oil pump, filters, banjo bolts (minus the stupid gauze) clean or replace intake hoses ect, ive already removed intercooler ( only small amount of oil was in there) and flushed it clean, now my concern is how or what do I do with the DPF?
Should I leave as is, and hope for the best, or try and clean it also?
Also at the moment I'm looking to put a second hand turbo on to just get back on the road as my wifes car isn't reliable and she needs a car for work, and also both mine and her car tax is due at end of month, so finances are tight but I have intentions of getting the turbo ive taken off rebuild in the very near future.
Is the 1.6 TDCi C-Max turbo the same? As the part number matches, and I have the chance of a very reasonable priced turbo of a car that's being broken by a friend which has only done 23,000 which has had a rear end smash and insurance total loss.
Please forgive my ignorance regarding this as i've never owned a Ford.
Car has 80,000 original miles, fsh, been owned from new, and never missed a beat at all, I know this to be fact as I bought from a close friend very cheap to repair for my wife the car was running fine, loss of power, drove in limp mode for 1 mile, then oil light on and engine malfunction message where the owner at the time turned vehicle straight off, and called his recovery (RAC in uk) upon arrival the so called expert started car for roughly 30 seconds to 1 minute to try and move from the road then turned off to push from carriage way, rac bloke then diagnosed failed turbo, obviously car wasn't driven ect.
Previous owner said for that brief time stared idled as normal,and nothing was untoward, car was taken to garage who would normally service the car, (more idiots, as they have made a right mess of the sump to gain access to inspect grrrrr!
So now I'm in the process of repairing this car, at the moment I have turbo, intercooler, DPF, oil pump, oil filter and housing, and sump removed and all intake hoses off, and oil feed and return pipes/banjo bolts ect and about to take off cam cover and remove injectors and clean carbon if needed, and replace injector seals turbo shaft is fair amount of play and compressor wheel is in fairly good condition considering the amount of play, but has only just filed a very minimal amount of the compressor, small amount of filings in sump pan, and small amount of filings in oil return pipe, no carbon build up around crank area, and no play on rods ect, and engine cranks manually as normal by hand.
I'm going to replace obviously the oil feed/return pipes, oil pump, filters, banjo bolts (minus the stupid gauze) clean or replace intake hoses ect, ive already removed intercooler ( only small amount of oil was in there) and flushed it clean, now my concern is how or what do I do with the DPF?
Should I leave as is, and hope for the best, or try and clean it also?
Also at the moment I'm looking to put a second hand turbo on to just get back on the road as my wifes car isn't reliable and she needs a car for work, and also both mine and her car tax is due at end of month, so finances are tight but I have intentions of getting the turbo ive taken off rebuild in the very near future.
Is the 1.6 TDCi C-Max turbo the same? As the part number matches, and I have the chance of a very reasonable priced turbo of a car that's being broken by a friend which has only done 23,000 which has had a rear end smash and insurance total loss.
Please forgive my ignorance regarding this as i've never owned a Ford.