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Been to look at a Peugeot Partner combi with a 2.0HDi engine, there appears to be a whistle and possibly a squeal from the are of the turbo. How difficult is it to replace a turbo on one of these.
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Unless the vehicle is VERY cheap I wouldn't bother with it to be honest, just look around for a Berlingo that's in good working order.
In my experience a squeal from a turbo is never good, possible damage to the compressor or housing or perhaps the bearings are shot.
The whistle usually means a crack in the manifold or downpipe, or a leak in those areas.
Hope that helps?
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A whistle from the turbo is not necessarily a problem, it's a charcteristic of turbocharging. Some vehicles it is more noticeable than others, mine has been whistling happily for over 5 years and now 165,000 miles. If there is any squeal from that area that would raise my eyebrows.
As for replacing one, it can be done, but it's awkward.
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As coco says the whistle is probably normal providing its not too loud but the squeal does raise suspicions, maybe best to steer clear plenty of others to choose from.
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Mine whistles along quite happily and sometimes sort of chirps if you back off whilst under a lot of load (towing up a hill and then backing off for example)
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yes there is an issue if it sound like that, i have had that noise before and it was down to a pipe that had blown off and just required a new jubilee clip and the pipe re attaching but this doesnt mean it will be the same problem as what you have experienced on the partner.
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Mine whistles because it doesn't know the words
You can hear it when at a constant speed but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it, it's just something the turbo does under light load and not something I'm worried about. A friend of mine had a brand new Golf tdi which did exactly the same
So where does this bit go then ?
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