scoobyhep

My turbo needs replacing (TD05) its a 1993.

How difficult is it to?

Tools etc...

Thanks

TINO.wrx

iTrader: (5)

think it is a thirteen mm spanner, top 2 are nut and bolts and the bottom3 are justs nuts(unless the stud comes out!!!) i find the middle bottom the hardest to get to. usual advise is to soak the nuts with some wd40 or similar the night before then try in the morning.

steve

johnnyroper

not too bad to do just make sure all the studs/nuts get a good soaking with wd40 the night before.

the heat shield can be a bit of a **** to get off lots of 10mm bolts.

the oil return pipe can be a bit difficult to get back on when refitting the turbo.

allow yourself a couple of hours to do it

Andygreer

iTrader: (4)

depends how good u r with a spanner, pretty ok job, just the oil return i have issues with at times

The rookie

iTrader: (1)

Welcome to the club, hoping to fit mine over Christmas...its the heatshield thats a killer on mine (that alone takes about 20 minutes with the cr@p access when I adjusted the actuator)

Simon

Mocom Racing

iTrader: (2)

On an early car it's fairly easy just ensure (as has already been said) you give it a good dose of WD40 or similar before attempting to remove it, the main problems come from seized/snapped studs etc.

The heatshield, intercooler and downpipe need to be removed to access the turbo mount.
Prime the new turbo with oil and fit new copper washers, or anneal your old one's before refitting to the oil feed.
Fit new uppipe and downpipe gaskets.
The oil drain can go either way, good or bad and sometimes frustrating if working on your own. If you have someone to help it may be easier to remove the rubber hose from the engine drain and attach it to the turbo drain before refitting, this way one of you can seat the turbo in position whilst the offer guides the hose onto the drain from below.

Good luck

Eprom

Make sure you have good quality sockets, six sided, so you don't round off the nuts, these sockets grip the flats.

silent running

Not too bad as long as you give yourself plenty of time and don't rush it. You need a 14mm swivel head ratchet spanner and as mentioned above a GOOD SIX SIDED 14mm SOCKET. All the studs/nuts/bolts are 14mm and torque to 35-40 lbft (i.e. not much to do them back up compared how bloody seized on they may well be). IIRC, it's downpipe off first then you can get at the turbo. Only pain in the **** is the oil drain pipe which can be tricky to reposition when refitting.