VEEDUBBED

Allrite guys.
I need some advice, my cousin has got a 2005 Opel meriva 1.7 cdti that's got a buggered turbocharger.
Before getting involved with this headache can anyone shed some light on
the ins and outs of the job?
Just by looking at the shitheap i'm guessing it's gonna be a right 'effin pain,
i can't even see the fukkin turbo and i thought changing turbos on Italian cars was involved!
Any ideas or advice most welcome guys
Cheers!

RichieST

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Put the poor bloke out of his misery, set fire to the soul destroying bag of shite!

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Go on google and see if there is any info on there. No doubt there will be someone one a vauxhall owners club who has changed one.

creator

Not to bad a job,at that age youl probly snap a fee bolts

VEEDUBBED

Hey Danny,
Could you elaborate a bit on the job mate? I'm thinking that i'll have to remove the whole front end ,radiators, bumper etc?
Any issues i should know about? i've looked on various Vauxhall and opel sites
but nowt came up.
Cheers!

stevieturbo

On my Combo, it looks like a nightmare...

That said, removing the front bumper, crash bar etc is a 30 min job and would massively improve access.

And I'd say access would be far worse on a Meriva, so the more you could remove the better.
And lots of bolts on mine look rusty as fuck...more reason to get good access.

If you'd a ramp, it'd probably be easy to drop engine/box out the bottom for access lol.

chris cdti

We used to remove the front off the cars when replacing the turbo as access isn't.the best. As said above its only around 30mins to remove the bumper and rad pack.

creator

Iirc with these,seperate te exhaust off the turbo from underneath,remove egr pipe from manifold remove heatshield take off oil feed pipe then take off oil return on block slightly awkward then 3 bolts to undo turbo off manifold.

chris cdti

The 1300 cdti is separate from the manifold and is secured by 3 studs with nuts but the 1700's are turbo/manifold.

botters

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they look worse to do than they actually are take the bumper and rads etc off which is a piece of piss and then removing the manifold and turbo is fairly straightforward access to the turbo drain to block is about the most awkward part and even that isnt too difficult. get the intercooler cleaned out whilst you are there as if the turbo seals have failed the intercooler will more than likely be full of oil

creator

Correct my bad
If you want to change one on a 1300 follow my instructions
Belive it or not iv not done one on a 1700 for bloody ages

VEEDUBBED

Thanks guys, much appreciated!