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start by removing heatshield, airbox, boost hoses, lambda probe, water connections, oil connections, wastegate pipework and wastegate arm from the actuator, the downpipe and cam belt cover.

(you may be abloe to do it easier with some of these bist still in place - but for the same of 2 mins to remove most of it, it does make the job a lot easier)

then to make the job easier (or possible even) a tip someone on here said, was to remove the pront housing, this is fairly easy, there are 6 bolts that hold plates in position which keep it held in place, , this then gives u room to undo teh oil return connection and get to the front 2 nuts on the manifold easier.

then again, another tip from here (bent spanner) u need to get a 17mm spanner and bend it roughly to the angle shown, to allow u to undo the back nut nearest the head, see pic above. again there may be a special tool for this, but for the sake of a £2 spanner i wans too worries about bending it with a big ringkey over the end holding it in the vice. u probably woudn't want to do this with a £30 snapon spanner which you would probably bereak trying to bend it.

its then off, this took about 2 hrs to get all off, but like ive said above, if u were doing it again, it would proably take half the time.

the kit contans , 2 brass bushes with new circlips for the core, 2 new oil seals , one for each end, new compressor housing bolts, a new thrust bearing assembly and a new compressotr/core O ring seal,

mark up the relative position of everything onthe turbo, the position of the compressor wheel on the shaft (as its not splinned).

there may be a special tool for lockeing the back of the turbo as you need to undo the nut on the compressor wheel ( even though it looks a bit wired, a normal 11mm 12 point socket fits snugly) i used a set of mole grips on the hard shaft section, be careful not to grab or damage the turbine blades though. the compressor will then slide nicely off the shaft, be carefullagain not todamage the blades.

undo the 4 bolts in the back of the compressor housing and the whole thing will slide off after a bit of a tap with a rubber mallet. this reveals the first oil seal and thrust bearing, this slides off up the shaft also. fit the new oil seal to the new bobbin in the groove at the top.

remove the circlip on the core which will allow the first brass bush to come out by holding the turbo upside down, it slides out off teh shaft. then remove the lower circlip which the bush sits up against inside.

spray the core/exhaust housing with somw wd-40 etc, and let it soak.

again undo the 6 bolts which hold it together, 0i found there are 4 of them which push againt the core as you undo them and actually help split the 2 apart, its just a good fit. when this has come off, you can access the circlip and bush on the back side of the core.

i then gave everything a good soak and wash through in degreaser, cleaned any crud from the shaft with some wire wool(emery cloth would be far too harsh) and replace the oil seal on the bottom of the shaft, the shaft doesnt have to come out from the exhaust housing by the way.

when all clean, i blew it all out with some compressed air. fit the new inner circlips, teh new bushes(with a little new oil in them) and thn theouter circlips on both sides.

slide the core back over the shaft, put some clean oil on the new oil seal at the bottom to aid its entry back into the core. make sure the shaft can turn freely befre going wild and tighening up all the 6 bolts again. make sure u allign the core as it was in relation to the exhaust housing, i battered them all up with copperslip so IF it has to come to buts again in the future, it will be much easier.

fit the new o ring in the groove, the new thrust bearing( it will only fit on the correct way) then the compresor housing back plate, again oil the new seal(piston ring) with some new oil to aid its entry into the plate.

slide the backplate on and again make sure the shaft all turns freely.

fit the compressor turbine , again note where on the shaft it sat, then tighten the nut back up, there was a new nut in the kit, but it was a different thread so cuoldn't be used.

check it all spinns freely again, and then go and put it back on the car, again, use copperslip on all the manifold bolts and downpipe studs.

when all bolted back together , i ditched the ignition coil and turned it over of the starter until the oil pressure light went out, to get some oil into the turbo.

plug the coil back in, and she started, let her warm up, there will be lots of smoke from the degreaser, and copper slip burning off, but this will be gone after 10 mins or so. up the road and boost away