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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Peter on January 09, 2006, 09:18:07 am

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: Peter on January 09, 2006, 09:18:07 am

can anyone suggest a place or any options to repair or rebuild the turbo for my 1.6/1986/Jetta

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: MacGyver on January 09, 2006, 12:13:01 pm

A location in your profile & the model of turbo, or at least car, will assist people in offering you relevant suggestions...

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: Peter on January 09, 2006, 02:40:03 pm

Thankyou

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: MacGyver on January 09, 2006, 09:03:10 pm

So you're in London then?
Try Roy's Diesel...they had the best price we could find on a replacement for my dad's 98 TDI...

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: okiediesel on January 10, 2006, 04:37:30 pm

Try Majestic Turbos, Dallas, Tx area. Dealt w/ them for years, been awhile but the phone number is 1-800-297-3626.

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: 935racer on January 10, 2006, 06:07:03 pm

Passenger *erformance, we rebuild turbos, new bearings, balanced and polished shaft, housings sand blasted. Top notch rebuilds.

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: Steve Landeau on January 10, 2006, 06:11:00 pm

I bought a rebuild kit from these guys:
http://www.htturbo.com/
Talked to them on the phone and they felt that if there were no real bad issues inside, one could handle the rebuild themselves. They also told me that if I ran into problems, they would take over where ever I got stuck. I was able to complete the rebuild without any problems, with basic hand tools and a micrometer and calipers. Have not run it yet.. :)

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: Rat407 on January 10, 2006, 06:29:45 pm

I would go with Dave at passengerperformance.com.   :D

Title: Turbo rebuild (where)
Post by: 935racer on January 10, 2006, 07:02:45 pm

Thanks for the compliment :D  Yes you can rebuild your turbo at home with a decent probability of success, but there is risk involved. You aren't going to know if you shaft is a few grams out of balance just by looking at it or measuring it, it needs to be spun in a balancing machine. I would hate to have to do a job twice. Do it once do it right.