can anyone suggest a place or any options to repair or rebuild the turbo for my 1.6/1986/Jetta
A location in your profile & the model of turbo, or at least car, will assist people in offering you relevant suggestions...
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...
Try Majestic Turbos, Dallas, Tx area. Dealt w/ them for years, been awhile but the phone number is 1-800-297-3626.
Passenger *erformance, we rebuild turbos, new bearings, balanced and polished shaft, housings sand blasted. Top notch rebuilds.
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..
I would go with Dave at passengerperformance.com.
Thanks for the compliment
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.