hello guys and girls,im after a bit of advice regarding failure of the turbocharger on our lucida(i think thats what it is)

I was travelling home from work this morning and within 10 minutes of my journey there was a strange buzzing sound coming from dash,kept coming and going so thought no more of it then all of a sudden there was a loss of power and then clouds of white smoke from the exhaust and lost engine power immediately,looked at the 2 light on rev counter and noticed that the turbo light wasnt coming on,then i could hear this noise that sounded like something in downpipe/exhaust like a tinny rattling noise,i nursed it home and now my suspiscions lie with the turbo?? im pretty handy with the spanners so i dont mind attempting to change it myself if its locatable.

any second opinions would be grateful and if someone would be so kind to tell me whereabouts the turbo is located i would appreciate it.


once again thanks for taking the time to read my post and i await your replies.

thanks again, Rick

[quote name='ruggedrick' post='838695' date='Jan 6 2009, 07:08 PM']hello guys and girls,im after a bit of advice regarding failure of the turbocharger on our lucida(i think thats what it is)

I was travelling home from work this morning and within 10 minutes of my journey there was a strange buzzing sound coming from dash,kept coming and going so thought no more of it then all of a sudden there was a loss of power and then clouds of white smoke from the exhaust and lost engine power immediately,looked at the 2 light on rev counter and noticed that the turbo light wasnt coming on,then i could hear this noise that sounded like something in downpipe/exhaust like a tinny rattling noise,i nursed it home and now my suspiscions lie with the turbo?? im pretty handy with the spanners so i dont mind attempting to change it myself if its locatable.

any second opinions would be grateful and if someone would be so kind to tell me whereabouts the turbo is located i would appreciate it.


once again thanks for taking the time to read my post and i await your replies.

thanks again, Rick[/quote]

HI THERE, I HAVE GOT THE LUCIDA L-REG HAVING OVERDRIVE PROBLEM, IT WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 30 MPH? HAVE YOU GOT SIMILAR PROBLEM? OR WHAT, ANY SUGGESTION ON OVERDRIVE PROMBLEM, PLEASE.
THANX
AKHTAR

You do NOT have an overdrive problem. Overdrive only kicks in at around 50mph. If you cannot go more than 30 then you have something else wrong. Could be turbo, could be a fuel delivery problem e.g. blocked fuel filter or blocked air filter. Does the car smoke and if so what colour.