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fixed vane turbo - Mondeo Mk 3?

The basic turbo on my Mondeo fails to spin up, for a while it ran intermittently now just wont come on at 2000rpm like it used to, any ideas?
james, May 2010
Thanks Nigel, by outlet pipe do you mean the exhaust pipe.
I was thinking it could be a siezed wastegate control thing, the one with the rod, its near solid, shouldnt it move with the slightest pull? Or maybe a leak along the rout to/from intercooler. Thing is, I took it to my ( lying ) ex mechanic and he showed great delight that he had it working again but it soon went to on / off mode, why would it work sometimes then fail ?

james, May 2010
Turbo has seized or the outlet pipe has split/come off

nigel, May 2010
link Click here to see other fixes for Mondeo.