Our 2004 (53 plate) TDCi focus (Ghia/115) has just been diagnosed by my rel iable backstreet garage as having a broken turbo. Went in for diagnosis aft er the car had started making an odd noise on boost and the power was down.
Up until now this car has been 99% reliable, and we've had the car servicin g kept up to date and had the timing belt changed at it's 10th anniversary in Feb this year. I've just put 4 new tyres on it. We had intended to keep it as a reliable run around, but over the last month the car has had 2 pull eys changed prior to the turbo going, so perhaps it had come to the end of its useful life.
I've been quoted 1k for a 3rd party or 1.2k for a Ford turbo - both comfort ably above what the car is worth. Even if I fork out for the repair there c ould be other issues that crop up down the line and getting it running and then trading it in isn't likely to cover my costs.
Any suggestions for how best to dispose of the car? ebay/scrappies? The car will run but any test drive by a dealer will pick up the problem and my ga rage has advised me not to run the car as the turbo fault may feed oil into the engine with the usual consequences....