Freelander td4 series 1 blown turbo

Hi,
My turbo has started the dentist drill screech so is shot, I am fairly handy around tools but have no specialist machinery or lifts etc, is the turbo replacement a job I can take on or is it a garage job only? The quotes I’ve had are all circa £1200 inc parts etc, I’ve been told the oil supply lines to the sump will need cleaning too -advice please guys ?

It's a DIY job, but not particularly easy. Access is difficult when laying on your back, reaching up to the turbo to downpipe bolts, which have been known to seize, breaking the studs.
The turbo to manifold bolts are ease to access from above, through the holes in the air filter housing, although bolt breakage can still occur.
The rest if the fixings are pretty easy.
It's wise to flush the oil feed pipe, but that's an easy 2 minute job.

You can buy complete new turbos for well under half your quote. Or just the CHRA for about one tenth of your quote, which incidentally sounds rather expensive for what should be a 2 to 3 hour job.

Thanks nodge68 for the advice, the bolts/ studs that can seize and break is that common or best soaked in plus gas etc for days before starting the job, and what’s best to flush the oil line just petrol?

Wompiedad said:

the bolts/ studs that can seize and break is that common or best soaked in plus gas etc for days before starting the job

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Plus-gas a couple of times in the day's before starting will help.

Wompiedad said:

what’s best to flush the oil line just petrol?

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Change the engine oil before starting the job and run it for a few seconds so the new oil circulates. Then just crank the engine over for a few seconds before connecting up the oil feed to the new turbo (unplugging the injector harness from the EDC first). This will pump fresh oil up the oil feed and displace any contaminants in the pipe ( oil will spill out, so be prepared to mop it up).
Once done, connect the oil supply pipe to the turbo.

Solvents like petrol shouldn't be put anywhere near turbo bearings.

When the job is done, crank the engine for 10 seconds to fill the turbo with fresh oil, before reconnecting the injector harness and starting it up.