Turbo and Inlet Shut Off Motor Related?

[simonred]

Hi All, I have just joined the forum which looks great. I have an E320 CDI 2006 model which went in to limp home mode last week. I took in in to the dealer who diagnosed it needed a new inlet shut off port motor and he needed to recalibrate the air filter all for £832.92. Two days later the same thing happened and they now tell me that a new turbo is also required at a cost of £1500. Is it possible that both things could go at the same tim or could they have mis-diagnosed the problem in the first place?

 

[142 TPL]

Sounds like they are throwing parts at it to me. I would go get another opinion before paying more money

 

[Dieselman]

The turbo seal leaks oil onto the inlet ports motor so causes it to fail, but that should have been rectified at the first visit with a new seal.

 

[rascalmaster]

while changing the air filters this morning; i removed the air inlet hose to make the job easier, and noticed some oil in the turbo and also on the hoses etc...

is this normal?

my turbo was change a few months ago under warranty... car has done 70,000 miles

here is a link to some pics i took this morning....

thanks

w211 e280cdi - a set on Flickr

 

[Dieselman]

There will always be oil in the hoses, but it looks like a small amount is leaking out, which is what knackers the inlet port motor, which is just underneath.

 

[rascalmaster]

thanks dieselman!

the oil underneath was dried up... don't know if that's from the time the turbo was changed?...

also noticed the jubilee clamp wasn't very tight when i first opened it... have tightened it up now ;-)

i'll clean it up and keep an eye on it

is there anything else i should be doing?

 

[MBParts]

Chances are it is just the inlet port motor.

This is something you need doing ASAP!

It involves quite alot of time.

This is also a common problem on the Jeep/Chrysler 3.0 CRD models (same engine)

 

[Ian B Walker]

wrong info from me, deleted.

 

[murray motors]

change the big orange seal on the inlet to the turbo its possible you had 2 problems the turbo problem is probably the box on the side thus cant be bought on its own

 

[mobeyone]

Hmm.. is it possible to have the seal changed to avoid this from happening?