W210 220 CDi broken turbo pipe no boost

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hi all
this is my first post on here so apologies in advance if I did something wrong

My old trusty 2001 E-class 220CDi Mercedes has developed somewhat of a luck of boost syndrome recently. When I press the accelerator I can hear the turbo whistling noise kicking in but not much power increase, nowhere near what you would expect if the turbo was working properly. I can only get about 80mph max at the moment.

I looked inside the engine compartment and noticed there's a split in the turbo IC pipe, the split is near top of the engine and about and inch long.

Would this cause the loss of power I am experiencing?

thank you for any info.

Andy

 

[DSM10000]

Welcome and yes that is the cause of your problem,

 

[teecafe.com]

Thank you DSN10000,
yes that was the problem, I have temporarily put some duck tape around the split pipe and it's fixed the problem, all I have you do now is find a new turbo pipe,
cheers

 

[DSM10000]

Good luck and hopefully many more enjoyable miles of driving