W211 E320cdi Turbo or actuator?

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MORGANpl

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I will be soon refreshing the engine. Ive sort all suspension and now time for engine. I need new glow plug relay at first and than I want sort out the turbo. I've got sometimes that engine judge when I try to accelerate . Looking at forums in most cases it was the actuator. Now the question. I've seen some "new" turbos on eBay for around £260 with the actuator. Just the actuator is £100-140. So replace just the actuator or full turbo? Or maybe it's better to refurb my turbo plus new actuator??
 
Hi, did you already checked the actuator before buying? 10 min job tops...
 
I don't know if this is helpful or not but I recently changed the actuator which didn't solve the problem, the garage were insistent that it was the actuator so a new one was sent for, same result.
Eventually I bought a recon turbo (and actuator) and the problem was fixed.

I can't say whether the fix was permanent as I punted it on within a few days.
 

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