Advice on selling a car with a turbo problem

alanmc · 26-01-2018 11:55am #1

Hi all,

I have a 2010 Ford Focus C-Max 1.6 TDCi as a second car. I don't really need it anymore.

The problem is that I think it's suffering from turbo failure. It drives just fine, just really slowly. Has reduced power. It's not in limp mode and there are no codes being thrown from the ECU.

I've recently spent quite a bit of money on a new DPF and clutch/flywheel combo on it.

How do I go about selling it? Should I get the turbo issues fixed? Or just properly diagnosed? Or should I just price it accordingly?

All advice welcome.

Thanks,
Alan.

223vmax · 26-01-2018 11:58am

I'd get it fixed. If you sell it with a power problem lads would want more off than just the price of the turbo. The way I'd look at it if I was buying it would be it could be turbo + other things so offer accordingly. Worse case could be it needs a new engine!

bazz26 · 26-01-2018 12:10pm

Before you do anything you need to get the problem properly diagnosed plus a repair/replace cost. Then decide if you want to spend the money on it otherwise your just basing your decision on speculation.

If it is something big like the turbo then you need to take into account that you will have to either cut your losses and take a big hit on the selling price of the car or the possibility of spending money on a new/reconditioned turbo in order to return the car to working order to get it's market value.

First thing though is get the problem identified in the hope that it's something small like a lose or cracked pipe, etc and take it from there.

lcarr88 · 07-02-2018 7:26am

Just wondering any advice on who to use on getting turbo worked on thanks

JJJJNR · 07-02-2018 9:21am

Any competent mechanic should be able to sort your turbo, a third party will be doing the work like the crowd below (never used them personally)

http://www.hpmp.ie

byrnem31 · 07-02-2018 2:12pm

You'd be surprised with the Muppets out there that call themselves mechanics.

My car had similar problems and i left it with a guy in crumlin who had it on and off for 2 weeks. Couldn't fix it but told me it was meant to drive like that.
A work colleague suggested Willie Coyne in tallaght and he fixed it straight away for 80 quid.

Advice on selling a car with a turbo problem

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