MalteseRover wrote:

Hello,

my 15p is remapped to 180hp. It has a hybrid turbo. If any of you remembers well it was throwing oil into the exhaust (it is leaking from the turbo-tailpipe mating faces/gasket).

Will it affect the performance of the remap if I go for a standard turbo? I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who ran a heavily remapped td5 with a standard turbo and he told me that it won't matter much. He also told me that hybrid turbos were known to cause some issues here in Malta.

Thank you.

MalteseRover wrote:

Thanks for the input.

I trust this person as he has been in land rovers, series up to td5s and his was really hard worked with plant trailers and told me that the standard turbo was ok on his map and it ran around 25 psi.

My 110 is not as hard worked and when I drive i rarely over rev it - I drive cautiously and stick to moderate rpms. It does tow a 2+tonne tanker trailer but it is only a 3 mile trip on our rough winding roads which discourage over speeding with a 2 axle steerable trailer. It handles only 1 steep climb for about 2 minutes and I also do not need full rpm to tackle it laden on 2nd gear.

my reasoning was that over fuelling would occur higher up the rev range which i rarely reach so a standard one would be fine. I rarely go past 1 bar, it is usually driven at around 0.5 bar.

I would like to strip this one and check if i can rebuild (new bearings) but they may not be standard items and I lack time and patience at the moment. The local supplier of the turbo told me they do not offer cartridges or bearing kits, I can only get a new turbo.

thanks