Thank you for your reply. Sorry I'm late getting back but haven't had access to internet until now. It is a 1.6HDI. We have now had the job done at £1,200. As you said as well as replacing the turbo various hoses etc have had to be replaced and a thorough flush through of the oil system. Apparently the problem was sludged up hoses from previous non-flushed oil changes (didn't know this was necessary or available) and no oil getting to the turbo to lubricate it. It seems that this engine is prone to sludging but I would have thought that the Citroen franchise we bought the car from and who did the services would have known and told us this and recommended a flush through! Think a bearing went on the turbo too. We are happy with the repairs (even if 25% more than quoted) and have been asked to take it back in a week's time to have another flush through (at extra cost). There was apparently loads of 'crap' in the sump. We do have a slight leak on one injector but it is only damp at the moment and we really cannot afford an immediate repair to this. It will have to wait for now. What problems should we expect from the leaky injector? Will I break down again (not very nice for a lone female) or will the problem slowly make itself known. How long should we leave it do you think before we get it repaired. As you say, we do love the car and have been advised that getting rid of it because of the turbo going and having spent £1K wouldn't be sensible as we could easily buy another car with some other problem and have to spend out on IT. Sounds like the garage that did the job have got it right as they seem to agree with you on all aspects. Thanks for your help and would appreciate some gen on the injector problems, how they are caused and what problems they can cause. Gill

Edited by Pete&Gill on 01/12/2010 at 13:25

Thank you for your kind reply and advice. I am only sorry that I did not acknowledge this sooner but as I said before internet access is intermittent and limited to work at the moment.

Turbo is working great, injector leak is still just 'damp' with no smell currently but!!!....

Now the ABS brakes are failing and we have been afraid to take the car out during all the adverse weather we have been having in the midlands. The normal brakes work perfectly well but during the snow and ice the ABS brakes kick in and the car fails to stop in sufficient time! We took the car back to the garage who did the turbo and whilst a mechanic was test driving the car failed to stop and he had to pull on the handbrake!! Do the ABS take over and cancel the 'ordinary' brakes?

Oh dear. More problems and inconvenience. The ABS brakes give off a grinding noice but when the mechanic looked at the brake discs etc he says there are no markings on them at all (although it sounds like the car is being stopped by a nail!). They seem to think it must be (and I forget the actual word) the servo/pump and this will probably cost another £1k 'ish.

I am driving the car today as the snow has cleared but have had to take the bus to work over the xmas period. We were hoping to go to Yorkshire for a week on new year's eve but are a little afraid to use the car for such a distance, although think if we keep our eye on the weather and return before frost/ice/snow forecasted should be okay.

Time to get rid? We had a quick look around the garages yesterday morning but saw nothing that takes our fancy. All this is very depressing.

Peter & Gill

I suspect your ABS has been fine now the snow has gone ?

I suspect its tyre related & not an ABS fault. AS i posted earlier ABS can be extremley sensative on some cars , but very much dependant on the tyres as well.

perhaps you can post the makes of tyres you have fitted ? if more than one make just list them all.

I would imagine that with your recent experince of a big failure you are struggling to gain faith in your berlingo so when another problems appears the very worst is always feared!