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Replacement or repair: turbocharger 850 1994

posted by  gordygood on  Fri May 16 12:52 CST 2003
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Hello Listers-

My service technician recently informed me that the inner seals on my turbocharger for my 850 wagon are failing. I've been wiping up a few drops of oil on the floor for about a week, so I took it in today to see if the December repair of the O-ring for the oil return line had failed. Unfortunately, he says it's much more serious. (Like $1,300 bucks serious for a replacement).

The car has 178,000 miles on it, and I really want to keep it. I think that I can have it rebuilt, or find one on e-bay. Exactly what type of turbo is attached to the engine? An to-remain-anonymous internet source says it's a GARRETT AIR RESEARCH TBO 313. Another says it's a TD04hl-15g. Which is it?







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    Replacement or repair: turbocharger 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be Striderpro on  Sat May 17 04:25 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    Go to turbochargers.com and call them up. They sell brand new turbo for Volvo bolt on and upgrades starting at 650 dollars. Im have dead turbo on my 850 Turbo also a 94 but im upgrading to 1 with a 16g compressor wheel instead of the 15g thats stock. Thats gonna cost me 849.99 for a new 1 plus labor at my repair shop.








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    Replacement or repair: turbocharger 850 1994

    posted by  Don in Maryland on  Fri May 16 17:11 CST 2003
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    My 95 855T has a TD04HL-15G. My guess is it is the same in the 94.

    The flat rate time to remove and reinstall is 4.9 hours according to Chilton. Volvo sells a remanufactured unit that was around $600 with exchange about 6 months ago. I pulled mine out because of a vibration which turned out ot be the bearing going bad at 128,000 miles. That cost $330 plus round trip shipping. I had and still have a small amount of oil forming at the bottom of the unit that drips now and then.

    Good luck.

    93 & 95 854 GLT, 95 855T







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