Cheers mate, I think thats what I'm going to do, turbo, oil feed pipe plus (good) oil and filter change.

So do you expect that if I take the pipe off the opposite side of the turbo I should see it siezed shut? I think I'll take a look tonight.

There's a couple of sellers on eBay doing reconditioned turbos with 12 months warranty's for around £300. All they ask is that you replace the oil feed pipe (and return your faulty turbo to them within 2 weeks).

Edited by ficosaneil on 20/07/2010 at 08:28

Had the turbo shaft failed. ? Regards Peter

Found this very useful. Having just purchased (29/12/10) Ford Focus 2005 TDCi 1.6 LX it has been and still is in the garage unable to use. I drove it carefully for the first few days until I got to know the vehicle (normally drive Nissan X Trail) and after a few days decided I would try it out on a dual carriageway to open her up a little. Needless to say, she lost power. It felt like a slight tug as I was moving up the gearbox but then the loss of power slowed me down. I am frustrated because when I turn off the ignition, it seems to re-set itself and is okay for awhile before doing it again. When the garage have taken it out to test drive it they said they couldn't get it to do it so I took them and showed them. They have since said it was a broken clip on an air pipe, still happened, then they said it was the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) unit which has a filter attached and this needed cleaning out, still happened, then they decided to change the EGR and filter, still happened, yesterday they advised me it was their theory that it was the turbo. They sent it away to a specialist who has said today that the turbo is ok and to check all the pipe work. The vehicle has been with the garage for 6 days overall since the 29th December. Should I tell the dealer I want my money back? Who is to say they will find the fault before the warranty expires and then where does that leave me? Please help, I am so frustrated.