04 Mondeo turbo problem

[WTH]

Hello,

I have an 53 plate 04 Mondeo TDCI (130bhp), 61k miles, that would occassionally suffer from the glowplugs flashing with a subsequent loss in power to the engine (about 50% of the power is gone - I could still hit 70-80, but that was about it).

Finding somewhere to park up before turning the ignition off and then on again would fix it.

I took it to a main dealer garage where I get it serviced and they plugged in their diagnostic whatchamacallit and it spat out the following:

Powertrain Control Module
Description - P132A
Turbocharger/Supercharger Boost Control A Electrical Fault reported by the REA
This DTC may be caused by:
Rotary Electric Actuator
Renew the following:
Variable Geometry Turbocharger

The garage will only repair this by replacing the turbo (for £1400), despite admitting that the part that needs fixing is the electronic module that controls the turbo, since the two items are linked via model number.

He suggested I take it to a turbo specialist in order to repair the 'Rotary Electric Actuator'.

Does anyone have any thoughts or expertise on this issue?

Or recommend any turbo specialists in the North West London / Uxbridge / Gerrards Cross area?


Many thanks,

Wai

[Zad]

I agree with them, take it to a specialist turbo place. Garages just dont have the facilities to do remedial work on them and a specialist is much more likely to be able to give you an honest opinion.