If anyone's interested it turned out to be the smaller turbo. Replaced with a reconditioned one from fast turbos which I found through eBay, great service, fast delivery and a 1 year warranty.
I did get fault codes showing for glow plugs so will be doing these next.


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Carly ordered, will let you know what it finds!


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A second opinion probably is a good idea as you suggest, worried about causing more damage by driving it though, the person behind me when it happened said the was flames!


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The garage isn't a BMW specialist but I have used him before.
I bought the car last November. I was coming off a dual carriageway when white smoke started coming from the exhausts and felt like the engine was struggling. No warning lights at all.


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A local independent has my 2008 x5 35d (106k) and has diagnosed it as needing a new turbo. I understand it has a twin turbo. Does anybody have any experience of replacing theirs? I am wondering about using a reconditioned one to try and keep costs down but having trouble finding the right one ...

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Initially i didn't notice any drastic loss in power. At first it was just smoke and it wasn't too bad, after a mile or so I noticed the smoke was worse when accelerating and then yes there was some power loss. No engine lights until i had to move it for the recovery truck when I got the ...

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I'm new to this forum so would welcome any advice anyone has to give!

My E70 2008 35d started blowing grey/white smoke from the exhaust and the person behind told me there was also flames, although it could have just been sparks. There is a yellow powder left around both exhausts. I parked up ...