Turbo not alive in 3.0d?

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Hello to all, been reading around before posting, and just need to know if the turbo stops working are we looking at a total power loss to the point of no /limited motion in car or a noticeable loss of oomph as I have now in mine but is still driveable?


It hadn't made any odd noises ever there was from day 1 a slight whistling sound that never got louder in the 14 years I have had her, 2 days ago I just noticed it was just not delivering any punch, car still hits 110kph and over fine but not as fast....


No recent work done that I can see caused this like air filter being put in wrong or on wrong causing air intake sensor to give wrong reading and non fire up of turbo...and have no idea if the CATs are blocked as one fella said was the issue with his power loss....dunno just stumped....the accumulator hoses seem fine....



Worry is can i drive it in this state safely? i read doing so that it can cause engine damage?