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What makes you think your turbo has blown? Usually when someone says this it transpires that it's something minor like a boost hose blown off.
mine did that!! spat all my oil down the M27!! very annoying!!!! just dont to to Seat for a new turbo lol! they qouted me about 1200 plus vat, plus fitting blah blah!! i went to AmD instead and now have a lot more horsies!!!!!
Fortunatly as my car is a 2006 model it is still under warranty. Just have to wait till tomorrow to have chat to my local dealer
strugers1
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i see your car in amd had loads of trouble with it i believe nice power gains though lol
strugers1
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also 1200 pound for a turbo??i got quoted 780 for a brand new pd 150 unit from seat with the oil feed pipe
with a bit of discount but still thats a lot
with a bit of discount but still thats a lot
Its only done 22,000. Calling Seat in morning. think i should be ok for the work to be done on the warranty as it runs out in march. Just gutted. Love the car, only a referance but has the bodykit on it and looks the dogs danglys.
Hoping i'll be back on the road soon, not sure how long it takes to sort a problem like this out.
Just hope i get a courtsey car as i work on search and rescue and need a car for work as i am on call alot of the time.
First turbo car.....
Have you by any chance been driving the car hard within the first 20 minutes of driving?
Have you taken it easy/ allowed the car to idle for 30 seconds before switiching off?#
Has the car had its oil changed at the correct intervals?
Have you by any chance been driving the car hard within the first 20 minutes of driving?
Have you taken it easy/ allowed the car to idle for 30 seconds before switiching off?#
Has the car had its oil changed at the correct intervals?
I live on a main road so its not always possible to allow the 20 mins to drive slowly. Often have to pull away quickly. Also because of the nature off my job i often get callouts and have to be at work asap so have to drive at a fast but safe speed to get there, its a matter of life or death so that is my priority, but at all other times i always drive carefully and allow my engine to warm up.
As far as im aware the oil has been changed at the correct inervals, at least thats what the service book says.
As for the 30 second idle time for some reason i did that when i had none turbo cars. Now i think off it i dont know how i got into that habbit, think im a little weird now ha ha
How long is each of these journeys ? Can you not get it up into a high gear ASAP .....then you can drive "fast" but not particularly high engine rev's ?
Okay.
I wasn't having a dig btw, just trying to figure out why a turbo would fail at such low milage.
Pulling away fast in 1st and 2nd isn't so bad as even at high RPM's in those gears the turbo doesnt get worked much IIRC.
But booting in 3rd and 4th from cold means the turbo is often at full wack - when the oil is cold that can cause problems.
Yeah was up with AmD for quite some time!!! and the power gains are pretty nice
although i need to watch the old right foot! the fuel light just came on after 320 miles from full !!!
i think mines more expensive because its the non pd turbo origionaly??? but i thought that was a bit extreme!! lesson learnt though!! check my oil level like every 5 minuites now lol!!
my turbo actualy went due to no oil in the engine!! the dealer says the oil filler cap was loose but me thins they didnt want to pay the repair bill! i think i mite have noticed a big mess if the filler cap was loose!!!
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