Hi all, my s3 went to a audi/vw dealer today, the said the turbo is on its way out, its not smoking but does fell low on boost and it makes a winding noise, so I asked wot would be the best and cheapest way to fix it, should I get my turbo recon/fixed or should I get a recon from somewhere else, or buy a new 1 cheap of ebay, the said don't get mine fixed, and don't get a cheap one, or recon one, the said to get a secondhand one and the will fit it for me, does any one else think this is bad advice?, sherly it would be better to have mine fixed or get a recon,? Secondhand turbo don't sound good to me. the want £300 to take off and refit the turbo, is that about right? And wot if the secondhand is not good, ill have to pay another £300 to fit another one, atleast with s recon I might get some warranty with it, is it bad advice?? Sorry to go on but I'm gutted and don't mo wot to do. Thanks. X
turbo, good or bad advive???
- Thread starter SHARON
- Start date
Y83OLK
Hulk Smash!
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2009
- Messages
- 841
- Reaction score
- 6
- Points
- 16
I found it really hard reading your question.
But it depends what your future plans for the vehicle are:
If your planning on keeping long term then you cannot beat a recon or brand new.
However a genuine brand new item will most likely be in the region of £1000.
If you want a quick fix to sell then get second hand... Most Breakers will give a short warrenty on a second hand unit.
£300 to remove and refit the turbo from an Audi/ Vw dealer is very reasonable.
But it depends what your future plans for the vehicle are:
If your planning on keeping long term then you cannot beat a recon or brand new.
However a genuine brand new item will most likely be in the region of £1000.
If you want a quick fix to sell then get second hand... Most Breakers will give a short warrenty on a second hand unit.
£300 to remove and refit the turbo from an Audi/ Vw dealer is very reasonable.
Markeyboy
Fan of the R-Tech!
TBH the best option would be to either get your turbo recon'd or buy a recon'd one, you never know the history of a second hand turbo, weather its good or not,
seems strange that they told you to find a second hand one,
recon units usually come with a warrenty too
seems strange that they told you to find a second hand one,
recon units usually come with a warrenty too
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2008
- Messages
- 24,836
- Reaction score
- 6,078
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Wibbleton
- Website
- www.tuffty.co.uk
I agree... dealers are notoriously crap at diagnosing issues... I would take it to a specialist for a once over... had an LCR come in that had been to 2 different SEAT dealers and they were saying all sorts of different things for a problem that turned out to be a split turbo inlet pipe that was diagnosed within 5 seconds of putting a smoke tester on it...
Could be a simple boost leak... I would also get a list of any fault codes too as that will help diagnose the issue
<tuffty/>
