2004 1.8T cabrio blown turbo

[Swistofer]

My 2004 A4 1.8T cabrio has blown a turbo after only 70000 miles. Is this a common problem or have I just been unlucky. I've only had the car 5 months

 

[hades-]

they can go at 70 iv had 1 got at 50
depends how the cars been drove looked after etc

 

[Swistofer]

Thanks for this but as I've only had the car 5 months, I have no idea how it was driven or looked after before. I had a Saab 9 3 with almost 200,000 miles on it and the turbo was fine. Maybe I was being naive to expect the same with this car

 

[olly quattro]

make sure you change the oil pump strainer and get the sump inspected at the same time,

 

[hades-]

and the oil feed pipe

 

[Swistofer]

Thanks for the hints guys. I am replacing all the pipework as I've heard they're prone to gungeing up but I didn't know about the oil pump strainer

 

[hades-]

yeah the oil pick up pipe is common for it to block up and ****ing the engine