philgreenvrs

Hi Ecomatt, like most cars, short runs of 5 or 6 miles happen each week but there is plenty of motorway, dual carriageway and country A roads. We have 2 cars and the vRS is always used for the longer runs. Thanks for your suggestion of a turbo specialist - sounds like the way to go.

Hi Gaz, no, the only work ever done on the car has been the annual service and 4 new tyres at 35 months; covered within the monthly lease payment, just before I bought it 😁

The oil is dropping on the ground. I'd want a better than 50% chance of success to be paying for diagnostic tests and expert witness reports. I leased the car from new, then bought it at the end of the 3 year lease, the lease company passing the sale to be handled by British Auctions. So I'm really not sure who I should be going for....

You've put me in a quandary now Gaz. You think there's a feint chance...?

Thanks Gaz for your very comprehensive and sad explanation of your turbo "incident". After your sorry tale and comments from J.R., I think it most unlikely Skoda would contribute, and main dealer labour costs for diagnostics could so easily get out of control.

thanks Gaz Did you get Skoda to replace it or take it to an independent turbo specialist? And what sort of cost....?

Replying to J.R. "old second hand car" - I've had the car from new and it's only just 5 years old, regularly serviced, never thrashed, so I don't accept that it's an old 2nd hand car. The turbo should last 100,000 miles easily.

My 2017 2.0 TSI vRS turbo has started leaking oil and my garage says it needs replacing. They've never come across this on such a low mileage Octavia before. On checking the part number, they found that the original part (06K 145 874 L) was dropped on 01/02/2020 and replaced with exhaust gas turbocharger 06K 145 874 M. Has anyone on here had a similar problem and did you get a contribution from Skoda for the failed turbo? Phil