Hi

Can anyone help i think my turbo is on its way out but i am not sure.

i have a fabia vrs 2004 model

I was driving down motorway and put my foot down for a while all of a sudden i lost alot of power

for the rest of the drive i could just about get to 70mph

i got home turned it off waited 5mins turned it back on went for a little drive and it seemed ok

does this mean my turbo is on its way out????

Thanks

Probably an engine fault. Engine goes into emergency mode.

After restarting, every is back to normal.

I've had this problem because of a leaking air hose.

My vw jetta used to do that, is it mapped?

Sounds like sticky VNT mechanism on the turbo.

It will have overboosted then gone into limp mode to protect itself.

How many miles has it done? How hard do you normally drive the car?

Its done 71k miles now, brought it at 65k

I dont usually drive that hard just was in a hurry

And no its not remapped have been thinking of doing it tho

Sounds like a boost leak or vnt sticky.

Go blast it

sounds like sticking vanes on the turbo. Mine used to do it but i had it stripped and cleaned then drive it hard every weekend and its been fine for the last 18 months.

Take it for a brisk drive and see if this helps to clean the vnt, if not there are turbo cleaning products on the market which couldnt hurt

yeh will give it a blast on weekend then

but got a service due just after xmas aswel so they might be able to tell me the fault

Thanks ppl

get some cleaner into it dude, and give her a blast.... thou i dont think there is anywhere in england you can take a car a blast without a speed camera near by lol!

Needs a good italian tune up! Turbo may need cleaning / replaced or refurbished

Can you recommend any turbo cleaner??

Can you recommend any turbo cleaner??

Your right Foot?

That happened to mine was a combination of an oil feed pipe leaking and the turbo was shot, just had mine replaced not so long ago