The original turbo on my vrs popped at around 90k, after some research on here thought fair enough seems to be a common thing.

I got a garrett pd130 one from turbo dynamics brand was decent price they had good reputation and delivered next day.

Literally one year and a week later which was out of warranty turbo starts doing siren noise, needed the car back urgent so i looked for turbo company closer to home. Garage removed it I took it to aet turbos, they found a lump of carbon rolling around inside the turbo and that the blades had been damaged.

Had it repaired and the bearings upgraded, 7 months later I have startes to hear a slight whine when spooling and despooling.

Took it to garage and they cant see any damage to the blades but there is some lateral play in the shaft.

Its going to cost me again to have the garage remove and refit, and have awful feeling the repair company will find something they cant be blamed for so worst case thats going to cost me again.

I love my car but the turbo is such a worry now after all this, I would understand if it got ragged but even though its got stage one map it rarely goes past 3 and half thousand revs.

Would it be worth getting a hybrid so i know it can handle more boost than its actually getting?

Or does anyone recomend turbo repair company in south yorkshire or near ish.

thanks

I feel your pain on this one!

I fitted a 130 hybrid to my car last Saturday as the original KKK failed, annoyingly I had the same whistle / siren start during the week. I removed the turbo on Friday night to find the impeller damaged. So that turbo has gone back to where it was bought from to be repaired, all in the space of a week!

I have awful luck though. Haha

You may find this place useful.

I used them on the recommendation of a friend who is a skoda Service manager.

They sorted my turbo and service was good.

They are in Wakefield, as I recall.

Good luck.

http://www.turbocentreuk.co.uk/index.htm

Have you had the map checked? 

 

Just because you don't rev the engine high doesn't mean its not overboosting, which is what kills the turbos.

 

It's at full boost way before 3500rpm

Its a stage 1 shark remap, boost has been logged at 1.6 bar at its maximum.

I yold the turbo company when they repaired it in september this and thats why they suggested upgrading the bearings, and was told it should be able to get to 190-200 hp, which i never intended it going to so figured it was safe.

Strange one then.

 

Using good quality oil?

 

Do you let it cool down before switching the eng off after abit of a spirited drive?

Did you remove the intercooler and have it checked/flushed?

Did you remove all boost pipes to clean and inspect?

When changing the turbo, did you change the oil feed pipes?

Who actually fitted the turbos? A decent garage or cheap back street garage?

Was the oil and oil filter changed with the new turbo?

Did you remove the intercooler and have it checked/flushed?

Did you remove all boost pipes to clean and inspect?

When changing the turbo, did you change the oil feed pipes?

Who actually fitted the turbos? A decent garage or cheap back street garage?

Was the oil and oil filter changed with the new turbo?

+1

The turbo has pressurised oil bearing. If the first one died from oil starvation due to a partially blocked feed pipe and that pipe wasn't changed, then the new turbo will fail too.

Most turbo warranties make it a condition that the oil feed pipe is replaced.

Was fitted by a vag garage that i always use, full oil change, new oil feed pipe. Even had the manifold cleaned out after last one was damaged by a lump of carbon.

Car doesnt really get a spirited drive, after the recon/upgrade it spent just over two months of motorway commuting, and after that doesnt do many miles since lost my job.

Really baffled by it this time, just sucks that the kkk one which is meant to be crap lasted 90k and the garrett has covered less than 20k before and after recon.

must be just unlucky

Garage uses same oil i use to top up, which is the castrol pd engine stuff.

Silly question then but I take it the air filter has been cleaned and checked, air box cleaned also.

Sounds like something has been breaking down on yours such as intercooler or whatever and the small pieces have been getting sucked in and hitting the turbo.

Air filter was changed and airbox cleaned out. I took all boost pipes off other week and cleaned intercooler out again as i thought it might be a boozt leak causing the noise.

inside of intercooler looked brand new couldnt see any corrosion.

only thing I can think that could cause play in the shaft is overboost like coskev suggested, but dunno how unless it was occasionally spiking.