Mine, I thought was working fine when I bought the car, but then seemed to loose power. I had the MAF replaced, and all seemed good for about a month, and then my fathers 1.7D Astra (60bhp) was faster and pulled up hills better. I then had the n75 valve changed, and it was no better. Eventually I located a replacement turbo, had it swapped and it has been ok since.....

What sort of price are exchanges then as I can imagin a new one would be massively expensive.

Mine had a very similar problem and I had to have the turbo replaced.

Lucky for me it was only a week after I bought the car and the dealer sorted everything for me.

The dealer was T C Harrisons (Sheffield), they provide lease cars and mine was just 3 yrs old, ex-lease and done 55k miles.

Looking back, I can't believe how good the dealer was, as the bill from Skoda was about

Its quite common, mainly on the low milliage models a few years old, that have had little use ( grandads!) you dont really see it coming, beacause the bearings stay fine, so it doesnt smoke, you just get the simptons described at the begining of this thread, and a fault code relating to turbo pressure not reached/ exceeded. Glad my advise came of good use. They really do fly when replaced!

What sort of price are exchanges then as I can imagin a new one would be massively expensive.

I managed to locate a replacement turbo from a car that been involved in a head-on. My mechanic fitted it - taking 3 hours @

Mu turbo cost