Not impressed! New turbo at 27k miles!

[Yop]

  My OH took my 2009 estate for its MOT and service - and it failed  . No symptoms of anything wrong beforehand .  We had expected probably to have to shell out more as it got older,  but it was a shock when the garage said  it needed a new turbo !!     Its a second car , so only done 27k miles  - the garage said they too were surprised as usually the turbo doesnt go before 80 kmiles  .So - today Im £1300  lighter -- new turbo, service , and 2xMOT's.   What with shelling out a pile for a new radiator for  our  Feb 2016  Octavia est  in Summer, Im not impressed with Skoda at the moment .

Anyone else heard of  a turbo going so early ?

Edited 2 November, 2016 by Yop

[tubbytommy]

Hmmm no symptoms before hand and big bill ..

Trustworthy garage???

[Rustynuts]

I don't think the turbo is part of the MOT test (actually I'm certain it isn't), so there must've been another fault which they blamed the turbo for.

 

Edit: and for the record I've never had a turbo failed in 400k miles, except for the one which failed due to an oil sludge issue and starved it of oil

Edited 2 November, 2016 by Rustynuts

[Ootohere]

Do you mean a 2nd car and you and yours have been the drivers for the last 27,000 miles.

 

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What kind of garage was this, one you know and one with a good reputation?

How long was it with them before the MOT just in for the MOT?

Very very odd, suspicious even.

 

Was it 2 MOT's required because it was not retested for quite a while after them failing it?

WHAT DID IT FAIL ON?

Edited 2 November, 2016 by Offski

[Shacky13]

Surely you'd notice if the turbo had gone ... even if the garage was 100yds down the road?? My old bora used to go through air mass meters and you'd know immediately that the turbo wasn't functioning properly ..... you could also have had a recon turbo for half the price .... and two mot's ...re test is free so long as done within what ...three weeks? Of the fail? All sounds very dodgy... fleece you for a new turbo and sell the old one on?

[Vegasphil]

Alarm bells would have been going the minute they mentioned the turbo at an MOT.

[FatblokeVRS]

They should be able to give you old parts for inspection.

It does sound very unusual.

[Yop]

Morning all.  To answer the questions in one go --  yes we have had the car from new  and its only been driven by us. The mileage is genuine.    It did fail on emissions  --  apparently the turbo had leaked oil into the engine , so burnt oil in the emissions .   The garage was a local  VAG specialist  , we thought we would try out  for a service.  It was due an MOT. They dont do MOTs themselves  and took it to a general garage on the same estate.  May just have had the one MOT charge , will have to check the breakdown again, but its not that part thats worrying.   They send some photos after OH requested which Ill try and post later.

[Yop]

 

 

Not sure that these say much to help - should have had  a look at the parts at the time . 

 

To be fair,  OH has  had the car out today for a run  and says it does feel as if its running slightly better  (not that it was noticeably below par before )

Edited 3 November, 2016 by Yop

[TheClient]

I'm no expert on Turbos but it does seem pretty oily and looks like the seals are letting go.

 

If that is your turbo, it seems it would need replacing sooner rather than later.  I'm not sure how the MOT found it, I mean oil leaks are hard to spot with the bottom tray on and they don't remove that for the MOT.  I think you suggested the oil burning was causing the emissions to fail - hadn't heard that before I suppose it sounds possible. Then the Garage went looking for a problem....

 

I'm open to be corrected but that is how it all appears and plausible to me on seeing your photos....

 

edits: typos and grammar

Edited 3 November, 2016 by TheClient

[Yop]

Hopefully you're right  The Client,  I  think we maybe just got a bit paranoid after having  a radiator go on a fairly new car, and now a turbo at such a ridiculously low mileage  -----  re the photos,  it doesnt take much lack of faith to wonder  if  they are even of our turbo.  However,  I guess we have to just get over it now  , and hope we havent been fleeced . Thanks for the replies  everyone.

[Auric Goldfinger]

Ask for the replaced bits back, If they can't return the bits they  might have gone missing   

Edited 3 November, 2016 by Auric Goldfinger

[chrisw3205]

A friend has a new golf gti and the turbo went on that after 2k miles. Must of been a duff turbo when fitted in the factory.

Sad part, his day got worse, as the AA towed him to a VW garage the AA guy turned too quick... the towing arm cracked his grille. AA refusing liability.

[Yop]

A friend has a new golf gti and the turbo went on that after 2k miles. Must of been a duff turbo when fitted in the factory.

Sad part, his day got worse, as the AA towed him to a VW garage the AA guy turned too quick... the towing arm cracked his grille. AA refusing liability.

Oops,  doubt he'll be singing the praises of the AA to his mates .  Shortsighted I think  of the AA .Presumably  though the turbo is under guarantee. Disappointing though when you have a new car.

[Yop]

Ask for the replaced bits back, If they can't return the bits they  might have gone missing    . 

Think we're going to let it go now to be honest ,  asking for  the parts now, having been  lying round in a garage where oil could have been splashing around -----etc   :p    wouldnt really be conclusive anyway,  and it could well be that weve just been unlucky    --- or lucky one could argue that its been picked up now rather than at an inconvenient time in the future . The situation sounded less dodgy after I read The Clients post back to myself.   Dont really want to fall out with the garage when we might be being very unjust.