Skoda superb turbo

[finn04]

I am looking at reconditioned turbo on a 09 Skoda superb ambition se 1.9

WHAT would it cost? Any reply's appreciated.

 

[dean191]

What's up with the one that's on there? A lot of turbo problems aren't really turbo problems and one particular turbo problem can be cured with a bit of oven cleaner. 

Avoid eBay, can be a bit of a lottery. There's a few cowboys about that will happily sell you an expensive lump of scrap and deny any wrong doing. I'd spend my money at somewhere reputable like darkside developments who know these engines back to front.

[TheRobinK]

finn04 is in Ireland so Darkside is probably more of a trip than he wants to make 

 

finn04 - all I can tell you is that I know of a 2008 Passat 1.9 Tdi that got a reconditioned Turbo supplied and fitted for pretty much €500 (recon Turbo was around €350 of that). VW dealer wanted something like €1150 once VAT and fitting were included.  I believe the quotes from various Dublin suppliers of reconditioned turbos ranged from €250 all the way to €600. This was 2-3 years ago.

 

It was a B6 Passat so the engine/turbo set up  should be comparable to a Mk2 Superb, price wise.

[dean191]

My bad. Important to get these fitted by folk who know what they're doing with VAGs though normally. I had one fitted with a poorly calibrated actuator and it needed a VW specialist to put it right. Not an easy DIY job I'm told and pretty much impossible without vcds. Anyone can bolt one on and if the reconditioner has done his job then it'll run perfectly, unfortunately it's just not the case sometimes! A mechanic friend of mine has had all sorts of issues with poor boosting replacement turbos, can only really be down to the calibration of the vnt actuator surely?

500 euros would be a good price of you can get it done for that.