I was having a lovely time on Thursday evening. I was at a very wet Ring in Sooty the vRS & had just chased & overtaken a 968 CS and was trying to catch an Evo.

I gave it full welly in third coming out of a corner when there was an almighty bang & all power faded. Towed back to the garage where a blown turbo was revealed as the cause.

Blown turbo X2. I did the same thing last year.

To blow up one turbo could be called unfortunate but to blow up two makes me suspicious. My remap is by a very large well known company who assured me that there would be no effect on engine life but it appears that the turbos are definitely not up to the job.

Might be time for a turbo which is uprated enough to cope long term with that kind of power? I'm finding my VT2 hybrid is coping nicely with my 220ish hp.

I was having a lovely time on Thursday evening. I was at a very wet Ring in Sooty the vRS & had just chased & overtaken a 968 CS and was trying to catch an Evo.

I gave it full welly in third coming out of a corner when there was an almighty bang & all power faded. Towed back to the garage where a blown turbo was revealed as the cause.

Blown turbo X2. I did the same thing last year.

To blow up one turbo could be called unfortunate but to blow up two makes me suspicious. My remap is by a very large well known company who assured me that there would be no effect on engine life but it appears that the turbos are definitely not up to the job.

Ill second that. Im waiting for my fourth one to arrive, the third having failed after two days

What boost is being requested? think around 1.55bar is the safe max of the fabia's turbo.

Have you gone for an aftermarket this time Dave?

Have you gone for an aftermarket this time Dave?

No, im waiting for SUK to cough up for a new one, as two days just isn't satisfactory as I just paid for a new one. I suspect, but don't know at this point, that a fitting error or manufacturing defect is to blame. Awaiting a visit from Skoda Technical tomorrow.

As far as i'm aware, my map doesnt request anymore than standard boost, but i maybe wrong.

Well lets just hope all works out well tomorrow then mate.

The turbo used in the vrs is rated to 134 bhp it seems. There will be a certain amount of tolerance engineered in but not up to the power levels touted by some remaps.

bhp has nothing to do with it - it's the requested boost

Either way it should cope with standard levels of boost regardless.

Mine is a hybrid so kinda hoping to avoid this problem though

bhp has nothing to do with it - it's the requested boost

OK try and get 200 bhp without requesting lots of boost then!

I know what you're saying - however it breaks due to high boost levels not because of the power of the engine.

Either way - if a turbo fails within days there is something wrong for sure :(

Most hybrids don't just come being able to handle more boost, they push more air at the same boost levels as a regular turbo.

1.6 bar on one of the best hybrids out there might see close to 270bhp on a TDI with other complemtary mods. 1.6 bar on a standard PD130 would be around 175/180 depending on fuelling, etc.

That's pretty much the aim - another reason I went for a hybrid is 'coz it should be able to cope with the FMIC's larger volume a little easier

Makes you wonder if the oil feed pipes are being changed with the turbos.

I was having a lovely time on Thursday evening. I was at a very wet Ring in Sooty the vRS & had just chased & overtaken a 968 CS and was trying to catch an Evo.

I gave it full welly in third coming out of a corner when there was an almighty bang & all power faded. Towed back to the garage where a blown turbo was revealed as the cause.

Blown turbo X2. I did the same thing last year.

To blow up one turbo could be called unfortunate but to blow up two makes me suspicious. My remap is by a very large well known company who assured me that there would be no effect on engine life but it appears that the turbos are definitely not up to the job.

Who remapped your car then? Do they offer any kind of warranty themselves?

Who remapped your car then? Do they offer any kind of warranty themselves?

I won't name & shame yet but the last time I asked them about the first blown turbo they were adamant that their remap couldn't possibly cause a problem.

Warranty? No chance!

Personally, I'll not be using it hard again until I've had the remap pulled.

I won't name & shame yet but the last time I asked them about the first blown turbo they were adamant that their remap couldn't possibly cause a problem.

Warranty? No chance!

Personally' date=' I'll not be using it hard again until I've had the remap pulled.[/quote']

Me too. My map will be coming off as soon as possible.

Shifty, you have a PM

May I just point out that I am NOT thinking that my map, or tuner is to blame for my turbo failing on my Fabia. The turbo that failed after two days use will be inspected today or tomorrow now it is off the car to see if a cause can be established.

The previous turbo failure was more likely to be from the 30k of "brisk " driving that the car endured.

Cheers for the reply Dave. Best of luck with everything.

I won't name & shame yet but the last time I asked them about the first blown turbo they were adamant that their remap couldn't possibly cause a problem.

Warranty? No chance!

Personally' date=' I'll not be using it hard again until I've had the remap pulled.[/quote']

I was just thinking cos I know Superchips have some sort of warranty which covers damage caused by their remaps.

I suppose proving that it was their remap that was the problem is the issue though!

I've currently got a Pug HDi (getting dumped on Saturday for the vRS) that superchips remapped for me... three months later the turbo went kaput (disappointingly without any dramatic bangs or simlar, just a quite feeble puff of very black smoke).

The problem with their warranty is that you must prove that the fault was down to their remap (in my case the car had done 86,000, so it was "fair wear & tear").

Disintegrating turbos aside, I was very happy with the remap.

Generally tuners do push the boost up a fair bit, but they tend to stay in the 'reasonable' range mostly. Shifty/Dave's turbo failure after a couple of days is VERY unlikely to have been caused by a map that was previously operational for a long time with (reading between the lines ) his brisk driving style

Hope yours gets sorted soon, I'm guessing you're not going hybrid then Dave?

Is it possible to check the boost levels seen by the turbo? by VAG-COM?

Mines now getting on a bit so would be nice to try and learn as much as possible about whats going on, so i could go back and blame the remappers!

It does seem that the remappers arnt obliged to detail exactly what they have done so could potentially do something thats going to effect components life. Raising the boost levels is an obvious way of increasing power, is it too much for the turbo to handle?

Is it possible to check the boost levels seen by the turbo? by VAG-COM?

Yes using block 11 will give you requested boost from the ecu and actual boost.