I have dropped the hammer and paid my deposit to get the work done at P&P. Im going with wild bad luck with this.
2k is a very good price, it does sound like just an unlucky coincidence. If its a minor service is pretty basic so I doubt its anything they have done
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I have dropped the hammer and paid my deposit to get the work done at P&P. Im going with wild bad luck with this.
My original original post was to express my concern that the servicing just before the blown turbo had contributed or caused it. Not an unreasonable question in my eyes. It was so close that I am still not totally convinced but P&P have been surprisingly helpful in sorting this out and given me a good price.
I think If it was that common there would be class action due to faulty manufacturing or at least a forced recall. Talked about alot and common arent the same thing. It is dangerous to be in traffic cruising along and have your engine fail or worse. It could easily cause a crash. Even the guys at P&P said it was highly unusual for a turbo to go on such a low km car. Shrug i am no expert so ill go with wild bad luck and poor original design by VW of their oil feed pipe system.
I imagine that the car will be exactly the same and my wallet much lighter when i get it back. But I am looking forward to getting it back. Its not much of a car but i am getting to love it.
1.9 more prone than the 2.0 to fail. Sounds like bad luck, new oil has a habit of flushing through gunk and carbon unfortunately. Its catch 22 sometimes for techs, speaking for myself, have to be really cautious these days touching a car you haven't seen or have knowledge of the service history. Not saying it hasn't been serviced by the way. Just saying. Hope it comes good.
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Mine also failed at about 90K - same engine 1.9tdi, and also about 1 month after i bought it! I think I paid 3k for the replacement, so yours is a good price. We suspected the previous owner didn't use the VW approved oil, and that might have caused it but who knows really.
Might be worth checking that they clean the egr while they have it all apart.
They are just doing what any good mechanic does and employing ass-covering manoeuvres. If he told you it would be no more than 2k and then found that parts of the turbo had somehow made it's way into the motor itself, then you would be on here complaining even more that he lied about the quote.
As others have said, the 1.9tdi turbos were prone to failure dependant upon manufacture. If all they carried out was a service then it sounds as if it is just bad luck.
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