Hi all,

I bought a 2008 Golf tdi 2.0 manual late last year and it had done 105k since I got it now it has done another 5k.
I notice the car felt weak at low rpm and when rev to 3000 suddenly there is a serge of power. I thought it was normal as I am new to driving and never driven a turbo car before.
Recently driving on freeway at 110km/h, the car has gone into limp mode. I took the car to service + timing belt change at a independent vw specialist. They scanned for error codes, it had gone into to limp mode because of overboost. They told me boost leak could have caused it or the worst case would be a dying turbo. After the service was done, I was told it was indeed the turbo. And they think it is going to cost high 2000s to 3000s to replace the turbo.
Just want to hear you guys thoughts on this? any recommendations on where I can have the car examined/ turbo replaced in Melbourne.

Cheers
Liam