Turbo :-(

[Gbuck55]

Had my golf three weeks and my  mechanic  Is saying my turbo is on its way out as is leaking oil :-( so I'm after the best place to get a new turbo ? It's a golf gti mk5 on a 05 plate and I a new pcv valve witch I've ordered cheers for any help
Turbo part number would help cheers

[r5gtt]

The k03 turbo is a very strong turbo unit.

You can pick then up cheap on ebay and off members on here selling them after a k04 upgrade.

Is the car smoking from the exhaust?. where's the oil leaking from?.

M

[Gbuck55]

I've just taken the car to another  mechanic  And he said the tubro
Is fine there is no smoke and she pulls fine

[r5gtt]

 

[PhilNUK]

Great news...  Definitely worth getting that second opinion

I had my Edition 30 serviced by a popular place and was told my gearbox was leaking badly and oil dripping at a fast rate...  First I had known as never seen any oil on my driveway. 
They told me they can remove the gearbox and send it to a gearbox specialist for them to strip it back and find the issue. Said it would cost about £600 just to find the fault and possibly a £1000 to fix whatever the fault was...

They said 'so shall we go ahead and remove the gearbox?'

I obviously told them not to and was reminded how serious the leak was etc...  I stuck to my guns and collected the car...  I was happy with the work that had been done aside from the pushy gearbox crap over the phone

Took the car home and put a sheet of cardboard under the car...  Nothing dripped on it for 24 hours. I then had new tyres fitted at a tyre place and asked the mechanics next door to give their opinion on the gearbox and they said it was perfectly fine and no signs of a leak anywhere near it..