Turbo going on my mk5?

[Andy]

my turbo as been replaced on my gttdi..its got a garret turbo on now so hopefully it will be ok

[S800BRN]

A new turbo for my last Golf (140 GT TDi Sport) cost £1100 from Hawco Volkswagen! Though you can pick up reconditioned ones for alot cheaper!!

Ouch £1100? I havent heard any siren noises or anything like that, around what mileage are they usually expected to go? I'll hopefully be taking her in for a service at the dealers soon, is it something they can look for during the service and check for me?

Thanks

It as a sore one ! The bill ended up being just over 3k!!!

[jacko78]

1st 30,000. 2nd 60,000. 3rd 75,000. And the cars not been thrashed anymore than usual

[RedRobin]

^^^^
Am relieved to hear it's only diseasal turbo's which usually suffer from such short lives!

[jacko78]

It's one of the reasons I want rid Robbin. I've always believed diesels
To be uber reliable, but the both I've bought for work have been lemons. I'm gonna go v6 or Gti soon

[RedRobin]

It's one of the reasons I want rid Robbin. I've always believed diesels
To be uber reliable, but the both I've bought for work have been lemons. I'm gonna go v6 or Gti soon

....V6 is a great sound  Our 2.0T FSI 4-pot sound can be greatly improved with a performance aftermarket exhaust.

You'll need to change your "Go diesel" sig! 

[R-tech-Nick]

Shame about the mk5 TDIs, the mk4s TDI can easy see over 120k on the stock turbos, even with hard abuse and maxed out.

[Andy]

i was told the mk5 tdi 2.0 140 model got the old mkiv 130 turbo and they can't handle the power..not sure how true this is thou..all cars have thier faults the 2 on the early gttdi are the turbo and the abs pump