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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #165 on: October 12, 2011, 06:24:10 pm »
I'd be getting onto trading standards & VW if I were you.
If you have to ask why, you'll never understand.

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #166 on: October 12, 2011, 06:31:09 pm »
I had a phonecall from vw customer services about how my recent visit to the dealers went, I replied truthfully about what they had done, and since then I have only been able to deal with the manager and head technician, dont know if they are linked though :stupid:
All the diagnosis they have been doing is alledgedly been from Vw, as that is why they took photos and had to email them off and been waiting for replies from VW with which way to proceed.
I think I'll be getting my car back from them when its put back together and go elsewhere, then go through the complaints procedure :popcornsoda:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #167 on: October 12, 2011, 08:16:47 pm »
Dom, did you ask what would happen in the case of incorrect diagnosis when it went in for the turbo?

I would demand your old turbo back, its yours and they have no right to keep it. Get it checked by a turbo specialist.

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #168 on: October 12, 2011, 09:12:45 pm »
Dom, did you ask what would happen in the case of incorrect diagnosis when it went in for the turbo?

I would demand your old turbo back, its yours and they have no right to keep it. Get it checked by a turbo specialist.

I did ask, and they insistently replied it was definetly the turbo.........
It was an exchange turbo so cant get it back  :fighting:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #169 on: October 13, 2011, 02:10:48 am »
I went to the dealers, car has been there 9 days now :popcornsoda:
latest update is they are blaming the mods that have been done to the car

What a load of bull, i'm running stage 3 ( since 50k) on mine which is equivalent to stage 2+ with all the mods and i have 101k and the engine runs like new.
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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #170 on: October 13, 2011, 08:10:35 pm »
Dom, did you ask what would happen in the case of incorrect diagnosis when it went in for the turbo?

I would demand your old turbo back, its yours and they have no right to keep it. Get it checked by a turbo specialist.

I did ask, and they insistently replied it was definetly the turbo.........
It was an exchange turbo so cant get it back  :fighting:


Ive bought a fair few new turbos from the dealers and they have never asked for the old unit back on exchange. Personally, after looking at your car when changing the DP I am not convinced the 'new'  turbo was new, but thats another story.

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #171 on: October 13, 2011, 08:52:26 pm »
Dom, did you ask what would happen in the case of incorrect diagnosis when it went in for the turbo?

I would demand your old turbo back, its yours and they have no right to keep it. Get it checked by a turbo specialist.

I did ask, and they insistently replied it was definetly the turbo.........
It was an exchange turbo so cant get it back  :fighting:


Ive bought a fair few new turbos from the dealers and they have never asked for the old unit back on exchange. Personally, after looking at your car when changing the DP I am not convinced the 'new'  turbo was new, but thats another story.
I know what you're saying, ie the nuts looking like they weren't even taken off and the downpipe nuts that were still rusted on! Any chance of uploading those photos dave, or emailing me them please?
It's trying to argue that fact, which I think would be extremely difficult. Still haven't got car back, I've raised concern with vw customer services. Part number for the turbo ended in x, guessing exchange. Part number was 06f145702cx
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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #172 on: October 15, 2011, 01:28:26 pm »
Got the car back from the dealers yesterday, charged me another £389......
I thought I'd check the oil level today when I finished work, they'd given it back to me with it well under the min level on teh dipstick.
Then pulled out of work and the car went into limp mode stuck at 50mph on the way home, plugged my vcds in to find this fault.

000564 - Boost Pressure Regulation: Limit Exceeded (Overboost Condition)
               P0234 - 001 - Upper Limit Exceeded
         
I wiped the fault off accidentally, and the car is now back to normal again :stupid:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #173 on: October 15, 2011, 05:01:29 pm »
what did you actually get for your £389?

at least in the old days people wore masks and told you they were about to rob you.

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #174 on: October 15, 2011, 06:18:38 pm »
what did you actually get for your £389?

at least in the old days people wore masks and told you they were about to rob you.



Compression test, diagnostics, inlet manifold removal and refit, crankcase beather cleaned out,  road test and some seals and gaskets, bargain eh :rolleye:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #175 on: October 16, 2011, 12:30:56 am »
Dont forget the free limp mode, empty sump and fault code. How generous of them  :signLOL:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #176 on: October 16, 2011, 10:43:13 am »
Dont forget the free limp mode, empty sump and fault code. How generous of them  :signLOL:

They were all freebies though Dave, although I might get a bill for them when I go back :rolleye:

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #177 on: October 16, 2011, 11:06:01 am »
Still at least it's fixed now....... Isn't it?
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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #178 on: October 16, 2011, 11:59:04 am »
Still at least it's fixed now....... Isn't it?
Sadly no

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Re: high oil usage, any ideas?
« Reply #179 on: October 25, 2011, 08:46:24 pm »
any more updates ?
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