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Broken turbo (again!)
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:13 pm
by sitas3
yet another set of new turbos due to be fitted after lasting 2 months!!
this is what a broken K03 turbo inlet looks like after being hit by debris!!
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and another!
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resulting in nice clean pistons!
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:19 am
by Druggie
What and how did it happened?
Was there piston damage aswell?
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:20 pm
by Dippy
Bad luck. Warranty job?
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:22 pm
by Golich
Ooch - nice photos tho.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:26 pm
by JonnyX
Hmm, do you have a standard airbox and filter?
It looks like something got into the intake rather than turbo failure.
What 'debris' was this?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:20 pm
by sitas3
to cut a long story short, a small repair to replace a sensor resulted in a pipe not being put back on properly and something was sucked in to the turbo.
The heads were taken off as a precautionary measure - fortunately no internal damage was found so they cleaned the heads/pistons whilst there anyway.
Incredibley I effectively have 3 warranties on the car (one for the recently replaced turbos, the overall audi warranty and the dealership's own 3 month one) and none covers negligence by another dealer - includng the fitment by said dealer of non-standard DV's...
Audi UK have got involved and agreed the cost will not be met by me!
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:46 pm
by JonnyX
"Audi UK have got involved and agreed the cost will not be met by me!"
Well, that sounds like a result to me.
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:32 pm
by sitas3
JonnyX wrote:"
Well, that sounds like a result to me.
it certainly is and there are no complaints from me about that!
hopefully the car will be ready to pick up in approx 2 weeks after my hols..
A small point - if anyone does have their turbos replaced under warranty, just make sure you make a small contribution towards the cost of it, otherwise as Paul found out, if the warranty expires and they fail, you won't be able to claim under the 2 year parts/labour warranty!
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:43 am
by wazza
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:14 pm
by sitas3
yes thought you'd like that one Paul..
