Help Mkv Oiler is sick!

[Greg Roles]

As said, that sucks.

You will be able to get it fixed for about half that if you do the legwork. No way I'd put a stock exhaust back on, aftermarket would be far less expensive, especially if you source a secondhand cat for example, and if you want way better.

There has to be a VW turbo around a wrecker, on e-bay UK / germany, and as for an intercooler, I'd be pressure testing / degreasing what you have unless there is a lot of the turbo wheel etc missing meaning it's been sucked into the intercooler.

The best idea apart from talking to VW direct is to get some recommendations of good VW shops in your area from members here, and I'd be getting a quote from a euro aftermarket repairer with a good name, such as what Misch has pointed out.

Genuine parts ALWAYS cost a fortune, and the majority who are unaware pay them.

One thing running an inlet pod on my Golf has taught me is the compressor goes into a surge sound under low rev load circumstances more often that you'd probably like, and I do my best to avoid it actually!

Still very sad to hear a stock turbo on the 103kw motor going caput.

[VW Convert]

so they can laugh at him while licking their lips at the thought of good clean profits?

I'm not sure that is how they would see it. In my experience with major automotive companies, where a reasonable request is made in such circumstances the company often views these claims favourably. That the car was purchased second hand is not in your favour but that it is only 3 months out of warranty is, other factors such as service history would be taken into consideration. What is disappointing is that the dealer is not prepared to make representations on your behalf despite being the servicing dealer. Was the car purchased from that dealer?

I would write immediately a concise and courteous but to the point letter to VW and I would mention that you are aware (via internet forums) that there have been other such cases with TDI engines (whether in or out of warranty). I would be making it clear that this type of failure at such low kilometres is not what would be viewed in the automotive industry as a reasonable situation. You may be surprised with the result, I'm sure that VWA are aware that a happy customer may tell one person but an unhappy customer will tell 1,000 and the bad publicity that could potentially be generated by a $9,000 repair bill on a low mileage car could outweigh the cost to cover the warranty.

BTW my current position requires me to present such cases from time to time to one of the major automotive manufacturers so I am saying this from experience.

Cheers

George

[mr_walker]

I would write immediately a concise and courteous but to the point letter to VW...

I'm with George on this one. You can only try.

Years ago my Magna had an ECU failure 2-3 months out of warranty, and I was staring at a hefty repair bill. Mitsubishi decided to contribute the parts, and I only had to pay labour. You just never know.

BTW - out of all the letters people talk about writing to VW, has anybody here done so and had a response?

Now being the proud owner of 2 x TDI's, this sort of thing makes me very nervous Good luck mate, and I hope it works out for you.

Cheers,

Walker

[VW Convert]

I'm with George on this one. You can only try.

Years ago my Magna had an ECU failure 2-3 months out of warranty, and I was staring at a hefty repair bill. Mitsubishi decided to contribute the parts, and I only had to pay labour. You just never know.

BTW - out of all the letters people talk about writing to VW, has anybody here done so and had a response?

Now being the proud owner of 2 x TDI's, this sort of thing makes me very nervous Good luck mate, and I hope it works out for you.

Cheers,

Walker

And in this era of massively improved communication, i.e. Internet forums etc. VWA would be very aware that issues like this get into the public domain very easily. This is the consumers greatest weapon.

Cheers

George

[Mkv TDI]

Thank you all for your inspiring responses, it's great to be a part of such a helpful forum community and it reminds me of why I enjoy car forums such as this one so much.

I'll keep you posted as to how things develop.

[Mister_duck]

Thats not very good news about your car,
Wonder how other many Tdi's have had problems with turbo's and engine problems.

I had the turbo, engine, full exhaust on my 07 tdi replaced under warranty, and also the thermostat and watercooler also replaced the following week .

Not sure exactly what the total repair bill would have been for my car including the parts, labour, 4 trips on the back of the towtruck.

No problems as yet with car, everything seems to be running fine, and i seem to be getting a bit better fuel consumption even though the engine is still quite new

[gldgti]

i suppose its worth a try... well it certainly is - and i wish you the best of luck.

[GoLfMan]

best of luck with it all mate, as a fellow TDI owner this scares me somewhat.
keep us posted

[jets]

Heres another story of a turbo failure.[1.9TDI]

http://www.getphpbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=128&mforum=dutchaussie