Atty
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- Central Florida
Where do I look to see the revision number?
7
Got a bad turbo? Let's track the issue...
- Thread starter blackcat1
- Start date
It should be on the first or second page of this thread...however, it seems all revisions have failed so far...
Atty
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- Central Florida
Has anyone had their turbo replacement denied because of a tune? My VW dealer is also an APR dealer, I'm going to ask them their thoughts, usually though they take care of everything in warranty on your car if they did the tune.
[/QUOTE=Atty;96186]Has anyone had their turbo replacement denied because of a tune? My VW dealer is also an APR dealer, I'm going to ask them their thoughts, usually though they take care of everything in warranty on your car if they did the tune.[/QUOTE]
One dealer told me Apr tune will shrink power train to 12k/12months. Another one I went to does uni and Apr and told me either they or unitronic requires you to sign a waiver, voiding the warranty.
One dealer told me Apr tune will shrink power train to 12k/12months. Another one I went to does uni and Apr and told me either they or unitronic requires you to sign a waiver, voiding the warranty.
RedHotVAG
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- Toronto, Canada
We don't yet know if newer revisions are blowing stock or with tune only. It's such a complicated problem I don't know why it hasn't been figured out yet. Is it because of surge and not the turbo itself? Is the surge caused by aftermarket downpipes? I wish we had an answer it seems like we are no further ahead than we were 6 months ago.
nmarz77
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- United States
My dealership is also an apr dealer. When I asked about warranty they said not to worry and that they had ways around it. I guess each dealer is different. When I worked as a tech at a very large Porsche dealership we used to take care of our own as well.
George Smooth
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- South Africa
In my experience the surge is cause by rapid boost increase at low rpm. Its easier to replicate by loading the car in a high gear at low rpm. I have logged waist gate position and voltage and its remains constant so its not the waist gate making the noise. On the Vargas test turbo we have which has a bigger compressor wheel there is no noise.
I also witnessed the car made the surge noise on spool up using the stock file with full bolt on mods but in the midrange.
This fluttering or surge may be the cause of the thrust bearing prematurely wearing.
PatrickVas
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- Bronx, NY
Interesting. This month made 6 months that we first found out about this turbo failure stuff in the states, and VW is still pretty quiet about it with no new revisions since. I really wonder what's going on and what's ahead of us. Hey at the time I thought the cam follower issues with the MK5 were annoying, now I'd kill for only minor issues like that lol.
deejaysmiff
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Sheffield - England
I've just had my turbo replaced and i believe it is a revision 8 "G" i have just had the APR tun put back on but i went for the low output option after the drama of blowing my turbo.
Did you tow your car to apr dealer and then to vw?
PatrickVas
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- Bronx, NY
Any way you could double check and confirm that it is a Revision G?
(Even the paperwork they gave you when you picked up the car will show a part number for the turbo)
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8kGoodEnuff
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- Northern NJ
Has anyone done a complete aftermarket turbo replacement versus going to VW for another turbo that will probably fail again?
I'm completely new to the VW world but from the bits that I gather here and there, it seems the 'K04' turbo is usually the preferred step for upgrade. Possible with the new Mk7?
Thank You.
I'm completely new to the VW world but from the bits that I gather here and there, it seems the 'K04' turbo is usually the preferred step for upgrade. Possible with the new Mk7?
Thank You.
So jealous, I wish I had dual VW/APR near me!
nmarz77
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- United States
Have you checked alternatives in your area like Revo, Uni? There's always the Eurodyne option too....
George Smooth
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- South Africa
The R turbos are more prone to breaking when tuned vs the GTI. We have a R turbo on a car that's covered 19,000km that has a different compressor wheel. The car has no turbo surge noise (flutter) on spool up albeit it has a bit more lag, we check for shaft play on a regular basis and its seems to be doing the trick so a possible option will be turbos with wheels that are better matched for the fast spool up characteristic of the car.