TWO Blown turbo's with less than 13k miles!

[Hoon]

This is bizarre.

It's possible for lightning to strike twice, but highly unlikely. I'd be paying careful attention to lubrication. There are hard lines for oil feed and return, if those lines were damaged by a careless tech during the initial repair, the second turbo could have had lubrication issues.

Doesn't sound like you were running very high boost or doing anything crazy with the car so I tend to think there's another issue.

 

[George Ab]

Sorry to hear this. Hope you get it sorted soon. Hopefully VW takes care of you. If not, you may want to consider getting an independent lined up while your waiting for their decision. Totally sucks being 1,000 miles from home as it limits your options.

 

[Jamie007]

Sorry to hear this. Hope you get it sorted soon. Hopefully VW takes care of you. If not, you may want to consider getting an independent lined up while your waiting for their decision. Totally sucks being 1,000 miles from home as it limits your options.

Good thinking! But they made it sound like everything will be ok. They even gave me a new 2018 GTI as a loaner.

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[burchtd]

With a 6MT I'd be doing tires, rear sway bar, mounts all around, a JB4, and putting some pennies away every pay check for a clutch.

Great idea, actually. Especially considering that I'm still fine tuning and weaning myself from using the clutch too much. This IS only my...6th day of ownership.

 

[adam1991]

As far as the warranty goes, I was told by the dealership, that VW corporate put a note in the system to cover me, even though my car is TD1. They said even if it's another blown turbo, I'm covered.

I'm fascinated by this.

This should be a sticky (if the dealership isn't just blowing smoke).

 

[joesid]

The turbo on my stock 2016 with 18,000 miles died a couple weeks ago. No warnings or symptoms, just a persistent EPC. Got the car back 2 days ago.

 

[SugarMouth]

That JB4 still on the car?

 

[Verichai]

This is why I'm perfectly happy with stock .

Same.

 

[imthanick_a]

Boosting with cold oil would be my first guess. If that's not the case, then you are just the most unlucky person on this forum haha

 

[Diggs24]

Either that or it wasn't cleaned out the first time and some debris got sucked into the new one at some point.

 

[imthanick_a]

Either that or it wasn't cleaned out the first time and some debris got sucked into the new one at some point.

That too. Or the air filter has a giant hole in it?

 

[Wrath And Tears]

That too. Or the air filter has a giant hole in it?

The the amount of people running open turbines, and the amount of youtube videos that I've seen people putting organic items in them... like carrots... I think something hard (like a rock) hitting and bending all the fins would make sense. Why do people use their turbos as blenders? Is it the cool thing to do?

 

[Diggs24]

The the amount of people running open turbines, and the amount of youtube videos that I've seen people putting organic items in them... like carrots... I think something hard (like a rock) hitting and bending all the fins would make sense. Why do people use their turbos as blenders? Is it the cool thing to do?

I use it to blend up Soobies. Gives my car the burbles.

 

[KevinC]

"...not like I beat on the car or anything...". So, if you only drive sedately, why chip or JB4 it in the first place??

 

[GTI Jake]

For anyone reading this and doubting this platform I’ve been APR tuned for 50k miles now and my stock turbo is just fine.

With that said I also drive with the oil temp as my center screen display and don’t boost under 180* F.

OP I hope they cover it, but don’t give up on the car because of bad luck. Could be worse, you could have a new STI with cylinder #4 ringland snapped off