Sounds like just the kind of place that should be recommended on here and is really good to know.Thought I'd mention a great place just outside of Birmingham that remanufactures turbos onsite. I was very sceptical when my wife's BMW X3 Twin Turbo started puffing blue smoke, BMW wanted 2 arms and 3 legs for the smaller of the two turbos replaced and refitted (ie £3,500), so was considering scrapping the car, which was otherwise in excellent condition for age. But a friend of mine with Audi A4 Twin turbo mentioned this place after he used them to remanufacture both turbos. I drove up to them (limping the 40miles or so to get to them) stopping to top off the oil on route to replace the oil I was burning. They looked at the car for 5 minutes and said we can remanufacture all the parts needed to bring you turbo back up to 100% factory original condition. Agreed a price for the disassembly of engine to get to turbo, professional rebuild of bearing, professional rebalancing of the turbo on the latest VSR machine (this is crucial and they are experts as these parts spin at upto 250K rev a minute so if not balanced perfectly it is game over!) I was then astounded they offered me a no quibble 2 year guarantee on the rebuilt turbo and 2 years on the warranty on Labour. So better warranty then buying a new factory original turbo from BMW. Suffice I paid £800 of this... 4 years on the car is still pulling strong with additional 50K miles added. So was it the right choice to repair? Absolutely! I am pretty confident if you were to call them about your turbo it should be less less than £1,000 all in to remanufacture your turbo and refit. As all remanufacturing is done onsite they can guarantee the item. They also offer a 'Free Turbo' inspection service. So you can't loose. They have over 500+ Turbos in stock ready to be exchanged if you want a ultra quick turnaround. PM me of you want further details.
I'd also like to register my interest if you decide to sell. Amazing spec. Don't scrap it!Hi @A2Z I am new to the A2OC and picked up a broken A2 in August this year. @A2Steve and @Bargepower very kindly sorted me out a donor rear axle as mine was toast and bent like a banana and I have been really impressed with tremendous support from this forum in fixing the A2 up back up to it's former glory. Always happy to recommend positive experiences with good companies that go the extra mile. Look forward to your recommendation thread. For turbo's I would not hesitate to contact 'Best Turbos' (sorry if I was not meant to mention names!) However, after such a positive experience and reading that someone was going to have to folk out a whopping £1,500 for repair bill I had to step in. These guys offer a free turbo evaluation, so nothing to loose, but everything to gain with expert opinion on what is wrong with the turbo with no obligation to have any works carried out with them. Please check out their facebook review page 4.9/5 from 500+ reviews.
I have checked this list of turbos they rebuild and Audi A2 1.4 turbo's is on their list, remember will be with a 2 year warranty on remanufactured turbo and 2 year labour warranty as well! You can see for yourselves how much they charge for the rebuild!
Turbo snail heaven.Thought I'd mention a great place just outside of Birmingham that remanufactures turbos onsite. I was very sceptical when my wife's BMW X3 Twin Turbo started puffing blue smoke, BMW wanted 2 arms and 3 legs for the smaller of the two turbos replaced and refitted (ie £3,500), so was considering scrapping the car, which was otherwise in excellent condition for age. But a friend of mine with Audi A4 Twin turbo mentioned this place after he used them to remanufacture both turbos. I drove up to them (limping the 40miles or so to get to them) stopping to top off the oil on route to replace the oil I was burning. They looked at the car for 5 minutes and said we can remanufacture all the parts needed to bring you turbo back up to 100% factory original condition. Agreed a price for the disassembly of engine to get to turbo, professional rebuild of bearing, professional rebalancing of the turbo on the latest VSR machine (this is crucial and they are experts as these parts spin at upto 250K rev a minute so if not balanced perfectly it is game over!) I was then astounded they offered me a no quibble 2 year guarantee on the rebuilt turbo and 2 years on the warranty on Labour. So better warranty then buying a new factory original turbo from BMW. Suffice I paid £800 of this... 4 years on the car is still pulling strong with additional 50K miles added. So was it the right choice to repair? Absolutely! I am pretty confident if you were to call them about your turbo it should be less less than £1,000 all in to remanufacture your turbo and refit. As all remanufacturing is done onsite they can guarantee the item. They also offer a 'Free Turbo' inspection service. So you can't loose. They have over 500+ Turbos in stock ready to be exchanged if you want a ultra quick turnaround. PM me of you want further details.
Thanks Phil. Still looking for a garage to want to undertake the repair on a car so old. No one local seems to want the work....even the garage I took it to (who blindly quoted £1500) just handed me the keys when I popped back to discuss options. Reached out to WOM but not heard anything back...will call them rather than email. Really do not want to drive the vehicle any distance currently as do not wish to cause any further harm to the vehicle from use that may condem it's fate. It has just driven 10 miles since the turbo failure, during the last 2 miles the engine management light came on. The car drives not well currently as you would expect. It is in limp mode and simply does not rev high, so building up momentum is an issue. Turbo system has been pressure checked and garage has confirmed turbo failure (unsure of any further specifics or nature of failure). Not seeing lots of smoke from the exhaust but there is a smell coming from.gbe exhaust...possibly due to pressing the accelerator and not a great deal happeningYou say " Sadly the turbo seems to have gone". If the turbo had gone there would be no seems, the car would run appallingly with lots of smoke or not run at all.
What symptoms have you got? Your problem may be no more than sticky variable vane actuation.
The car has a market value in working condition. The car would not increase in value above the market value for having a turbo fixed, it is worth considerably less though with an unknown turbo fault. The way I value repairs is to look at the lease costs of a small car. A Fiesta can be had for around £150 per month so there would be a 10 month pay back. I also want to be in pocket so to spend £1500 on my car I would be looking for the repair to give me a couple of years trouble free motoring. Back to my first point though, I'm not convinced you need to spend £1500.
Sorry to hear you are in a similar position. Fear that by driving it you are playing Russian roulette with the catalytic converter. If that clogs up the repair bill could really soar.Mine is MOT'd but not right, getting me to work and back every day but iv changed my route to ovoid the 1.5mile hill that kills it every time. It will rev well for a short burst, but above 2.2k under load it goes into limp mode. Im treating it like walking on eggshells as iv Just spent £600 on the MOT, so with Xmas coming it's got to plod on "as is" until at least February!!! Doing wonders for my nerves!!!!