On Sunday, at around 10.30pm I had a suprisingly similar fateful experience as Mike
@Skipton01.
My turbo died after 236,229 miles, after it went bang and my exhaust smoked after moving when the traffic lights turned green. I then limped about 100 yards to a safe spot to park up, The AA recovery had me back home by midnight.
It just so happens that I purchased a spare engine for this potential eventuality, from
@A2Steve in 2021. It had done 165K miles, and it came complete with turbo, gearbox and starter motor. Now, I'm looking to have an engine swap carried out but it's looking far more expensive than I initially thought and I'm weighing up on whether it's going to make financial sense to have the work done or not.
So, it's sad that this could be the end of my a2 ownership of 20 years. I've fastidiously looked after the two a2's I've had. My 2005 1.4TDi 90 since owning it in 2011, and before this one, a new 2002 1.4TDi 75.