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My VAG turbo died and been offered a "turbo insert" over a complete reconditioned turbo unit (£100 vs £350).... anyone come across these & have an opinion on them? Not seeing anything obvious about them on the interweb (maybe need to use different term)
Mechanic has fitted one before, but at the customers request..
As far as I know it's common practice. Only works if the impellor or turbine have not been damaged. Search for turbo reconditioning, lots of hits.
I recently looked for a friend (really!) who was told her turbo seals were leaking. I thought £100 odd would be good preventative maintenance.
sounds like a turbo cassette.
see them frequently with older land rovers 50-50 success rates.
Hmmm, I'm not in a rush to replace the car (not after all the work!), so maybe a 'proper' reconditioned unit would be a better choice.
Bugger spoken to an (car tuning) Engineering friend and he's of the opinion that even re-con's are rubbish. Anyone else got an opinion on them? I think he's being overly harsh, as he runs tune hi-performance kit.. this is just a bog std 1.9 TDi
im not against recons nor cassettes
im of the opinion that most replacement/recon/cassette replacements fail due to the underlying reason for the turbo failure not being addressed or the shreaded bits of the turbo not being properly removed from in the engine.
theres many hours work in properly replacing a failed turbo.
I ask why it would have gone, & mentioned about faulty oil lines or the like (I get it serviced regularly) the mechanic (friend of many years) is of the opinion that it just goes that way sometimes. The car still runs (gutless), so helpfully the turbo just jammed rather than exploded into a million pieces.
Worth a punt IMO.
It's not the £100 vs £300, it's the fitting price & avoiding that cost again in the not too distant future