BigAndy
Veteran Member
the best preventative medicine is not to buy street and toys and turbos from any place in utah.
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rdkern said:Make sure you wife knows to tell you when something is "different".
I'd leave it alone. A new turbo is more likely to fail in the next 100K than your tried-and-true original. They tend to die young or outlive the vehicle.BigAndy said:I've gotten almost 130,000 miles out of it now
I'm at 312500 km on the original turbo on my A3. I just replaced all vacuum lines this weekend and installed a boost gauge. Peaking at 18 and settling at 13 psi all the way to 5000 rpm.P2B said:I know of two A3 turbos with 300,000+ KMs and one with almost 450,000 still going strong. Mine only has 230,000
Odd - didn't know an 02 jetta had a wastegate.kirmet said:02 jetta 111,000 wastegate died....
If you're going to replace it, might as well.BigAndy said:Perhaps I'll upgrade to a hybrid when the time comes
Paul