nic

My A4 1.8T qt. with 3500 miles just went in with a broken, "blown-up," coming apart turbo. I have a Neuspeed chip and a RamAir filter. I have never abused the car and always let it wind down for several seconds after a long or high speed drive.<p>The dealer expressed that this was quite unusual, that problems with the turbo's, at least this problem, is very rare...almost unheard of. Has anyone else experienced this? Any problems with the RamAir filter coming apart?

Stu Koch

Broken wastegate. Very common problem.

nic

I have read of the waste gate problem in these pages. However, the service rep. said the blades of the turbo are coming apart. Please excuse my ignorance if I am wrong, but is the waste gate part of the turbine blades and bearings?

Kevin G

Is the dealer giving you grief about warranty because of the upgrades?

T2

Blades would suggest a lot more than the wastegate. Cause could be temperature, poor materials, etc...

nic

It will be covered by warranty. If the airfilter was part of the cause, they will not warranty it again if I do not replace it with stock. Duh.

nic

One would think that since this is the biggest selling engine in Europe and quite popular here that we would of heard more of this, if the materials where inferior. By temperature do you mean engine or outside? the temp gage is always straight up, dead center. I would like to know if anyone has experienced this or knows of anyone.

T2

I was refering to the temperature that the blades actually see. Material defects can occur - and they can be very rare - maybe you have a rare one?<p>

Christian

n/t

Garrett

Dear Nick..<p>I think you just had bad luck.. The K03 is a VERY high quality turbo.. capable of much more boost than stock (7-6psi).. We ran one at 22 psi for over 2 months on pump gas, just to see if it would die, pop, etc.... it is still being abused hard at one+ bar. I sincerely doubt that Neuspeed Pchip nor the airfilter hurt the turbo. <p>These are mechanical beasts. All there had to be was microscopic-stress (from the birth of the turbo) on one of the blade and poweeee.. It proably would have died anyways. Better sooner than later. <p>good luck.<br>feel free to email me if you have ??s.<p>Garrett<p>