I was just leaving the house going away for the weekend, got all of 500m, accelerating from a junction and it seemed the turbo failed, loss of power and drive then followed by loads of smoke!! Its a 2L TDi with only 40,000 miles on the clock.:(

Broke down on a dual carriageway and recovered home! Car drove off the truck but plenty of black smoke.

Now going away still, daughter taking us to our caravan. I am going to one grumpy guy, playing golf tomorrow and walking up a Welsh mountain on Sunday!!

So for now until Monday, I will wallow in self pity.

Fingers crossed its something simple like a boost hose popped off.

Worst case scenario is that the turbo has indeed gone tits up.

Try and enjoy your break though

Oh dear, not another turbo gone pop :(

hopefully as dstev2000 says, its just a hose or something.

Did you notice any noise previously, such as the police siren in the distance sound?

I had mine replaced under warranty at 24000 miles as it was doing the siren sound quite loudly.

It is a known issue with the PD140's that the turbos are a weak point, so why Skoda dont recall and fit stronger ones really annoys me

Fingers crossed its something simple, and try and enjoy your weekend break

Cheers

Damian

It is a known issue with the PD140's that the turbos are a weak point, so why Skoda dont recall and fit stronger ones really annoys me

Probably because the majority of the turbos don't have any issues, and it would be an extremely expensive recall. Bear in mind also that this failure is unlikely to result in death and/or injury.

That said though, they should be sympathetic to anyone who's turbo blows outside warranty (although they probably aren't).

I think warranties should be staged, so that rather than 3 years and then you're no longer covered, perhaps for 3 months (following 3 years) they will pay 75% of the warranty cost, then for 3 months they will pay 50%, etc etc. Doubt it would ever happen though, until people start voting with their feet. Given the fact I'm not seeing the road flooded with new Kias/Hyundais, I suspect warranty might not be as important to some folk as a flashy badge

A mate has an Audi A3 with a 2.0TDI engine, he has spent some time on Audi forums and he gets the impression that the turbos are bulletproof. Are Audi using an upgraded turbo? His particular one is a Sportline, if that makes any difference...

TBH most members have been quite lucky just out of warranty if they have a problem and SUK have helped

Well have returned from the 2 day break, I won the hackers prize in the Golf comp that I was in:rotz: so it never got better! but the weather was nice and today walked quarter the way up Snowdon (run out of time as the Everton match was on!).

I will take the cover off tomorrow and have a good look, maybe I will get lucky? I now remember that I heard a popping sound before I lost power.

Thanks for you replies.

good luck with it loz, its something ive always dreaded on mine and part of the reason why i chopped mine in when it got three years old. The turbo on my 140pd wailed like a good un since i got it at 6000 miles so was always paranoid. The dealers never thought it was a problem though.

If you need to use the vag-com then give me a ring as im off until thursday so will be in at some point or can pop up to you if its not driveable.

It is a known issue with the PD140's that the turbos are a weak point, so why Skoda dont recall and fit stronger ones really annoys me

My turbo is still original, now with more than 71K on the clock in 3 1/2 years. Mine has also made the police siren sound you describe since I bought the car in 2006 with just over 18K on the clock, 53K miles on and 3 variable services later its still going as strong as ever.

TBH most members have been quite lucky just out of warranty if they have a problem and SUK have helped

That's reassuring!

Well, I have had a look, not easy to see much, but used a telescopic mirror.

1. I couldn't see anything obvious

2. Checked oil - :thumbdwn: not registering - no oil patches on ground - engine bay looks clean.

2. After topping up with the little oil I had, started here up (no warning lights :confused:), turned off fairly quickly as i think it was going to stop!!!

Well, this is the only error message I get on VAGCOM.

1 Fault Found:

16621 - Manifold Pressure / Boost Sensor (G31): Signal too Low

P0237 - 000 - -

Freeze Frame:

RPM: 2520 /min

Torque: 70.0 Nm

Speed: 62.0 km/h

Load: 19.2 %

Voltage: 14.29 V

Bin. Bits: 00101100

Absolute Pres.: 0.0 mbar

Absolute Pres.: 1275.0 mbar

Cheers Stu, I owe you again!

Hi, Just to update on this dilemma!

I have taken the car into an independent garage QRSports. The have taken the turbo off and have told me it is seized! To boot! the reason for lack of oil (plausible) is the boost sensor drained the oil into the intake and into the engine, causing a hydrostatic lock :rotz: possibly damaging the conrods and valves????

That is as far as the garage have gone, awaiting on my instructions.

So, I have contacted Skoda CS and they where full of sympathy and yes given the age and mileage and FSH it was possible to goodwill payment could be made, but only if it was in a Skoda garage :orb_loser.

So I await the cost estimate, based on the turbo, engine and labour.

In an earlier post you said it drove off the truck with loads of vlack smoke, fingers crossed the engine burnt the oil before it could lock the combustion chamber.

Question is, did the oil loss kill the turbo or was the leak a consequence of the turbo failure?

I would bet on oil starvation to the turbo.

I would bet on oil starvation to the turbo.

so would I, the turbo will fail very quickly if starved of oil like it seems to have been in this case.

Latest!!

It seems to just be the Turbo thats knackered!! Been quoted about £800 + Labour now:rotz: