Thread: 08 Sport Turbo problem

Surely they should have picked that up at the last service ? I'd want to see a copy of the service report incase they have marked that as passed or similar ?

At only 60k kms, and 10 days out of warranty, I would be asking LRA for thier offer in writing.

Once you have it, go to your state Consumer Affairs department, and take it up with them.

Any product must be fit for purpose, and it is not a reasonable expectation that a turbo would fail 10 days out of warranty. If you had 100k kms, and 12 out of warranty, you might have a problem, but as it stands, LRA should come to the party.

Thanks Loanrangie...that's a good point...I will check that - it was only serviced about a month before. They are telling me about 8K to fix, but I priced replacement turbos today and they are Left hand 2500 and for right hand 3100 - genuine imports, and I am told through someone at work that it should be about 4-8 hours work - so at 140 per hour and say 8 hours - we should only be looking at about $4200 plus maybe an oil change and filters, so max $5000....
methinks perhaps a rip-off in the making... I am planning to ask for a fully itemised fixed price quote so I can compare and then negotiate....
appreciate the feedback,
cheers,
Paul.

didn't i read some the body has to be lifted........i'm sure it was in a read, although maybe somebody was having a dig at RRS

Paul, blown turbo hose could cause turbo to overspeed due to pressure loss. Would probably cook the bearings, worst case impeler destuction. I would be making the case that the blown hose caused the problem and should have been checked when hoses were replaced.

The really scary bit is that ours is out of warranty by 2 weeks.

Cheers Greg

Originally Posted by roversmith

Paul, blown turbo hose could cause turbo to overspeed due to pressure loss. Would probably cook the bearings, worst case impeler destuction. I would be making the case that the blown hose caused the problem and should have been checked when hoses were replaced.

The really scary bit is that ours is out of warranty by 2 weeks.

Cheers Greg

thanks Greg - that was my thought about the hose - LRA's initial refusal was because I chose not to accept the extended warranty that was offered....
Paul.

4-8 hrs, good luck i say to that, its 4hrs at the VERY min(id expected somthing more like 5 ) to just get the body off to get to the turbos,

Originally Posted by stig0000

4-8 hrs, good luck i say to that, its 4hrs at the VERY min(id expected somthing more like 5 ) to just get the body off to get to the turbos,

so you do have to lift the body??