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Interesting. My bill was around $7000, including the wheel bearings.
I am now taking the car in next week to get new air springs and shocks all round, including fitting the wheel bearings (hubs) that I paid for in the $7000.00. I already had the cam belt changed last year plus new EPB and a few other expensive bits such as the water pump. Also a major engine oil leak on the RHS rear of the bash plate, which apparently could be a leaking turbo oil pipe. Rovertech have had 4 other cars with this leak recently and have never had it before. I'm thinking another $5000 plus for this, although they have imported the struts direct from the UK so they may be a bit cheaper.
My next worry is the transmission, which is fine so far but I don't want it to fail in a remote place.
As you say, they are so good to drive, especially on long runs in rough country, that we just pay for the repairs that result from this usage.
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A waste gate gets rid of inlet pressure ... it wastes inlet air to the atmosphere (I think they still do that). I don't know if a turbo's variable turbo blades respond to inlet pressure ... I presume they back off automatically, according to revs?
But anyway ... a broken waste gate would in fact it likely increased performance ... at the cost of damaging the inlet manifold. Hence you did not think things were bad ... I doubt the second inlet manifold needed replacing ... but what would I know!!!
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Year, the second one was fine but I requested it while they had the car apart. The last thing I want is the other manifold to go in six months time. I will replace everything that is necessary so that the car is reliable. I don't intend to sell it for some time and it is mainly used now for touring so reliability is important. The manifolds are something like $650 each, from memory.
