98.5 A4 1.8TQM (Well, currently a 1.8QM)

[Ti Kan]

Peter =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sw=E4rd?= writes:
> The dealership just confirmed that my turbo has gone to turbo heaven
> and is no more. I was running a TAP stage 2 chip and very happy with
> but have a few questions.
> Is this common that the turbo just dies? Car has about 70K on it and
> has been chipped since 35K but not driven overly agressive.
>
> What are my options seeing that the dealer price for a replacement
> turbo is $900+?

The stock K03 turbo is probably overworked with a chip.  You might want
to consider replacing it with a K04.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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