A6 turbo shot

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Tim, not sure about the price, but I can say that this is a _very_common failure on the 2.7tt cars, nothing he did wrong, just poor engineering.

A friend of mine has a 2001 S4tt, ironically its had both turbos replaced, the tranny replaced, the motor had to be pulled for some oil leak, brake problems and a slew of under-warranty repair work, all in 30k miles.  He doesn't drive the car terribly hard, hasn't abused it, the car has been at the dealer for over 2 months of the 2 years he's owned it.  This is a common story too, he's not the only one, makes you wonder what Audi is doing over there sometimes.

Javad


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>A friend of mine with an A6 turbo is having major problems and needs the
>list's collective knowledge and advice.
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>Here's the story:
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>Was driving to work(not hard) a few days ago and all of a sudden he sees
>a cloud of white smoke behind him.  He pulls over, shuts off the engine
>and removes the dipstick to see oil gushing up out of the engine.
>Immediately calls the local dealer(Morong Falmouth) and has the car
>towed in.  Today they call and say the turbo blew up and took out the
>kitty with it.  $7000 in parts and $3000 in labor.  He loves this car
>but may now be thinking BMW.
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>Is this a reasonable explanation?
>Is this a fair quote or can he do better?
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>Please CC me so I don't need to search the digests
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>Thanks
>Tim Reilley
>Windham, Maine
>'91 90q20v, Pearl(for sale at $5950)
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