Diesel Disaster!!Many £££S Required

[Andy Douglas]

On Wednesday I drove the family hack AKA Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDI the car seemed a bit sluggish and I concluded that the turbo was not working,it was very hesitant to rev past 3000 rpm,then without any warning it went bang and the engine cut out.
What has happened is the turbo split in 2 most of the impeller is missing (probably on the road )the rest of the small debris ended up in the intercooler!!,the engine stopped due to oil from the turbo supply being ingested.The result is the car is not economical for me to have repaired.
This car has done 131000 miles and was a one owner car with a full main dealer service history when we bought it, during our ownership it has been it has been well maintained and never driven hard.I am quite frankly disgusted that a major failure such as this can happen on a modern car,and the knock on effect of the turbo failure could have damaged the engine.
I do need another car A B4 quattro estate would do nicely!!