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VW Turbocharger Kit - Borg Warner 06J145713T

VW Turbocharger Kit - Borg Warner 06J145713T

$1,212 USD on FCP Euro
**These replacements offer the following key benefits:** - A milled-from-solid aluminium compressor wheel which makes for quieter operation, smoother airflow, and extended lifetime - A turbine wheel made from MAR-M246 which is more heat-resistant than Inconel - The integrated features, i.e. exhaust manifold, wastegate with pneumatic actuator,electronic compressor recirculation valve, and electronic boost pressure control solenoid valve, are identical to those used in our OE turbos for the 1.8 TSI engine and have proven their quality in more than three million vehicles - 100% interchangeability with the OE fitted turbo, including all oil and water pipe mounting points. **K03 Turbocharger Kit - Borg Warner / 034 Motorsport** The Borg Warner Turbo in this kit comes complete with 034 Motorsport installation hardware for a complete install. A new turbo may be needed if your vehicle has higher mileage and you're noticing decreased performance. **Turbo Maintenance** When looking to perform an upgrade or replace a failed turbo let's ask ourselves if we really treated our Turbo well and whether or not the new Turbo will be happy with us. Turbochargers are cooled by oil and in some instances by coolant. Generally all turbo applications require some sort of cool down period after strained or used at higher than normal temperatures. It is always a good idea to practice a turbo cool down procedure regardless of how new or how old your turbo powered car is. The cause of failure for most turbos aside from sucking something through other than air is simply overheating and oil failure. Oil breaks down much faster in a turbo powered application. Why? Oil is directly fed into the turbo to cool it. A turbo operates at temperatures that are a lot higher than in the crankcase. Now if we shut off the car after a hard run or a high speed run without circulating the hot oil out of the turbo and not allowing the turbo to cool down that oil will boil inside the feed lines and the turbo case. Oil subjected to excess heat will leave heat spots and contaminants behind that are suspended in the formula. This is sludge. In order to avoid this and to take care of your entire lubrication system we recommend periodically performing an engine flush. We have partnered with Liqui Moly to create industry leading engine maintenance kits which can be found [HERE](https://www.fcpeuro.com/products?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=lmk) Or you can simply buy the flush itself [HERE](https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/pro-line-engine-flush-500ml-can-liqui-moly-lm2037) We strongly suggest you treat your engine and turbo with an oil additive such as CERATEC which not only reduces friction but will give the engine the ability to run for some time even after oil pressure is lost. You can find CERATEC [HERE](https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/cera-tec-engine-oil-additive-lubro-moly-lm3721)

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    Turbo failure on Tiguan advice

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      The fans are an easy job. Basically, you remove the belly pan, disconnect the connector, remove four T30 screws and the assembly comes out the bottom. The FCP Euro suggestion is good. I would take care of that ASAP as overheating is a sure way to destroy an engine.

      The turbo failure is also unfortunately common. It is almost always the result of a worn waste gate actuator linkage, which allow exhaust gasses to bypass the turbine wheel. This sets a P0299 underboost fault and the resultant reduction in performance. This is not a catastrophic failure and can wait. I would highly recommend getting the Borg Warner replacement rather than the OEM IHI. While it won't save you money, it will likely last longer than the original IHI turbo, which is infamous for the waste gate problem. Some consider the Borg Warner to be the turbo VW should have put on originally. They were the traditional turbo supplier to VW/Audi and didn't have issues like the OE IHIs do. The job takes about six hours, and is not the easiest thing, with a few tough to get at bolts which takes most of the time. Like the 6mm "drain plug" bolt that is one of the bolts that holds the upper heat shield in place. I made a custom tool just for that bolt. It is possible to do on jack stands, but it is easier on a lift.

      There are less expensive turbo options, but I would spend more time and save up for the Borg Warner turbo than to get a cheaper ebay turbo, etc. With the amount of time it takes to do the job, you really don't want to have issues with it and have to do it again.
       
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      DugSms said:
      The first thing I would do is verify that what they told you is the actual problem. Not that all dealerships lie and are always wrong, but they don’t have a reputation of being honest or accurate in their diagnosis.
      As for parts and cost.
      You can get a genuine VW fan here: Audi VW Cooling Fan Assembly - Genuine Audi VW 1K0959455ET
      That’s way less than $3k and there are much cheaper options on their site if you want to save another $200.
      The fan is definitely a DIY job. The turbo is too, but requires more work and expense to change.
      Usually, the wastegate is what fails on these engines, but I don’t think turbo failure is unheard of.
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      Thank you for
      Qmulus said:
      The fans are an easy job. Basically, you remove the belly pan, disconnect the connector, remove four T30 screws and the assembly comes out the bottom. The FCP Euro suggestion is good. I would take care of that ASAP as overheating is a sure way to destroy an engine.

      The turbo failure is also unfortunately common. It is almost always the result of a worn waste gate actuator linkage, which allow exhaust gasses to bypass the turbine wheel. This sets a P0299 underboost fault and the resultant reduction in performance. This is not a catastrophic failure and can wait. I would highly recommend getting the Borg Warner replacement rather than the OEM IHI. While it won't save you money, it will likely last longer than the original IHI turbo, which is infamous for the waste gate problem. Some consider the Borg Warner to be the turbo VW should have put on originally. They were the traditional turbo supplier to VW/Audi and didn't have issues like the OE IHIs do. The job takes about six hours, and is not the easiest thing, with a few tough to get at bolts which takes most of the time. Like the 6mm "drain plug" bolt that is one of the bolts that holds the upper heat shield in place. I made a custom tool just for that bolt. It is possible to do on jack stands, but it is easier on a lift.

      There are less expensive turbo options, but I would spend more time and save up for the Borg Warner turbo than to get a cheaper ebay turbo, etc. With the amount of time it takes to do the job, you really don't want to have issues with it and have to do it again.
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      Thank you for the detailed response. I really appreciate it.

      I talked to another mechanic yesterday that explained the possible wastegate problem. He wants to take a look at it. He explained that the wastegate is a very common problem and he thinks he can possibly repair the wastegate and not need to replace the turbo. I hope he is correct. With the exception of the cooling fans not working properly the Tiguan is running okay and no check engine lights are on therefore we did not realize there was a problem with the turbo was underperforming.

      Thanks again.
       
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      Qmulus said:
      The fans are an easy job. Basically, you remove the belly pan, disconnect the connector, remove four T30 screws and the assembly comes out the bottom. The FCP Euro suggestion is good. I would take care of that ASAP as overheating is a sure way to destroy an engine.

      The turbo failure is also unfortunately common. It is almost always the result of a worn waste gate actuator linkage, which allow exhaust gasses to bypass the turbine wheel. This sets a P0299 underboost fault and the resultant reduction in performance. This is not a catastrophic failure and can wait. I would highly recommend getting the Borg Warner replacement rather than the OEM IHI. While it won't save you money, it will likely last longer than the original IHI turbo, which is infamous for the waste gate problem. Some consider the Borg Warner to be the turbo VW should have put on originally. They were the traditional turbo supplier to VW/Audi and didn't have issues like the OE IHIs do. The job takes about six hours, and is not the easiest thing, with a few tough to get at bolts which takes most of the time. Like the 6mm "drain plug" bolt that is one of the bolts that holds the upper heat shield in place. I made a custom tool just for that bolt. It is possible to do on jack stands, but it is easier on a lift.

      There are less expensive turbo options, but I would spend more time and save up for the Borg Warner turbo than to get a cheaper ebay turbo, etc. With the amount of time it takes to do the job, you really don't want to have issues with it and have to do it again.
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      Do you have a recommendation for the fans?
       
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      Qmulus said:
      The fans are an easy job. Basically, you remove the belly pan, disconnect the connector, remove four T30 screws and the assembly comes out the bottom. The FCP Euro suggestion is good. I would take care of that ASAP as overheating is a sure way to destroy an engine.

      The turbo failure is also unfortunately common. It is almost always the result of a worn waste gate actuator linkage, which allow exhaust gasses to bypass the turbine wheel. This sets a P0299 underboost fault and the resultant reduction in performance. This is not a catastrophic failure and can wait. I would highly recommend getting the Borg Warner replacement rather than the OEM IHI. While it won't save you money, it will likely last longer than the original IHI turbo, which is infamous for the waste gate problem. Some consider the Borg Warner to be the turbo VW should have put on originally. They were the traditional turbo supplier to VW/Audi and didn't have issues like the OE IHIs do. The job takes about six hours, and is not the easiest thing, with a few tough to get at bolts which takes most of the time. Like the 6mm "drain plug" bolt that is one of the bolts that holds the upper heat shield in place. I made a custom tool just for that bolt. It is possible to do on jack stands, but it is easier on a lift.

      There are less expensive turbo options, but I would spend more time and save up for the Borg Warner turbo than to get a cheaper ebay turbo, etc. With the amount of time it takes to do the job, you really don't want to have issues with it and have to do it again.
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      This summarized my response - exactly.

      Qmulus said:
      Oh, as for the fans I have actually gone cheap on these a couple of times. What actually fails is the main fan as it has the controller for both fans built in. The secondary fan itself almost never fails in my experience. So, I bought the main fan/controller assembly replacement that comes without the frame or secondary fan. I can't say I would recommend doing this, but if you are OK with a bit of a risk, it worked for me. I did notice that the controllers on the really cheap ones are not very rugged and likely won't last long.
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      The fan controllers going bad as something that has plagued Volkswagen for decades
       
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