Any reason not to fit a Melett turbo?

[VAG-Abound]

Hi all

The turbo on our BKD engine is very noisy and prone to "limping" under load.

The quick, hopefully sure, fix seems to be to fit a Melett turbo from Darkside, with the flexible oil feed to maybe simplify things a bit.

Is there anything obviously wrong with that plan?

Apart from what Darkside include, are any extra / uprated / OEM components that are recommended? Except hybrid, mapping, etc. Happy to keep it at stock performance.

Any other must-do's while I'm working on the turbo?

Thanks all :)

[VAG-Abound]

I could also get a Midland Turbo remanufactured exchange for about £80 less, but won't then have a functional but noisy unit that someone on eBay might want to tidy up that I could offset the Melett cost with.

MT seem to get a good write up, so suspect I'll go with them and still get the Darkside braided line.

Question on extra bits to have to hand / check remians though. Any pointers?

[VAG-Abound]

I went with the Melett in the end: Successful turbo change on 2.0 TDI BKD Touran (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/192233-Successful-turbo-change-on-2-0-TDI-BKD-Touran)

As in that thread, I'd say the extra bits would be VAG mounting nuts and gaskets if you don't like the look of those sent wit the turbo.

[Jon44w]

Ive heard there are a lot of fake Chinese copies pretending to be Melett but buying off Darkside you will be fine. Fitted one recently to a 170bhp tdi Leon and seems to be fine.

[VAG-Abound]

Yes, worth using reputable suppliers I'm sure. Darkside seem to have good prices anyway, but I'd pay a bit more to get an item I trusted was what it said it was. I often get parts direct from VAG (or genuine(?!) Bosch, Hella, etc from GSF) for the same reason. Even things like rear wiper pivot covers are "disappointing" when not genuine :Blush2:.

Turbo has been great for the first 2k or so miles. Lovely to be able to do a 300 mile run up the motorway with no hint of limp. Just like the good old days.