Extended Warranties??

forgotmyname

Turbo will be wear and tear, Unless its a fairly new car with a handful of miles on the clock.

Turbo's are not as dear as they used to be. You can get most reconditioned for around £250 - £300.

poppasmurf_bewdley

I_Love_Shoes wrote: »

How do they work?
Im looking at a hefty car bill as my turbo has broken, is there any way of getting a warranty today, saying the car is fine, then claiming next week?
How can you prove when you take out the policy that there are no existing faults?
I dont know how these work so please be nice!

Amazing. I bet no-one has ever thought of doing that before. It will be a new one for the insurance companies, never having been outwitted by such a smart idea before. They could lose millions!

Maybe one day they'll get round to having a fraud detection team working to uncover things like that. You never know!

gilbert_and_sullivan

I_Love_Shoes wrote: »

If they are anything like insurance companies Im sure they will do whatever they can to get out of paying up anyway!

Ironic post? or do you really not see what you are proposing.

Hang on i had a message in the week telling me i can claim £2300 compensayshun for an accident i haven't had, back soon got to make a call.

I blame the government, a bunch of fingers in the till traitors thieves swindlers cads and wide boys, little wonder the rest of the country is disappearing fast round the U bend with our leaders setting such a fine example example.

Tiddlywinks

I_Love_Shoes wrote: »

I didnt realise it was that dodgy! I just thought as the work hasnt even been carried out yet I might be able to get a warranty to cover it.
If they are anything like insurance companies Im sure they will do whatever they can to get out of paying up anyway!

On your other thread about buying a car you seemed pretty keen to show how much you knew about cars yet... you don't know about how warranties work... really?

It would be fraud - simples.

steve-L

richard734 wrote: »

yes, its called FRAUD - Google it...
Depending on the car, recon turbo should be pretty cheap/available and not that hard a job to do. Swapped out my sister in laws on my drive for her Skoda thing a few years back - took about an hour.

Despite your success its not the easiest thing to DIY
Depending WHY the Turbo went ....

If it went BOOM (or usually Whheeee....phpppphhhhh) and the blades break then you end up with metal shards everywhere (including the inlet and outlet pipes).
If you don't get it all out then you have a good chance of these either making the new/recon go boom or getting into the engine though the oil and wrecking the engine.

If it failed due to lack of oil then you still have the lubrication problem...and wait for next turbo to go

If on the other hand it gunks up and nothing breaks you don't even need to pay for a recon but just strip and clean.

I got mine stripped and cleaned 10-15k ago (Nowhere clean/dust proof) and cost me about £250 and not a problem since!