MikeGeneral
10-25-2023, 04:39 PM
Hello All,
I have a 2013 328i xdrive. it has around 200k on it. a few years ago I had an alarm and the car went into limp mode. I had it towed to BMW who told me I needed an entire new Turbo installed, for $8500. At that point the car wasn't worth that much, even with the repair. I did some research and found that most likely issue was the wastegate actuator. I took it off, gave it some TLC and the problem went away....until now. The alarm I am getting with a reader is still pointing to the wastegate actuator. I repeated what I had done before, with no luck. I watched a video showing how to calibrate it with a unit that I don't have, but most shops would have. I took it to one of those said shops, and they told me I needed a new Turbo, this time for only $5800. Again, the car is not work this much.
Any thoughts, or help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike
I have a 2013 328i xdrive. it has around 200k on it. a few years ago I had an alarm and the car went into limp mode. I had it towed to BMW who told me I needed an entire new Turbo installed, for $8500. At that point the car wasn't worth that much, even with the repair. I did some research and found that most likely issue was the wastegate actuator. I took it off, gave it some TLC and the problem went away....until now. The alarm I am getting with a reader is still pointing to the wastegate actuator. I repeated what I had done before, with no luck. I watched a video showing how to calibrate it with a unit that I don't have, but most shops would have. I took it to one of those said shops, and they told me I needed a new Turbo, this time for only $5800. Again, the car is not work this much.
Any thoughts, or help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike