
I recently picked up a cheap 2005.5 Jetta w/ Package II, 5 speed, 198K miles. It came to me as a crank, no start condition. VCDS revealed it was a bad throttle body, and that's all I could really find from a scan and inspection.
Body looks good in the pictures, and it's not horrible. But it has some hail damage, re/over spray, and a bit of body damage on the front right side. Still perfectly drive-able!
I dug into it a little, cleaned it up, ordered a new TB and waited for it to come in.
New TB showed up last Friday and I swapped it out, it still would crank, but not start.

Started to go over over fuel issues, pumps, pressure, etc. but it puked oil into the intake...ah dang...so I decided to pull the intake and look at the turbo...and it's roached.

So, I'm looking at a new turbo for this BRM, and need some suggestions, so if you have any throw 'em out

Here's a few pictures from the pickup and cleanup:
Fresh pickin's:




Biohazard and cleanup time!




Diagnosis, bad TB. Stripped gears and a broken plastic gearset:


Yes! Cigarettes and french fries, and handful of nails. One stop shop













This is where I pulled the turbo assembly:


