can anyone tell me if the turbos from new beetle\golf\passat are all the same unit.

i believe that they are the same for the polo, beetle & golfs... dont know about the passat.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...... Polo GTI .......

The turbo's are different spec depending on year from 2001- 2004 they have a different spec due to variable valve timing on the later models.

Ok here are the main different turbos :

North south
Audi A4 and Passat

East West
Polo gti , beetle turbo , audi a3t/golf gti / Audi S3


Are you sure its for a petrol engine as well . Mk3 golf had TDI . Im not going to go into the later cars cause not many people use those turbos


The Passat and A4 have a KO3 that the inlet runs 180 degree s opposite the exhaust housing . The B6 S-line A4 has a larger exhaust wheel

The Polo gti has same turbo as golf gti/Audi A3t . The beetle turbos generally come with a muffler on the outlet pipe before it hooks up onto the rubber hose section . All these turbos have the inlet and exhaust housings at 90 degrees from each other and are interchangeable

The Audi S3 is a KO4 which has inlet and exhaust housings opposite each other or at 180 degrees .


There is generally some numbers on the turbo , if you post it up we can narrow it down as to which turbo you have :thumb

Thanks to all, the turbo was sold, though not to the guy who was being picky about what it came from.

I posted it off to a guy who bought a harness.... but thats another story :cry