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Back in a GTi - this time an ED30

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Motor Mad:

--- Quote from: maxitrol on April 11, 2015, 12:21:18 am ---Welcome back.We have a lot of kia cars come back to us at work with dpf issues..Congrats on the purchase of Ed30

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Thanks, it's threads like this one below that helped with the decision to sell it on. Audi didn't seem to acknowledge the issue although the Internet has loads of horror stories. I know tens of thousands of 2.0 Tdi's were sold, but I just couldn't be bothered with it.

http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/2-0tdi-oil-pump-balancer-shaft-problems-the-definitive-guide-audi-vw-skoda-seat.140949/

It wasn't the only reason I got shot, I also didn't like the power delivery compared to my mk6 2.0 Golf TDi. It felt really flat low down. Finding decent estate cars is tricky enough as generally they are work horses or family cars so aren't in the best condition. Also the majority are diesel as people don't seem to want petrol estates. My wife does a fair few short journeys, so the car won't regularly get hot enough to regen and that's when you start getting issues with DPF's.

I'm really glad to be back in the Golf, they are really good cars.

Motor Mad:
I didn't get a chance to change the cam follower over the weekend so it was done as part of the service today. The cars is on 45,900 miles and I can't see any evidence in the history to suggest that the cam follower has been changed before.

A bit of the coating has been removed but nothing too drastic. Glad it's been done though.



I also had some minor car park dings taken out yesterday. I'm really pleased with the results. Just need to spend a bit more time on the paint work, then I'll do a couple of bits to tidy up the interior, then it'll be left alone for a while.

I'm off to the Nurburgring in May and I need to work out whether I'll take my Integra, or take the work diesel and hire a car. Cars are an expensive hobby......

Motor Mad:
I'm still enjoying the Edition 30. I replaced the DV with a revision G and although the original one didn't have any visible damage, the car feels more consistent.



Next up is to replace the PCV as I'm hoping that why the fuel economy is poor. Driving like a saint gets no more than 30mpg which is significantly less than the previous GTi.

Frodo-anni:
You will see an mpg difference between the ko3 in your previous one and the ko4 turbo in the ED30. My Ed30 is always a few mpg behind the wifes ko3 in her Leon.

Motor Mad:

Thanks for the reply. I think it's a combination of things, but the old K03 GTi would see 39mpg on a run and this one will get 32mpg. That's probably made worse by driving the TDi and getting into high 50's/ low 60's and 650 miles to a tank!

I didn't buy it for the fuel consumption, but was slightly surprised by the difference. I'll change the PCV then that's the preventative maintenance bits done.

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