MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: DanMaytee on February 13, 2014, 07:29:23 pm
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So I'm thinking of selling my TDI and buying a Petrol as I literally don't even cover 100 miles a week in it now. I still want to keep a Jetta as I absolutely love the car but there isn't much choice. The 2.0 TFSI are quite rare and there's only a couple on eBay at the moment (http://goo.gl/MddLmO (http://goo.gl/MddLmO) and http://goo.gl/YsPb6I (http://goo.gl/YsPb6I)). The 1st one is perfect except the price and the 2nd one has slightly higher miles and hardly no description which has put me off.
There are quite a few of the TSI engined Jettas on there though and I'm just wondering if anyone could tell me the common faults, pros and cons etc with them as all I've really heard are negative things.
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Mk7 tsi is belt driven!
Iv just gotta mk6 1.4 tsi and it was bit sluggish and after I gave it a full service it runs like a dream and goes so well for a 1.4 and puts a smile on my face! Keep it well maintained and serviced and it will serve you well. Steer away from the early tsi cars as they are more likely to have the timing chain related issues.
Overall great engine for its size and costs and you got good economy too :)
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Are the the 1.4TSI engines Danny? If so avoid them like ebola! :smiley:
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Are the the 1.4TSI engines Danny? If so avoid them like ebola! :smiley:
whats your take on the 1.4 tsi rich?
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Are the the 1.4TSI engines Danny? If so avoid them like ebola! :smiley:
whats your take on the 1.4 tsi rich?
If its the twin charged one then they tend to end up with major running problems. Hence they stopped making them
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Mines the turbo only tsi 122bhp. Been taking to Rex and can safely get 160 bhp with revo! Pretty nice, but for the mo im happy with the 122 and concentrating on other mods.
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my wife has 2008 1.4 tsi 170 bhp and apart from water pump failure it;s great. It now has 90k km and we bought it at 35k km
Hope that helps a little
Paul
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
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Hmm.. out of interest when should the water pump be changed as these engines are chain drive which is meant to allegedly last life of the car....NOT!
Mine is a 60 plate 1.4 tsi 122 turbo only with 51k miles and no chain or waterpump changed thus far and running well.
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
Are you talking about the 2.0 tsi in the MK6 Golf GTI, being flakey ? :scared:
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
Are you talking about the 2.0 tsi in the MK6 Golf GTI, being flakey ? :scared:
That's the one :happy2:
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
Are you talking about the 2.0 tsi in the MK6 Golf GTI, being flakey ? :scared:
Hi Marckc, yea it is! its a cracking engine dont get mme wrong but this is a common problem! Aslong as youve got decent vw main dealer history you should get a decent goodwill gesture! Even better if youve got an extended warranty!
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
Are you talking about the 2.0 tsi in the MK6 Golf GTI, being flakey ? :scared:
That's the one :happy2:
Blimey, I'm shocked. Thought about buying a MK6 last year, didn't in the end as I couldn't find a 5 door with the right spec.
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Personally i wouldnt touch a tsi! I work for a vw dealer and were always doing 1.4tsi chains being done and the waterpumps/supercharger clutch. And were at least doing two or three 2.0tsi engines a month where the chain tensioners are failing and causing valves to hit pistons! They go well and sound good but id always be waiting for something to happen!
Are you talking about the 2.0 tsi in the MK6 Golf GTI, being flakey ? :scared:
That's the one :happy2:
Blimey, I'm shocked. Thought about buying a MK6 last year, didn't in the end as I couldn't find a 5 door with the right spec.
I was going to look at one tomorrow. Googled the issue and it looks quite common these days, put me right off :scared:
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Whats the waterpump interval change for the 1.4 tsi 122 mattyvwgti? Service book doesnt really say from what iv read :/
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Hi omeydz, couldnt reply on pm's and there isn't a scheduled time for it. the symptoms are eml on and supercharger clutch not engaging dtcs, ALOT of coolant loss, a rattling/squeel from the aux belt and a lack of power from idle to 3k revs when the turbo kicks in. They do also suffer with the chain tensioner problem aswell
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Thanks for that mate. As I said not had my car long but after I serviced it, runs like a dream. Havent got any of those problems but will keep my eyes peeled for them! Cheers
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Thanks for the advice guys. Definitely going to stay clear. I'm going to hang on to the TDI unless a nice TFSI Jetta pops up :)