Take it from me. 62YO ex mechanic. Anything you do to your body when you're young will definitely come back to haunt you. Don't use your hand as a hammer.
I've down shifted from 5th to 2nd at 65mph. Tore the timing belt to shreds in a tiny japanese engine. After watching this video the 200,000+ mile belt acted like a woodruff key / shear bolt and probably saved the engine from a high rpm explosion. I coasted across four lanes of interstate just in time and sat on the shoulder for the tow truck. Crankshaft sensor position code, nothing else. Luckily it was a non-interference engine; I re-aligned the gears, put on a new belt and was good to go another 60,000 miles.
Kinda surprised at this 1. Those mills are fairly robust. Side note: I worked for the DOEnergy and we got an 07 Golf TDI with the 6 sd man directly from Germany. Still had all the instrumentation in KMH and everything was written in German, controls etc. Beautiful dark blue 2 dr hatch. Our job was to test it for federal emissions. We were told to put no more than 1000 hrs on the engine, dyno test it, report, and send it back to Germany. What we found was it did have high NOx readings at certain loads with just the exhaust probes attached, but when we plugged into obd, and ran the same tests, the NOx went down..a lot. We tried the new at the time, bio-diesel, reg diesel, and a couple different blends that were not for highway use, and it didn't make enough difference to note. We reported our findings and got a polite note from VW, and the car was shipped back. I bring this up because this was YEARS before dieselgate. We did disclaim that we couldn't verify if our obd test equipment software was to blame, or if the car's ecm had a software issue, because it was a mule. Well, we know how that turned out.
Had a customer with one that needed so much work to pass emissions that we turned it away. Seeing this video makes me happy I didn't delve into it the routing of those hoses and harness is ridiculous engineering.
I had the ’big brother’ to this engine on my 2012 VW Amarok (dual-cab ute) here in Tassie. It had a Bi-Turbo and cranked out nearly double the kW and torque, but was still a 2L engine. It was running through a manually controlled 8 speed automatic transmission (almost the best of both worlds). At a shade over 189,000km and the day after I had booked it in for it’s next scheduled service, the engine done gone kaBOOM!!! The upshot was most likely the mechanic at the previous service had put the wrong dipstick in (the old one was due to be replaced at that service) which was a bit shorter, so he ended up overfilling it (around 9.5L instead of 7.8L). I had checked the oil, but only used the vehicle for my regular commute, until I was towing my trailer (1ton) and hay for our horses and ponies (2ton). Upshot was 3 injectors and their associated components got ejected from the engine and slightly imbedded into the bonnet. Luckily my mechanic, when looking at the resultant mess, realised the cause, and I got a replacement engine (72,000km) that had had a tree fall on the back of the vehicle.
Been waiting for this one. I have an 09 Jetta TDI (CJAA) that I’ve had since new. It only has 140k on it but it also doesn’t have the “fix” because it doesn’t have the parts that needed “fixing”. It’s been great, towed a 1000lb trailer across the country and has never had a problem. I also change the oil every 5k instead of the VW recommended 10k. Love the channel Eric, keep it up!
I agree with 5k, oil is cheap now vs having a caked up engine 25k miles after the warranty is up and you are left holding the bill for it due to VWs service recommendations.
Great video. I own a 2015 Passat TDI with "TDIZZLE" on the license plate. Hoping to get 200k+ miles out of it. It's been a great car for the past 4 years with amazing MPG. I was kind of skeptical when I bought with 40K since it is a VW product. It's a shame they don't sell us these diesels anymore due to Diesel Gate.
Ah, the old money shift. Seen it happen more than once from someone showing off merging onto an interstate, back when manual transmissions were standard. That sudden puff of smoke ahead of you from exhaust and you quickly change lanes to avoid the inevitable oil slick and escaping internal parts.
My 2002 predieselgate alh has 453k miles, and the engine has never been apart. The only things that have been replaced are the timing belt, water pump, glow plugs, injection pump "O" ring, alternator, and a/c compressor. It should make it to 500k with no problems. By then I will probably be too old to continue driving. Thanks for the teardown.
Own a 2011 TDI and absolutely love it. I deleted it and tuned to Stage 2 along with a DSG tune, and the car drives 40 to 50 MPG with over 300 lb-ft of torque and more than enough jam in the city and on the highway. It’s got 115k miles and hopefully it gets to 300k or more.
I have a 2005 Duramax. I just drove to St. Louis to pick up an IronPlanet auction trailer. 900 miles round trip at 80mph and I got 21.6 mpg. My truck has 285,000 miles on it!
@@eaglewingsracing you will not regret it. It’s a whole new car. Starts like a champ in -20 F. Reliability went way up and it’s way more fun to drive. It does stink though, especially in the cold, so be prepared for that.
Yes, I have been waiting patiently for one of these! I've got a 2013 golf with this exact engine , and I absolutely love it, 2 door, 6 speed manual, I will be driving it into the ground. Edit: I see now the update, so not this *exact* one but just about. The 13 golf DOES in fact have the CJAA.
I used to own one of those. Although they have their issues, the 12-14 TDI passats are actually incredibly rare now since most were crushed from dieselgate.
"Well, I was idling through the drive through lane to get my order when I heard this sound from the engine" Thank you for a great "Kinder Surprise" tear down!
How these engines were dieselgated out of existence over massive trucks with "efficient" engines that burn orders of magnitude more fuel and due to their weight cause exponentially more road wear is truly astonishing.
Look at that building! Engines everywhere! You took on OWNERSHIP of a building and a business. Thanks! Balancing all of the ingredients of used part resupply business requires "keeping many balls in the air simultsneously." Just for good measure you compile and edit videos for our amusment. "Atta Boy!"
I have no clue how you came up wit the idea to do whart you do here on youtube , but the channel name is really great and even the content is far better better the longer you watch the videos.
I had one come to my dealership with a HUGE window in the block. The turbo blew on the thruway, just started throwing oil in to the intake and the engine ran away. Threw a rod on to the highway and made a hole in the front and rear. That dieselgate warranty covered it though.
Hi Eric. PRO TIP Re 4:21 - After rotating the hose as you did to break the stiction of the still tightly conforming hose to the pipe/spigot , try 'pinching' the hose from side on with the pliers just below the hose diameter to temporarily stretch the inner/outer diameter of the hose and then the hose will come off a whole lot easier and it's actually faster than wrestling with the freely rotating but still tight fitting connection especially in difficult locations. Also I find it's a safer method especially when removing old hoses that are prone to tearing off at the connection when being pulled hard, just be judicial with the pinching. Thank you for these really great teardowns, you include a ton of fun and great laughs and I get to learn a huge amount of things I don't want to know lol. Two thumbs up from Aus.
Wow, already starting this new year off with a bang. You tore down a Hyundai 5.0 engine that I do have in my fleet, and now this CKRA TDI engine that I have in my 2013 VW Passat! Let me grab my popcorn.👍🏾
Awesome video as always. WOW that was nuts.. Not much more damage and the whole inside could have fallen out when the oil pan was removed .. amazing how much damage you can get just from idle at the drive through.. those drive throughs are taking out cars and trucks left and right.. thats what ya get when you order a special and have to wait. lolol love ya brother !!
One of my favorite cars I've ever owned was a 2011 Golf TDI. It never broke once in 6 years. All i put in it was a battery and regular maintenance. And a couple ECU reflashes for emissions. I wish VW would bring the diesel back!!
Gilmer Belts. -Folks, I bought my very first car in 1984, a '77 VW Rabbit in Bali Green with a four speed manual transmission. My second car was an '85 VW Scirocco Turbo, this has always made me nervous; I call this the "composite" timing belt, and while it has proven to work, I think it is utterly stupid. My third car was a 92 VW Corrado SLC with the VR6, which has timing chains. The reason belts need to be changed all the time is that the "teeth" of the belt are weak. They still really haven't fixed this problem; If you get to $100k miles you are now supposed to spend $1500 for a regular car, and $2500 on your Subaru for head gasket changes and new water pumps (which some assole designed to be INSIDE the fucking timing cover!) and a few other parts. Chains? Just look at Car Wizard and Hoovies Garage videos to see what kind of fiasco cheaply designed American versions are; Good luck !
Many years ago, I did a 1~2~1 shift test-driving a 1993 Ford Escort. Over-revved the engine a little bit, but fortunately it wasn't damaged. I bought it and drove it for 7 years and put 86k miles on it before selling it. Sometimes I still miss not having a car with a stick shift.
The Passats with manuals weren’t able to get certified after dieselgate and were crushed. It is very rare to find a manual Passat TDI that didn’t get bought back. Timing belt replacement is at 120,000 miles. I have a ‘14 Passat CKRA with the DSG. And have a ‘14 Jetta CJAA TDI. Great cars especially after a tune and weight reduction.
Bought a 2013 Sportwagon used for $21,000. Used it for 3 years and sold it to VW for $2,500 more than I paid for it. Oh and the inside of the exhaust tip was perfectly clean. Zero soot. What a great car and great engine. The EPA sucks.
Similar experience here. Bought a 2011 Golf TDI used in 2014 for ~$18k. Used it for 2.5 years, and sold it back to VW for ~$22k. Solid profit. I did lookup the VIN sometime after giving it back, and it was one of the many that were crushed :(
I love my 2013 VW Beetle TDI but it has had a hard life before I bought it. Right now it has a clogged DPF and the low pressure fuel pump caused a big mess(over $7000 of Repair). Low maintenance and I'm changing the oil every 3 months. $66+ a change. Also change fuel filter every 3 months and Air filter every 6 months.
Yes. There's something suspicious about the EPA standards when the "dieselgate" engines got better fuel economy and more power in their "dirty" configuration...
The glow plugs in that engine have load cells in them - the computer uses it to figure out the dynamic compression. Amazing how much power the computer has. The throttle plate is closed while the engine is running - it helps it draw in more EGR. The timing belt is rated at 130,000 miles. We had a 12 Passat with this engine it did well for the 110,000 miles we had it. Isn't it amazing how tiny the oil pickup is!?! These have a really goofy thermostat. It starts to open at the normal 190f, but doesn't fully open till 225f! On a long highway pull I couldn't get the coolant up to 227f, which incidentally is when the coolant ga uge moves off 190... The Passat had an emissions warm up strategy that's super hard on the engine and turbo. When the coolant gets to 110f, and you get to 3rd gear, it cranks the boost up to 22 psi and the exhaust temps up to 1100f, until the DPF warms up. Like flooring a cold engine up a mountain.
Cam drive belt? Every 5 years/50K miles... I had a TDI Beetle; an '06, I think. Anyway, it had the engine prior to the "naughty one"; the problematic "Pump Deuse" motor. The one with each injector operated by a 3rd cam lobe; the one that HAD to use special motor oil that I could only get from a VW dealer. But, other than that? What a nice car it was. Before the Feds made us switch to the low cetane lizard spit we have now? I could go down the highway at 80mph (LEGAL in NV and Utah), with the AC on - and get 52 MPG. After the switch? 38mpg - at 55. A Toyota Corolla would do better. I kept it until the car itself started to cost me big $$'s (88, 000 miles), and I got tired of paying the $40 that Nevada wanted to smog a diesel (vs. $10 for a gas car). So, I traded it for Nissan Frontier 4WD. Still... it was a nice car - and a really nice little diesel engine...
I daily a '14 981 Cayman S and I am going to have it tuned next week. Volkswagens are great cars. And they inspire people toward their ownership. These days its just a car company, but back in the day they were the stuff of story! My first car in 1984 was a '77 VW Rabbit and it was 1800 pounds with 80 hp! BUT it had rusted floors. My second car was a 1985 VW Scirocco Turbo, and yes this did exist! My third car was a '92 VW Corrado SLC with the VR6 engine and I put an AMS exhaust and a Neuspeed chip along with a cold air intake; My best time (and YES I have the time slip!) was 14.98@93.25. About the same. Then I bought my 928 which was an S2 model not sold in the United States due to emissions regulations. It was a mess when I bought it in May '98 but I rebuilt the intake as shown on Rennlist and in the end I probably had the best 928S2 5 speed in the United States when I traded it for a 981 Cayman S-
The CR TDIs only had a true manual and the DSG as available transmissions. Because the DSG design is so close to a manual, it not having a trans on a locked-up engine isn't a tell, and that needle pilot bearing actually tells you it was a DSG and NOT a manual. The stick TDI Passats were far less common.
When they bought the cars back, they didn't need to be whole. People were turning in cars that had no doors on them and basically every part possible that could be removed while still allowing the car to be driven to the dealership. VW didn't care since they were going to the crusher anyway.
One of my friends had a manual Golf with this engine and it was her favorite car she's ever owned. Never had a problem with it. Ended up getting rid of it because of Dieselgate. I don't remember the why, maybe no longer able to register it because of that, but she was very upset getting rid of it.
My hobby has been rebuilding Diesel cars. Love this teardown. I have 2001 to 2013 VWs, a Diesel Cruze, and two Duramax Silverados. My current daily is a 2013 Sportwagen manual with 235k miles and is a blast to drive. Even after hitting a curb at 30 mph and blowing all four tires and wheels. (Don't ask.) My first was a 1984 Quantum with a 1.6 Diesel that had been sitting under a tree for nine years. That engine sure looks like a CJAA. Didn't even realize the were Diesel Passats in the US.
@@kleinbiker1The Quantum was my first successful rebuild. (Hint: Never buy a 1973 Bettle from a guy named Speedy.) Gutless? Coming up Monteagle mountain above Chattanooga, I was down to 3rd gear, 30 mph and still slowing. Turns out my throttle cable was misadjusted and I was probably getting half throttle.
@@davidparrish1133 haha nice. I think my non turbo IDI MKII diesel golf was even more gutless than my quantum. I had to draft off tractor trailers to get up hills faster on the freeway. It ironically enough also has power steering and AC
Thank you for a teardown WITH carnage. That is afterall why I and I suspect others watch your channel..... I do learn some things..... But it is hard to beat carnage.
Only Saffers and Afrikaans people will understand this : Pas gekoop, klaar Sat gery 😂 (Just bought it, already driven it to bits) The bent rod also have me stumped as there was no hydrolock evidence, but an overrev situation do make sense. Keep up the good work!
The biggest downfall of these 2.0 TDI's isnt the engine, but the emissions nonsense. They were much stronger before the "dieselgate fix," but overall very good engines.
How dare you cut those absolutely worthless hoses like that? Otherwise another great video, and yes I’m joking about the hoses for those that can’t take a joke.
There was an issue with the intercooler design on these. In cold weather, moisture would freeze inside. Then, when it got warm, the ice would melt and collect at the bottom of the intercooler. When there was enough water, it would get sucked into the intake and cause a hydrolock situation. You would bend the rod if it happened on startup, or blow up if you were running. I know, because it happened to my 2010 Jetta. Got a new motor under warranty, then took the buyback when offered.
Brand new 1993 3 litre V6 Mitsubishi V3000. Less than 500 miles on the clock. Boss wanted to go for a drive. Not used to 5 speed manual gearbox. Selected 1st when aiming for 3rd @ 140kmh (87mph). He got the dipstick mounted on a plinth and an inscribed plaque attached "Dipstick of the month". For some reason the warranty did not apply....
I Miss My Father's 79 Rabbit 🐇 2 door Diesel L 45-50 MPG was a dam good car minus the nightmare electrical system it had my old man kept no less than 5 spare fuse blocks on the shelf at all times
My father also had one. To say it was slow would have been a compliment. He kept it until he bought a 1980 Scirocco from me. Everything in the dash of that POS vibrated and buzzed. He loved that car because he only had about 30% of his hearing and couldn’t hear the various noises. It ran like a scalded cat compared to his diesel Rabbit (as long as the AC wasn’t on).
My favorite line: I hope I don’t damage the block. I know you were joking but it hit me just right and it turned into a side splitter. Țhanks Eric. Ì needed that.
I think it broke the piston from overrevving. The rid failed from being loose and smacking into the block. That only does not really match with the slight bend in rod 1, but from the damage it looks like the bottom of the piston got "ripped off" it.
Next time when removing any injector: Try twisting it until its getting loose. Once its loose in twisting direction give it a constant pull up while twisting. Thats by far the most successful tactic im having in my 10 years of being a tech for german cars ;). Even when they have „black death“. Tip for the black diesel stuff get it really cold. It shatteres like glas when ice cold. It behaves like crude oil; when warm its getting als gooey and sticky. Thats when you can lift the complete car by the injectors ;)
My brother owned a VW of this vintage with this engine. It was endless problems, one after another. To the point where the dealer told them to get out of that car however they could, as fast as they could. A year later, Dieselgate.
17:35 I got a 1995 Holden rodeo 2.6 second hand, I had done at least 200,000 kilometres with the belt (replaced at some time) plus what the previous owner had done, I turned the belt inside out and it was perfect, I have a feeling a belt would go a half million kilometres if driven smoothly, it's just because the interference engines that it needs to be changed, I think it has a lot to do with how the engine us used.
I had a TDI Golf. Best car I ever owned...and VW bought it back. Big middle finger to Winterkorn...I got 60mpg on the highway...and torque to pass on the highway...in 5th gear! Only thing that got me sad was the shaking regen mode.
That little diesel went Boom Boom, and made it to your place. What a Mess! Let your buddy, Steve know, I've been waiting 30 days out of 20 to get an email from him about the 5.9 l magnum. Looking forward to your new -at home shop.
Yeah, that rear half of the front engine cover kicked my ass on an ALH with the same design. I was putting a used engine in my beetle and did the timing belt before swinging it in so it would be easier. Got it all done and ready to install the front half of the cover and found out that the rear half was broken. I had a good one, but to install it, i had to tear down the timing belt system all the way to the water pump. Good times.
If you make regulations so strict that everyone has to lie about adhering to them, despite enormous risk, then your regulations are the problem, not the industry. Our city council decided that pedestrians have no agency and are unable to navigate the world effectively and so lowered the speed limit in the city by 10kph to 40kph. Everyone is still doing 50. Council sent a letter out crying about it and threatening to "encourage" motorists. Same energy. Rules proposed by bureaucrats who get around with bus passes and hate cars get the derision they deserve.
I do not thing VW lied. The complied with the test parameters. The just did not comply with the spirit of the law. I do not care. They made great diesel engines.
My buddy had a tdi and one day after school he said it shut off on him and wouldn’t start. Little did he know the timing belt left the engine with a snap.
My favorite part of this video was the cam gear bolts. Hex outside and splined (Triple-square?) inside. I could imagine a "Tastes Great/Less Filling" type shouting match (with the appropriate German accent) happening in the engineering department.
Carpel Tunnel! Also known as Mechanic's Hands. Retired now and have had operations on both hands after a life time of smacking spanners with the palm of my hands. Looks like your turn is coming.
Would love to see an old Hyundai/Kia Beta II engine torn down on the channel, if one could be found. Worked on a few of them and they always seemed to be a very simple engine, and decently reliable (for a Korean car).
Take it from me. 62YO ex mechanic. Anything you do to your body when you're young will definitely come back to haunt you. Don't use your hand as a hammer.
To true used my hand as a hammer, now that I need to use a cane to get around, it presses on my hammer hand and hurts a lot.
Thank you for your subtle type of humor! First removing, then cutting the hose without any commentary made me laugh out loud!
I've down shifted from 5th to 2nd at 65mph. Tore the timing belt to shreds in a tiny japanese engine. After watching this video the 200,000+ mile belt acted like a woodruff key / shear bolt and probably saved the engine from a high rpm explosion. I coasted across four lanes of interstate just in time and sat on the shoulder for the tow truck. Crankshaft sensor position code, nothing else. Luckily it was a non-interference engine; I re-aligned the gears, put on a new belt and was good to go another 60,000 miles.
7AFE? Got that tiny engine in my 96 Corolla. Non-interference as well. Though, I haven't money shifted mine yet.
Kinda surprised at this 1. Those mills are fairly robust. Side note: I worked for the DOEnergy and we got an 07 Golf TDI with the 6 sd man directly from Germany. Still had all the instrumentation in KMH and everything was written in German, controls etc. Beautiful dark blue 2 dr hatch. Our job was to test it for federal emissions. We were told to put no more than 1000 hrs on the engine, dyno test it, report, and send it back to Germany. What we found was it did have high NOx readings at certain loads with just the exhaust probes attached, but when we plugged into obd, and ran the same tests, the NOx went down..a lot. We tried the new at the time, bio-diesel, reg diesel, and a couple different blends that were not for highway use, and it didn't make enough difference to note. We reported our findings and got a polite note from VW, and the car was shipped back. I bring this up because this was YEARS before dieselgate. We did disclaim that we couldn't verify if our obd test equipment software was to blame, or if the car's ecm had a software issue, because it was a mule. Well, we know how that turned out.
Had a customer with one that needed so much work to pass emissions that we turned it away. Seeing this video makes me happy I didn't delve into it the routing of those hoses and harness is ridiculous engineering.
I had the ’big brother’ to this engine on my 2012 VW Amarok (dual-cab ute) here in Tassie. It had a Bi-Turbo and cranked out nearly double the kW and torque, but was still a 2L engine. It was running through a manually controlled 8 speed automatic transmission (almost the best of both worlds). At a shade over 189,000km and the day after I had booked it in for it’s next scheduled service, the engine done gone kaBOOM!!! The upshot was most likely the mechanic at the previous service had put the wrong dipstick in (the old one was due to be replaced at that service) which was a bit shorter, so he ended up overfilling it (around 9.5L instead of 7.8L). I had checked the oil, but only used the vehicle for my regular commute, until I was towing my trailer (1ton) and hay for our horses and ponies (2ton).
Upshot was 3 injectors and their associated components got ejected from the engine and slightly imbedded into the bonnet.
Luckily my mechanic, when looking at the resultant mess, realised the cause, and I got a replacement engine (72,000km) that had had a tree fall on the back of the vehicle.
Forget buying Lotto tickets for a while..
Been waiting for this one. I have an 09 Jetta TDI (CJAA) that I’ve had since new. It only has 140k on it but it also doesn’t have the “fix” because it doesn’t have the parts that needed “fixing”. It’s been great, towed a 1000lb trailer across the country and has never had a problem. I also change the oil every 5k instead of the VW recommended 10k. Love the channel Eric, keep it up!
I agree with 5k, oil is cheap now vs having a caked up engine 25k miles after the warranty is up and you are left holding the bill for it due to VWs service recommendations.
Great video. I own a 2015 Passat TDI with "TDIZZLE" on the license plate. Hoping to get 200k+ miles out of it. It's been a great car for the past 4 years with amazing MPG. I was kind of skeptical when I bought with 40K since it is a VW product. It's a shame they don't sell us these diesels anymore due to Diesel Gate.
Ah, the old money shift. Seen it happen more than once from someone showing off merging onto an interstate, back when manual transmissions were standard. That sudden puff of smoke ahead of you from exhaust and you quickly change lanes to avoid the inevitable oil slick and escaping internal parts.
My 2002 predieselgate alh has 453k miles, and the engine has never been apart. The only things that have been replaced are the timing belt, water pump, glow plugs, injection pump "O" ring, alternator, and a/c compressor. It should make it to 500k with no problems. By then I will probably be too old to continue driving.
Thanks for the teardown.
Own a 2011 TDI and absolutely love it. I deleted it and tuned to Stage 2 along with a DSG tune, and the car drives 40 to 50 MPG with over 300 lb-ft of torque and more than enough jam in the city and on the highway. It’s got 115k miles and hopefully it gets to 300k or more.
I have a 2005 Duramax. I just drove to St. Louis to pick up an IronPlanet auction trailer. 900 miles round trip at 80mph and I got 21.6 mpg. My truck has 285,000 miles on it!
Mine is a 2014, Tunezilla stage .5 Looking for delete kits. That's the next bit along with Stage 2 and DSG tune.
I loved mine as well, but 10k and no worries about fuel system and parts evaporation I decided to diesel gate it. Had 30k on it 6 speed
@@eaglewingsracing you will not regret it. It’s a whole new car. Starts like a champ in -20 F. Reliability went way up and it’s way more fun to drive. It does stink though, especially in the cold, so be prepared for that.
What makes something stage 2 vs stage 1 and stage 3 ?
I absolutely love how you remove the clamps and then cut the hose just to troll all the "save the hose" crowd.
So spicy!
Yes, I have been waiting patiently for one of these! I've got a 2013 golf with this exact engine , and I absolutely love it, 2 door, 6 speed manual, I will be driving it into the ground.
Edit: I see now the update, so not this *exact* one but just about. The 13 golf DOES in fact have the CJAA.
Dibs on the water pump
The most luckiest boy !
No, mine 👊🤨
Only if I get the hoses!
I had to throw mine out because it started leaking😞
Second dibs
We've all heard the expression "put a rod through the side of the block"----here's the visual representation of that. Impressive
Perfect. Saturday engine tear down time.
This channel is so good. Helps my Sunday lunch go down..
Hello from Australia!
I used to own one of those. Although they have their issues, the 12-14 TDI passats are actually incredibly rare now since most were crushed from dieselgate.
It's always refreshing to see no matter what else is wrong with the engine, Eric is a man of science when it comes to pistons.
"Well, I was idling through the drive through lane to get my order when I heard this sound from the engine" Thank you for a great "Kinder Surprise" tear down!
How these engines were dieselgated out of existence over massive trucks with "efficient" engines that burn orders of magnitude more fuel and due to their weight cause exponentially more road wear is truly astonishing.
Look at that building! Engines everywhere! You took on OWNERSHIP of a building and a business. Thanks! Balancing all of the ingredients of used part resupply business requires "keeping many balls in the air simultsneously." Just for good measure you compile and edit videos for our amusment. "Atta Boy!"
I know absolutely nothing about diesel engines this one is a learning experience for me
We had a 2010 Jetta TDI and loved it. I used it to tow my '67 bug from Rhode Island to Kansas. It was a great little car.
I have no clue how you came up wit the idea to do whart you do here on youtube , but the channel name is really great and even the content is far better better the longer you watch the videos.
His business is selling the parts, so this is basically advertising.
I had one come to my dealership with a HUGE window in the block. The turbo blew on the thruway, just started throwing oil in to the intake and the engine ran away. Threw a rod on to the highway and made a hole in the front and rear. That dieselgate warranty covered it though.
Hi Eric. PRO TIP Re 4:21 - After rotating the hose as you did to break the stiction of the still tightly conforming hose to the pipe/spigot , try 'pinching' the hose from side on with the pliers just below the hose diameter to temporarily stretch the inner/outer diameter of the hose and then the hose will come off a whole lot easier and it's actually faster than wrestling with the freely rotating but still tight fitting connection especially in difficult locations.
Also I find it's a safer method especially when removing old hoses that are prone to tearing off at the connection when being pulled hard, just be judicial with the pinching.
Thank you for these really great teardowns, you include a ton of fun and great laughs and I get to learn a huge amount of things I don't want to know lol. Two thumbs up from Aus.
I love Saturday evening tear downs. Thanks Eric.
Yeah, that first hose cutting with no commentary was hilarious.
I was in your lovely city on Thursday. Down on Chouteau Ave. St. Louis has some of the most polite people I have talked to in a long time!
Wow, already starting this new year off with a bang. You tore down a Hyundai 5.0 engine that I do have in my fleet, and now this CKRA TDI engine that I have in my 2013 VW Passat!
Let me grab my popcorn.👍🏾
Awesome video as always. WOW that was nuts.. Not much more damage and the whole inside could have fallen out when the oil pan was removed .. amazing how much damage you can get just from idle at the drive through.. those drive throughs are taking out cars and trucks left and right.. thats what ya get when you order a special and have to wait. lolol love ya brother !!
One of my favorite cars I've ever owned was a 2011 Golf TDI. It never broke once in 6 years. All i put in it was a battery and regular maintenance. And a couple ECU reflashes for emissions. I wish VW would bring the diesel back!!
Gilmer Belts.
-Folks, I bought my very first car in 1984, a '77 VW Rabbit in Bali Green with a four speed manual transmission. My second car was an '85 VW Scirocco Turbo, this has always made me nervous; I call this the "composite" timing belt, and while it has proven to work, I think it is utterly stupid. My third car was a 92 VW Corrado SLC with the VR6, which has timing chains.
The reason belts need to be changed all the time is that the "teeth" of the belt are weak. They still really haven't fixed this problem; If you get to $100k miles you are now supposed to spend $1500 for a regular car, and $2500 on your Subaru for head gasket changes and new water pumps (which some assole designed to be INSIDE the fucking timing cover!) and a few other parts.
Chains? Just look at Car Wizard and Hoovies Garage videos to see what kind of fiasco cheaply designed American versions are; Good luck !
Many years ago, I did a 1~2~1 shift test-driving a 1993 Ford Escort. Over-revved the engine a little bit, but fortunately it wasn't damaged. I bought it and drove it for 7 years and put 86k miles on it before selling it. Sometimes I still miss not having a car with a stick shift.
Those cam bolts were an absolute symphony. I was waiting for the trumpets and organ music to start...
"Nah, really, Mom! I was just looking for a parking spot at WalMart and it just started to make this noise."
The Passats with manuals weren’t able to get certified after dieselgate and were crushed. It is very rare to find a manual Passat TDI that didn’t get bought back. Timing belt replacement is at 120,000 miles. I have a ‘14 Passat CKRA with the DSG. And have a ‘14 Jetta CJAA TDI. Great cars especially after a tune and weight reduction.
Bought a 2013 Sportwagon used for $21,000. Used it for 3 years and sold it to VW for $2,500 more than I paid for it. Oh and the inside of the exhaust tip was perfectly clean. Zero soot.
What a great car and great engine. The EPA sucks.
yea and they let Chevrolet somehow get away with the same damn defeat software LOL
Similar experience here. Bought a 2011 Golf TDI used in 2014 for ~$18k. Used it for 2.5 years, and sold it back to VW for ~$22k. Solid profit. I did lookup the VIN sometime after giving it back, and it was one of the many that were crushed :(
I love my 2013 VW Beetle TDI but it has had a hard life before I bought it. Right now it has a clogged DPF and the low pressure fuel pump caused a big mess(over $7000 of Repair). Low maintenance and I'm changing the oil every 3 months. $66+ a change. Also change fuel filter every 3 months and Air filter every 6 months.
I'm still driving my 2013 sportwagen!
Yes. There's something suspicious about the EPA standards when the "dieselgate" engines got better fuel economy and more power in their "dirty" configuration...
I had a 2004 VW Passat 2.0 TDI. It got to 212k miles and the transaxle grenaded. Favorite car I’ve ever owned.
The glow plugs in that engine have load cells in them - the computer uses it to figure out the dynamic compression. Amazing how much power the computer has.
The throttle plate is closed while the engine is running - it helps it draw in more EGR.
The timing belt is rated at 130,000 miles.
We had a 12 Passat with this engine it did well for the 110,000 miles we had it. Isn't it amazing how tiny the oil pickup is!?!
These have a really goofy thermostat. It starts to open at the normal 190f, but doesn't fully open till 225f! On a long highway pull I couldn't get the coolant up to 227f, which incidentally is when the coolant ga uge moves off 190...
The Passat had an emissions warm up strategy that's super hard on the engine and turbo. When the coolant gets to 110f, and you get to 3rd gear, it cranks the boost up to 22 psi and the exhaust temps up to 1100f, until the DPF warms up. Like flooring a cold engine up a mountain.
750000 miles and it died doing what it loved: delivering Skip and Doordash the entire time. Rip soldier.
Cam drive belt? Every 5 years/50K miles... I had a TDI Beetle; an '06, I think. Anyway, it had the engine prior to the "naughty one"; the problematic "Pump Deuse" motor. The one with each injector operated by a 3rd cam lobe; the one that HAD to use special motor oil that I could only get from a VW dealer. But, other than that? What a nice car it was. Before the Feds made us switch to the low cetane lizard spit we have now? I could go down the highway at 80mph (LEGAL in NV and Utah), with the AC on - and get 52 MPG. After the switch? 38mpg - at 55. A Toyota Corolla would do better. I kept it until the car itself started to cost me big $$'s (88, 000 miles), and I got tired of paying the $40 that Nevada wanted to smog a diesel (vs. $10 for a gas car). So, I traded it for Nissan Frontier 4WD. Still... it was a nice car - and a really nice little diesel engine...
I daily a '14 981 Cayman S and I am going to have it tuned next week.
Volkswagens are great cars. And they inspire people toward their ownership. These days its just a car company, but back in the day they were the stuff of story!
My first car in 1984 was a '77 VW Rabbit and it was 1800 pounds with 80 hp! BUT it had rusted floors. My second car was a 1985 VW Scirocco Turbo, and yes this did exist! My third car was a '92 VW Corrado SLC with the VR6 engine and I put an AMS exhaust and a Neuspeed chip along with a cold air intake; My best time (and YES I have the time slip!) was 14.98@93.25. About the same. Then I bought my 928 which was an S2 model not sold in the United States due to emissions regulations. It was a mess when I bought it in May '98 but I rebuilt the intake as shown on Rennlist and in the end I probably had the best 928S2 5 speed in the United States when I traded it for a 981 Cayman S-
Thanks for the Saturday night entertainment Eric. Enjoy your weekend!
You have no idea how much I wished for the engine to let go just as you were sitting on the Breaker bar, I was so ready for a good belly laugh 🤣🤣🤣
Damn dangerous to the human tailbone falling onto concrete from that height...
I remember making a comment on the 1.9 it'd be cool to see my engine taken apart and now here it is I'm guessing it's just coincidence tho lol
You sitting on the breaker bar at the beginning to show just how locked up the engine is, is impressive.
The CR TDIs only had a true manual and the DSG as available transmissions. Because the DSG design is so close to a manual, it not having a trans on a locked-up engine isn't a tell, and that needle pilot bearing actually tells you it was a DSG and NOT a manual. The stick TDI Passats were far less common.
When they bought the cars back, they didn't need to be whole. People were turning in cars that had no doors on them and basically every part possible that could be removed while still allowing the car to be driven to the dealership. VW didn't care since they were going to the crusher anyway.
Great job, Eric. Enjoy your videos. Takes stress off my brain. 🚘🚘🚘🚘
I love how you remove the clamp, and then you cut the hose 😂
One of my friends had a manual Golf with this engine and it was her favorite car she's ever owned. Never had a problem with it. Ended up getting rid of it because of Dieselgate. I don't remember the why, maybe no longer able to register it because of that, but she was very upset getting rid of it.
I love it when you clip the hoses after you remove them.
My hobby has been rebuilding Diesel cars. Love this teardown. I have 2001 to 2013 VWs, a Diesel Cruze, and two Duramax Silverados. My current daily is a 2013 Sportwagen manual with 235k miles and is a blast to drive. Even after hitting a curb at 30 mph and blowing all four tires and wheels. (Don't ask.) My first was a 1984 Quantum with a 1.6 Diesel that had been sitting under a tree for nine years.
That engine sure looks like a CJAA. Didn't even realize the were Diesel Passats in the US.
I've had three Quantums in my time, including a 1.6 IDI TD that was pretty gutless but I still loved it.
its a ckra, cjaa has different injectors and swirl flaps on the manifold
@@randylahey2242 He corrected himself in the video.
@@kleinbiker1The Quantum was my first successful rebuild. (Hint: Never buy a 1973 Bettle from a guy named Speedy.) Gutless? Coming up Monteagle mountain above Chattanooga, I was down to 3rd gear, 30 mph and still slowing. Turns out my throttle cable was misadjusted and I was probably getting half throttle.
@@davidparrish1133 haha nice. I think my non turbo IDI MKII diesel golf was even more gutless than my quantum. I had to draft off tractor trailers to get up hills faster on the freeway. It ironically enough also has power steering and AC
Thank you for a teardown WITH carnage. That is afterall why I and I suspect others watch your channel..... I do learn some things..... But it is hard to beat carnage.
I HAD AN 09 JETTA TDI... IRONICALLY A BEETLE TOOK IT OUT 😢 RIP JETTA
You GOTTA LOOOVE DISCONNECTING rods...
Thanks Eric!!
Damn! The flex of the bar on the 1st try.. 😮
Your “hose disconnection process” is so subtle.
Yea,those cars made trouble all over the world, thumbs up great video, called looking for parts in your warehouse last week, thumbs up great video
Hell yeah! Thanks a lot Eric! I've been wanting one of these since I got my Jetta.
Only Saffers and Afrikaans people will understand this : Pas gekoop, klaar Sat gery 😂
(Just bought it, already driven it to bits)
The bent rod also have me stumped as there was no hydrolock evidence, but an overrev situation do make sense.
Keep up the good work!
The biggest downfall of these 2.0 TDI's isnt the engine, but the emissions nonsense. They were much stronger before the "dieselgate fix," but overall very good engines.
How dare you cut those absolutely worthless hoses like that? Otherwise another great video, and yes I’m joking about the hoses for those that can’t take a joke.
There was an issue with the intercooler design on these. In cold weather, moisture would freeze inside. Then, when it got warm, the ice would melt and collect at the bottom of the intercooler. When there was enough water, it would get sucked into the intake and cause a hydrolock situation. You would bend the rod if it happened on startup, or blow up if you were running. I know, because it happened to my 2010 Jetta. Got a new motor under warranty, then took the buyback when offered.
Brand new 1993 3 litre V6 Mitsubishi V3000.
Less than 500 miles on the clock.
Boss wanted to go for a drive.
Not used to 5 speed manual gearbox.
Selected 1st when aiming for 3rd @ 140kmh (87mph).
He got the dipstick mounted on a plinth and an inscribed plaque attached "Dipstick of the month".
For some reason the warranty did not apply....
I Miss My Father's 79 Rabbit 🐇 2 door Diesel L 45-50 MPG was a dam good car minus the nightmare electrical system it had my old man kept no less than 5 spare fuse blocks on the shelf at all times
My father also had one. To say it was slow would have been a compliment. He kept it until he bought a 1980 Scirocco from me. Everything in the dash of that POS vibrated and buzzed. He loved that car because he only had about 30% of his hearing and couldn’t hear the various noises. It ran like a scalded cat compared to his diesel Rabbit (as long as the AC wasn’t on).
That first rod could be used in a Peyronie's medication commercial
My favorite line: I hope I don’t damage the block. I know you were joking but it hit me just right and it turned into a side splitter. Țhanks Eric. Ì needed that.
I think it broke the piston from overrevving. The rid failed from being loose and smacking into the block. That only does not really match with the slight bend in rod 1, but from the damage it looks like the bottom of the piston got "ripped off" it.
Recently bought a 2015 TDI sportwagen and absolutely love it.
CJAA owner here, but I’m sure it’s the same CKRA, water pump gets changed with the timing belt. That’s why it’s on top of the rear timing cover.
Next time when removing any injector:
Try twisting it until its getting loose.
Once its loose in twisting direction give it a constant pull up while twisting.
Thats by far the most successful tactic im having in my 10 years of being a tech for german cars ;).
Even when they have „black death“.
Tip for the black diesel stuff get it really cold.
It shatteres like glas when ice cold.
It behaves like crude oil; when warm its getting als gooey and sticky.
Thats when you can lift the complete car by the injectors ;)
My brother owned a VW of this vintage with this engine. It was endless problems, one after another. To the point where the dealer told them to get out of that car however they could, as fast as they could. A year later, Dieselgate.
a dude I worked with loved his TDI Jetta but he was behind on payments and he let them have it back with DieselGate LOL
Great content, as always!
17:35 I got a 1995 Holden rodeo 2.6 second hand, I had done at least 200,000 kilometres with the belt (replaced at some time) plus what the previous owner had done, I turned the belt inside out and it was perfect, I have a feeling a belt would go a half million kilometres if driven smoothly, it's just because the interference engines that it needs to be changed, I think it has a lot to do with how the engine us used.
Great video! Looks like the day after at the Trinity test site of The Gadget.
I might know where 1 of these engines is but I’m not sure. This was a surprise to say the least
Thank you Sir for this video.
Sunday morning tear downs here, my wife is worried for my sanity😊
I had a TDI Golf. Best car I ever owned...and VW bought it back. Big middle finger to Winterkorn...I got 60mpg on the highway...and torque to pass on the highway...in 5th gear! Only thing that got me sad was the shaking regen mode.
That was fun! Thanks for that...
I’ve been waiting for another broken oil pump, and I must say it’s more satisfying than the 8.0L
just discovered your channel a month ago and i love it!!
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That little diesel went Boom Boom, and made it to your place. What a Mess! Let your buddy, Steve know, I've been waiting 30 days out of 20 to get an email from him about the 5.9 l magnum. Looking forward to your new -at home shop.
Yeah, that rear half of the front engine cover kicked my ass on an ALH with the same design. I was putting a used engine in my beetle and did the timing belt before swinging it in so it would be easier. Got it all done and ready to install the front half of the cover and found out that the rear half was broken. I had a good one, but to install it, i had to tear down the timing belt system all the way to the water pump.
Good times.
If you make regulations so strict that everyone has to lie about adhering to them, despite enormous risk, then your regulations are the problem, not the industry.
Our city council decided that pedestrians have no agency and are unable to navigate the world effectively and so lowered the speed limit in the city by 10kph to 40kph.
Everyone is still doing 50. Council sent a letter out crying about it and threatening to "encourage" motorists. Same energy. Rules proposed by bureaucrats who get around with bus passes and hate cars get the derision they deserve.
I do not thing VW lied. The complied with the test parameters. The just did not comply with the spirit of the law. I do not care. They made great diesel engines.
@@stevetonnesen3666I'm not going to argue with that. They definitely complied with the testing parameters 😅
My buddy had a tdi and one day after school he said it shut off on him and wouldn’t start. Little did he know the timing belt left the engine with a snap.
Awesome engine! I had it in a VW Golf.
Great video.
Never had a VW and I'm not a manual transmission guy.
Great video as always ! i did shift from 2 to 1 one time when i first started driving!! :))
The water pump is a service item with the timing belt. The water pump holds the cover down so that you don’t go too far
"I don't understand the point of that."
That is because you is not a German engineer!
Been waiting all week for this
Yes
My favorite part of this video was the cam gear bolts. Hex outside and splined (Triple-square?) inside. I could imagine a "Tastes Great/Less Filling" type shouting match (with the appropriate German accent) happening in the engineering department.
holy cow these are getting long but still watching it
Surprising the timing belt wasn’t the cause of destruction on a TDI
Thank You Eric. Nice job again. Hello to your wife and children......................Jay
Carpel Tunnel! Also known as Mechanic's Hands. Retired now and have had operations on both hands after a life time of smacking spanners with the palm of my hands. Looks like your turn is coming.
Would love to see an old Hyundai/Kia Beta II engine torn down on the channel, if one could be found. Worked on a few of them and they always seemed to be a very simple engine, and decently reliable (for a Korean car).