2.0 TSI Engine Teardown After Engine Failure
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2019
- Timing Chain tensioner failure? Today we are tearing down an Audi 2.0 TSI engine. This is very similar to the VW TSI engine. Both TSI engines have timing chain tensioner failures. These TSI engines also have timing chain WEAR issues. In addition to TSI timing chain failure, we will look at rear main seal failure, water pump failure, and oil leaks.
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Because it will come up... I mentioned chain stretch several times. This is the common language that is used in the scan tool and repair manual. Technically that is wrong. Chains wear not stretch.
I was about to comment about that..
Great and informative video. Can't wait to see the rest of it. Probably some carbon in the oil pick up...
By the way, the proper term is schmoo, not residue and debris ;)
But,due to wear, it is stretched as you showed when you hang them side by side.How many miles are on the engine?
Hi I am thinking in buying a b8 2010 audi a4 with a 2.0 with 92k .owner claims that bought it with a bad timing tensioner then fix it up. new chains and tensioner, guides and new headgasket!?!. claims is running well should I stay away or go for it??. I haven't seen it in person yet. at the same time for around the same price of $6 there is 2009 a4 2.0 prestige with 101k that needs an engine ? which one you will recommend ? planning to do all the work myself. Thank you for always sharing your knowledge
Michelle John The material isn’t stretching, it’s becoming loose because it’s wearing away.
nathan55 Check if piston rings were changed. 2.0T TSI/TFSI until 2012.5 CCTA, CBFA, CCZA and others if I am not mistaken (Charles can correct) came with faulty piston rings which wear out under 60,000mi and cause very high oil consumption (~1qt/700 miles) and if left unattended it will cause other components failure if the engine starves from oil.
You'll end up treating the engine as a two-stroke, adding oil each time you fill the gas tank.
I've found that the best thing about owning a 2011 Audi A3 with one of these engines is that it has made me allot more knowledgeable about the inner workings of cars. I've never been so in tune with every piece of preventative maintenance that has to be done on a vehicle, every possible thing that can go wrong and the signs leading up to those failures, and the cost and level of effort of fixing each one of those failure points. I've learned how engines work, how direct injection and fuel delivery work, what a water pump does, how an intake manifold works, and so much other valuable information!
Anyway, I think my next car will be Japanese.
lol !!!
man i genuienly am saying this from experience because i own a 2011 gti, this is the most relatable comment ive ever seen in my life. this was my first car, had around 80k miles when i bought it, i drove it up to 140,000 miles before there was catastrophic engine failure, since then, the amount of knowledge ive learned just from how engines work, has expanded my knowledge so much that its as if im one with my car, that being said, my next car will be a lexus. 😂
Ive literally replaced the turbo myself... on my q5 haha
Just sold my 2010 GTI with 241k on the clock and replaced it with a new 2019 GTI. Reason being, I had $2200 worth of work done on it after the water pump finally failed. Ended up having the tensioner, water pump and camshaft seal all done before selling it. That said, the car always ran great and still continued to do so after I sold it. I've always followed all of the common failure points of this engine and was always curious to see one torn down. This was a super interesting video Charles, thanks for making it.
I had a 2010 thank God I got rid of it
I love buying cars from guys like you. They do all the nessary maintenance needed, then trade it in. Very nice! I remember owning a 69?Pontiac where the nylon teeth all sheared off and the timing jumped. I did all the work myself. Old school 101.
Miles or Kilometers???
I recently got a letter that the water pump has a warranty extension on my '09 GTI. Something to look out for.
Back in the day, we had auto shop in highschool. The teacher brought in a failed engine for us as a class to tear down together and learn on. The knowledge we gained from tearing down that engine made many of us weekend warriors of our own project cars. Many were given to us as a deal to get them going again as a first car. Sometimes, guys would combine resources and the fixed vehicle became shared property, those involved with helping get the car back on the road got turns at using said car on certain weekends for dates. When the draft took away one of the gang, he simply passed ownership rights to the remaining buddys. Life was simpler but not.
Same thing in my HS auto shop. That is when I learned the starter on a Cadillac Northstar is in the cylinder valley. For a couple of years they even had a WATER cooled alternator. I have never had to work on a Northstar yet, even I was I woudn't do it.
Very few kids care to learn how to work on cars these days. It's sad. I have been able to give away bad engines and transmissions, but only to people over 30 or 40.
damn i wish my high school was like that, i'm a senior in Europe in Gymnasium (it's like normal highschool but harder and without practical stuff, except chemistry) and i'm mostlikely going to mechanical university. i just can't wait for uni, so i can actually study something i'm interested and get some practical knowledge
Adodoes haha exact same for me
@@kollederboss1594 yea it's stupid. It does give a lot of general knowledge, but non of it is practical. Which is a shame as I, and many others, prefer some technical skills over philosophy or learning useless stuff about our language
First time watcher: You're a more palatable, less scream-y Scotty Kilmer.
I like you.
Thanks. Lol
He is so unbearable with his childish clickbait bullshit
Omg I couldn't agree with you more.. can not stand Kilmer. Thanks for the great video, been a huge help with all your video's!!
Scotty Shillmore
@necro maniac it is a bit silli to compare 2 excellent mechanics that have their own approach and personality ,they both have their appeal.
Hey, I just wanted to stop in and say thank you for all of the quality videos, especially this one and the TSI timing chain video. I just got done replacing my cylinder head (myself, in my garage, woo go me!) and I couldn't have done it without your channel as a resource/guide for my work. Car is running smoothly as of tonight, I'm stoked to have the Wolfie Jetta back on the road again. Timing chain tensioner failed, jumped 8 teeth, bent all 8 intake valves. New cylinder head went in smooth, new timing chain and tensioner, and I'm back on the road. Love you channel, makes me miss my R32t something fierce though! You rock.
Did you re use the same cams?
As someone on the tools for 30 years some of the advice here is very sound.
This guy is the real deal with these👌👌
As a VW enthusiast and repairing as a hobby for the past ~13 years, this kind of video brings me at ease with the new motors. Yeah, it's more complex than the ABAs, ALHs, and 1.8Ts (god help me those) I have history with, but seeing it torn down like this helps me a lot in coming to grips with getting this kind of thing in a track car. Maybe even going as far to consider this for a swap into my Coupe versus the 1.8T that's planned. Speaking to your newer videos with the R as well. Can't thank you enough for content like this!
Those engine are so problematic, cool teardown
Thanks brother. Will I see ya later this week?
@@HumbleMechanic Couldn't do Vision this year, :(, traveling to the UK in November with the wife for 2 weeks
oh man, I Thought you'd be there.
@@HumbleMechanic I would love to, but I will be up in NYC later this month at TST big event though
have a mate who is a mechanic, who took a 2010 a3 sport on that wasn't starting. even before he took a look at it, I said I know the problem. sent him the info that I had and lo and behold, tendon had failed. unlike this video where there wasn't too much damage, the engine was a complete right off. not only bent cables in 1 and 2 but damage to the piston and cylinder and had punched the spark plugs out.
VW isn't the only manufacturer that has had problems with guide tensioners. GM and their eco tec line have had 3 revised designs, and the static guide tends to break. They are FAR less complicated and easier to work on than this. This looks like a total f------ nightmare to do in the car.
Oh, it is.
Wait till you do a thermostat on one in situ😂
Just drop the engine out to do it.
yup - Gotta take the whole passenger side engine mount off and jack the engine up and down a few times to get to all of the tourqe bolts holding the lower timing cover on. Why they couldn't use normal 6 sided bolts? IDK but it is a pain in the ass, if they had used "normal" bolts the job actually would not be THAT bad. Also the balancer likes to be destroyed in the process of taking it off. Mine now has a slight wobble I gotta fix in the spring.
@@roboto204 What's the issue with torx bolts? They are very common. They do it because torx bits wear less than regular ones and are more reliable on the production line.
Really appreciate you taking the time to make this video, after watching and doing a little more AllData scrounging I made it run like new!
I now declare you Piston and Valve. You may kiss the bride
Bribe, VW bribe; none for me ,thanks...
BadAssEngineering I OBJECT! DO NOT KISS THE BRIDE!
@@djmystery7235 The objection was before the declaration, in the form of changing the timing kit lol
a bribe? is that what bosch gave vw to clear their name?
Oh they’ve already kissed
Awesome video man! Thank you for sharing!! =) It's really cool to see this engine apart like this!
That was a well made video! Great engine teardown.
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!! I wanted insight into these damn 2.0 TSI engines since forums mention audi q5's engine failure. THANK YOU!
Good video, clear and descriptive, I had a Q5 2.0 T engine started using oil at 150 000 Km. Audi had to rebuild it changing pistons and con rods. Got rid of it afterward. But after watching this video I certainly understand that engine a whole lot better now. Thanks👍
Love the detail on this! FSI is next. ;-) ...but seriously, thanks for the hard work I know it took to make this as comprehensive as it is.
what was so wrong with a keyway in the crank pulley. also plastic water pump?
This video is very well balanced with information and time! Quick, good,very informative and no unnecessary "noise"information. Really liked it!
Thanks so much!!!
Very helpful video. I have a MKV with the tsi (2009) and the tensioner failed. There are some minor differences with the lovely turbo facing the opposite way from the newer gen TSI engines. Carbon buildup was INSANE, and it had a walnut blast 20K ago.
How many km the original tensioner hold?
Those engineers should hire your for some much needed advice. Glad to see this video gained a lot of traction.
Why I got rid of my 2011 Tiguan after the warranty expired, and bought myself a Toyota lol
same thing went from 4-5 vw to toyota!!
Volkswagen after the 1.9tdi imortal engines went complete downhill in reliability
@Peder Hansen some series of 1.9TDI were shit too, like the BXE series would spin bearing because there is no lock.
@Peder Hansen also I seem to remember some PD150 engines eating their camshafts for some reason. The PD130 was a peach of an engine though that's for sure.
Peder Hansen mines still going and it shouldn’t be. Scrapping it thus weekend though, 751k km. Smashed the pan on the weekend, couldn’t afford a tow so I drove home 200 Kim’s with no oil and it still purs
Bought a mk6 GTI about 6 months ago. Really enjoying learning about these engines, found you via EE. Coming from a SBC background, these things are so novel and clever I really like it.
Great video, and very helpful. Best 2.0 tear down video I've seen. Thank you for not being boring.
Nice breakdown .. .please continue. . .the breakdown .. and add suggestions for improvement on the rebuild.
We will pull the bottom end down too. I want to show how to retime it, and do some other repairs first.
There is no way in hell you would want to rebuild this pile of crap. It will be good for another 30k miles (max!!!) before it will fail again. What's the point?
@@andrymashka1757 Anything can be rebuilt .. and improved including me and you ...
@@meeterhead462 Let me improve on that, you and I.
improvement? More like LS swap it for a honda or toyota engine. Too many things can go wrong on this
You must have worked on Audi's and VW's for a very long time. Excellent video!!
Thanks. It’s been my life for the last 15 years.
@@HumbleMechanic im sorry to hear that ;) jk
@@HumbleMechanic since VW products are so crappy, you really have a lot of work to do, that means you keep the money flowing. Keep working on VW/Audi/Skoda products and soon you'll be a humble rich man too. Wish you health & strength!
Charles, Great explanation of details and pitfalls of this TSI engine. I am buying me a Humble Mechanic Gear, T-shirt. Thanks my friend! Keep up the good work.
So glad I just went ahead and replaced my chains guides and tensioner (with the new revised part!) when I hit 100,000 km. Never will know for sure if it would have failed but its nice to have the piece of mind that my engine has it's most common MAJOR failure sorta covered. Im sure there are still tons of things that could go wrong, but at least that's one big one off the list!!
I have a Audi 80 1.9TDI with 552k kilometers and still runs good.
1.9TDI is the gold standard of reliability in the VW family
@@BrianKariuki Yes i agree
I have a skoda with vw group 1.9 TDi PD 130, most reliable car I have ever owned.
Underpowered, not very fuel efficient (comparing to today's standards) but with proper maintenance these 1.9 are unbreakable.
yup i got a 1.9TDI PD130 and its nuke proof, rest of the car....meh not bad
I really enjoyed watching this, seeing how complicated these engines look, I suddenly have a greater appreciation for my '89 Eunos engine.
Thank you!
Brilliant! Thanks. About to tear into mine in the same situation. Gifted from a neighbor 2008 Passat. I can already see through the oil fill that the cam in there isn't turning when I turn it over. Sounds like I'll need to follow t he same route to see whether it's fixable or it's getting a rehab motor
Really appreciate HM's video and his others....he does such a great job explaining things and is quite clear. Definitely can see the effort in the editing. Great for learning for sure!
Theres a saying on the bmw forum. You need deep pockets to own an audi and even deeper pockets to drive one.
3.0 TDI 💪
At least the timing chain looks way stronger than on my BMW 118i N46B20 engine. But i got mine tested and changed my tensioner years ago, so it should be fine until 150000km.
Right now it's 12 years old and has run about 97000 km.
I think the external look of that engine was indicative of how well the owner had maintained the engine. I don't get it how people can spend so much money on a machine as expensive as a modern car and then cheap out on simple maintenance. Thanks Charles for the high-quality interesting and informative videos. I wish I had had something like videos like this to learn from when I was young and learning about cars. What I would do is go to the reference section of the public library, read the sections on whatever part of the engine I was working on and then go back to the engine I was working on. Actually, the most important thing I learned was to develop a good sense of intuition and hands that had a good sense of feel.
Its ignorance. I had a friend who thought it was a money spinner and a con, he didn’t bother to service his car. His engine failed at 50k miles and he had to learn the hard way. He was throughly confused. Went as far as to blame the garage, because he took it in with weird engine noises and they told him that it was gone, was suspicious they sabotaged it and were lying to him so they could get extra work. He took it elsewhere, that mechanic said the same. After forking out for a new engine, he became obsessive about maintenance. Was checking his dipstick all the time, became annoying to go with him anywhere. Hs isn’t a stupid person either, a project manager at a large tech firm, has a degree from a reputable university.
That was a nice presentation. I like your style of simple technical explanation. Bravo !
I was a GM tech for 20 years, I miss it, And being young!
So you where giving this engine to play with? Great video, I liked seeing the chains and the tear down so far. Great info.
Yeah my buddies at Apex Tuning let me have it. Which is pretty rad
This was super helpful. I recently had a low oil pressure light during cooldown on the track on my vw GTI mk6 ccta 2.0t tsi. I replaced the camshaft bridge as recommended by a couple people in the community suggested from experience. Seeing you explain that the screen failure causes engine oil starvation was very reassuring that replacing this part was the solution to my problem. Thanks for sharing dude!
🙏🙏🙏
great video, didn't realize how complicated things have gotten since the 90's, this teardown almost make me regret buying my 15 a3tq
This is a Soap Opera for men. The suspense.
Hahah. It’s true
🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
To date one of the most involved engine rebuilds I've done. Absolutely horrible design throughout. Plastic junk components here there & everywhere just waiting to start leaking! One item in particular is the small coolant joining sleeve in the back of that rubbish water pump! Seriously who the hell designs these engines? As for that early chain tensioner? Unbelievable. Keep up the great work Charles love watching your informative videos you put together.
All the best from the UK.
Leaking plastic junk parts on a VW engine? Shocking (sarcasm). After working for a shop specializing in VW/Audi I would tell people is VW could figure out how to make the block and head etc out of plastic they would do so. I would never buy one again, they’ve just consistently gotten worse since the mk2 and don’t learn from their mistakes (1.8t timing tensioner failures new engine timing tensioner failures, 1.8t water pump issues new engine water pump issues etc etc), while everyone else has gotten better or at least tries not to remake the same mistakes over again.
Hans Frank I went from MB to VW/Audi to Acura and then GM. VW is already at US quality standards (or slightly worse). Sure you can buy the cheap shit on eBay or you can buy smart (Japanese) and then not have to constantly replace cheap parts every other month (especially once it ages) and only have to spend money on oil, gas and tires. As a tech you get to see the differences first hand.
Don't worry. I also broke one on my first rebuild. Had to wait 2 weeks for a plastic the size of my finger to ship
Agreed. I have rebuilt a bunch of different engines over the years and this was the worst experience I ever had. It is just depressing to work on these cars: access is difficult, so many weak points, oils leaks....and certain failure some time down the road. Bah.
@@crescentandstarglory Wow what a dick. Tf is wrong with you? And engines are not "made of plastic", that's utter nonsense.
Flashlight trick to find gaps = awesome. Also works great when inspecting floorpans for pinholes.
Great vid as always. I’m tearing into one of these at work in the morn’n. I like to do my homework ahead of time. Thx for info!
Man I wish you had a video like this for the N20 BMW engine with notorious timing chain failures.
the longer i watched the video the less i want anything to do with one of these engines.
kenabi mine just went to shit
@@evanschmidt8093 what year was it purchased / made? how many miles / km?
Yeh
Me too. And my daughters just bought one with bad chain 🙄😳sometimes i hate being the family 🔧 .
Excellent presentation Charles, as always. Thankyou, and greetings from Oz.
Woah Charles, totally enjoyed this one. It also gives me peace of mind that doing the timing on my Tiguan is not that hard
First thing I did on my scirocco was the timing chin tensioner
Thanks for sharing sir
I just keep going back to this video and learning something new all the time! i swear if i watch this enough times i'm doing an engine rebuild! LOL good stuff
I still would call it a chain stretch! But well explained with excellent advice and all the obvious faults pointed out and the remedy. Mercifully, little
You can clearly see the effect of Direct Injection.
Shout out to non-interference engines
An example is the 2.0 ABA it’s a non interference engine
Dude yr so smart I can watch/listen to you work for hours.. wish you'd been my teacher in automotive technology 101✔️😂
Really educational video. Thanks for your time in putting it together and sharing.
After watching this video I feels like my 1.8t A4 is like a easiest Audi to work on 😌
And back in it's day when it came out the 1.8t 20V was considered complicated compared to other engines VW group had :D
I thought the exact same thing after watching this. That engine is a debacle. There is no way I'm ever going newer in the VAG engine lineup than my 1.8T 20V.
I feel like these engineers need a lesson in Japanese effective simplicity. Wow, what an engine!
Agreed!
@Thomas Hood I feel you. Only VW I actually have personal experience with is a '94 Golf I bought my nephew for $600 with like 310,000 miles or something insane. That car was a little tank. He neglected the hell out of it and it just kept going. They really had it well sorted back then.
Started to go awry for a while in the late 90s it seems. Sorta picked back up, but over time they just got so complicated.
Subaru is my personal fav brand and you look at them. Hell, lots has changed since the early 90s when they really started to homologate everything, but at the same time the design and engineering ethos has gone largely unchanged.
They are a great example of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. They do still improve over time, but they don't overcomplicate for the sake of being fancy or paying more engineers.
Oh maybe you can teach them how to engineer like that? 😂😂
Buy a Subaru & get back to us - LOL
Menachem Goldfarb what did they reengineer ? Think the engine is all bmw and they wanted that
Great work as always man! I heard these engines have problems with guide tensioners...shame, I think they're cool engines. By the way, I have Passat 35i (1992) with 1.8L 90hp monopoint engine. It has around 170.000 miles on it, and engine is still strong. Never had some serious failures, biggest one was replacing head gasket once.And I LOVE IT, maybe they're not the fastest but they're so FUN to drive! :D
I had a 2013 TT with the TFSi engine. After 2 months old it had a complete oil tensioner kit change
I like to call the failures "expensive noises" 😂
i loved working on the 1.8 audi tt engine. so simple compared to that thing
5 valves😍
Charles, very very good Video.
Yesterday I met a college with a Golf MK4.
He is no mechanic, a navigator working at the latest navy-ship.
But he did an engineswap by himself....very great respect from my side!
This 1.8T engine has been run 220.000 km when he swopped it and it's still runnning.
My self had an Audi TT Quattro in nimbusgrau for 15 years.....at the end the speedometer showed 85.000km on it an I sold it because of an new Dodge R/T.
Never though, that the 1.8T survive that long time...wow.
For wintertime, I drive my 2.4 VR5 20V MK 4 and I am very pleased with it.....it's at 80.000km now...runniung good and sounds great.
But what about these TFSI-Engines....timing-chains wear and tear at what of mileage ?
V/r
Andreas
Hmm, 80,00 trouble free kms....My 4runner has 383,000 trouble free kms!
Wow!,after seeing this makes me love the 1.8t 20 valve from the mk4 even more!
Every Dodge guy is hollering "it's got a hemi!" when the head is turned over
Thanks for the great video! Do you know how many miles the engine has done?
I don't know. It came from a local shop that are buddies of mine.
I don't have hardly any experience with any euro cars, but from the research I've been doing lately for my freinds new(to him) audi I'M IMPRESSED at how easily repairable and maintenenced they are. ...where have I been, under a rock? They even have Honda beat in that department. I never really wanted to work on just one line of vehicle, so as to keep my skillset as wide as possible for increased side work potential $$$$$....but if I ever decide to go the dealer route career wise. ..I might look into vw/audi....seriously.....I'm loving these things so far. ...and it doesn't seem like you need a very big variety of tools either. ...currently. ..working on a littler bit of everything the tool situation is kinda ridiculous. ...I'd be able to buy a big house before I ever had EVERYTHING I could ever need. ...those vw/audis use alot of specialty oddball tools though it seems like huh
Awesome video Charles, thank you for sharing.
What is common problems on 1.6 tdi (77kw) vw engine?
What a complicated mess! Looks like a nightmare to work on. Makes me appreciate simple designs even more
Wouldn't that make these engines the perfect base for a custom made engine since you're going to replace anything you don't like on it anyway?
I'm in the middle of building a CAEB that lost compression, so it's cool to see this video. The one I'm doing was previously repaired by Audi for the same problem, I decided to tear it all the down, hot tank it and machine hone.
Nice!!!
I'm also a member of the "chain gang" . 2011 GTI , at 67,000 miles. Thankfully I had no piston damage, and was able to source a 10,000 Mile head from a CC, for cheap. Car was back for another 20,000 miles, and traded in for a 2016 Golf R.
Is there a part of this engine that doesn't fail? I've also heard of balance shafts seizing in really cold climates. Not to mention turbo bushings, high pressure fuel pumps (more common on bpy) coil packs, injectors, intake manfolds, wire harness for throttle body, ffs vw.
Yep those are all common too. I’d say that HPFP is as common as BPY. HAHAH 🤦♂️
@@HumbleMechanic Mine hpfp went out at 80k at least the follower was ok, should recheck it soon though with 125k on the clock
What is it with VW and their screens failing? This has been an ongoing issue for years. Why don't they change the design, or get rid of them altogether?
I have the 1.8tfsi engine on my a4 with 170.000km, if the tensioner has not failed yet... will it fail? Or is a good one? Im really scared
Hey Charles! awesome videos and channel here! I just got my 2012 volkswagon tiguan sel back from the shop. new intake valves timing chain and tensoners.
Don't expect german cars to be "the best" or "better than the others" anymore. They build the same shit like other manufacturers for double the price. Happy Abarth driver here, greetings from Germany.
Because Fit It Again Tomorrow is any better lol
FixItAgainTony, still rather have a FIAT than newer Audi longterm.
Fiat 1.9 jtd best diesel engine in the history along with hondas 2.2
MattyBoy Nope VW TDI is the best diesel ever produced. Fiat is straight garbage.
When I see the design details on this engine it makes me even more hesitant to get an Audi, VW or other brand in that family of vehicles.
Yes they are crap, BMWs of the same period are worse.
had a 2007 golf 6 with the 1.4tsi 122hp, got a dephaser lock up at 37000 km that caused piston & valves kissing. 5k€ repairs VW took at their expense (but after the fact they still tried to get me to pay, but did not happen since I did not sign any repair order)
Now I have an 2016 Audi S3 300hp, blew the connecting rod bearing at 56000 km. Oil was full of metalic particles (maybe they also dicovered more, not sure), so they swapped the entire engine including turbo. Luckily Audi took the engine at their expense and the leasing took the manual labour at theirs, so I did not see the bill but apparently it ended up 20 to 30k€ in total.
Both cars where under the extend oil service plan.
Not sure I want to stick with Audi after that... certainly not without a leasing plan!
i hate these cars
@@MaX271 they took care of you, didn't they?
@@marioncobaretti2280 why?
Hello Charles, great video. I have a question. I own an Audi A4 and the timing chain failed. I tried doing a leakdown test and it appears to have compression on all cylinders. Could the engine still have bent valves?
I would like to like the hell out of this video!!!
Have the exact same engine. Had to learn all this the hard way. Thank you so very much! Awesome video
Would love to see a 3.0T tear down like this
i got that failure on the 1.4 TSI engine at 60000km.
But i had luck the valves are good.
SO i have to change "only" the Chain and the Pulleys also the chain adjuster and the water pump.
700€ for the material!
thx VW
Talk about lucky! We didn't get the 1.4 chain engine here in the US. The 1.8t EA888 has a few timing chain issues too.
Holy F.... and I got annoyed when i had to replace the chain on my 125cc Honda Wave 125 at 63.000km.
That's a tiny motorcycle where the engine spends most of its time at 80%+ throttle.
I'm not really into mechanics and all, but your ability to get on point and explain what you are doing with useful comments is near perfection. I am somehow curious what is your opinion on liquid 'seal makers', because I do my own MX service. Cheers!
Thanks so much
Your videos are excellent. Your explanations are first rate. No surprise you have almost 400k subs. THANKS FOR SHARING !
Thank you!
I don’t know why I started thinking about electric cars just by seeing how complex this engine is.
A lower likelyhood of making a design flaw?
all engines have their complications,even steam.
Reliability is not exactly the strong side of this complicated engine
Seems incredibly over complicated, even being a massive VW fan this puts me right off ever owning one.
Is there a reliable VW engine at the moment?
@@kd23se4 Good question, I am not sure. The engines are as stated amazing when they are working, but can you imagine doing a timing service on that thing, especially as a home mechanic.
@@calvinhutton57 It´s miserable.....in Europe we have 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, now 1.5, 1.8 and 2.0......the smaller ones are even worse......all have problems with chains. The Turbodiesels had for years problems with turbos but are more reliable the the petrol engines.
And lets not start with the DSG transmissions........
@@kd23se4 DQ200 😖
Great job by making this video! very nice and clean work.
I owned several Audi, BMW and VW when I was younger. Learned my lesson at a very young age. These cars are good when brand new and then........run away from them!
Im shocked how much build up there is on the piston heads and valves. I know DI engines can be dirty but wow!
This one is awful.
@@HumbleMechanic Love the videos. At the current state of this engine, do you think lower octane fuel played a part in the build up on the pistons and valves? I own a 2017 GLI and religiously put 91 or higher in my tank. Will this make a difference when my car gets upwards of 100,000 miles?
Maybe I missed it but what was the mileage on this engine when it failed?
I would say 80 to 119 k bad matanance less than 60 worked on many sad sad sad
Great video, very informative.
Unfortunately, I'm 98% sure this is exactly what just happened to my 2012 GTI that I just bought 2 weeks ago.
Its a realy good video, just stripping down an engine trying to find the missing screen of the cam bridge ...
It all started as a tensioner replacement :) So for anyone looking to make these engines reliable, dont stop at just a tensioner, do change the chain and look for the screen. On my engine even the valve was broken so managed to drop the ball in the sump, caught the spring at least :)
As and advice, i think we can skip on the one way valves & screen at the cam bridge, so just break it out so it won't make any more problems ever again.
Thumb up for the video.
When you find yourself using unique terms like "Camshaft Bridge" or "Timing Chain Circuit" to describe overly complex solutions, you know your in trouble.
What did the interference engine piston say to the valve? 'Get bent!'
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It’s so interesting thanks Charles but I have a question, I’m working on a 2014 Q5 2.0 TFSI how do I make sure that my exhaust cam sliders are at the right position before starting the engine? Thanks in advance Charles
Thanks again for another awesome video. That is the same engine on my Mark6 Gti. I have done the water pump upgrade already. I haven’t done the tensioner upgrade but Its something on the back of my mind.. My Gti is at 60k miles and runs good, but it does burn oil. Charles you make this look easy, thanks for the spatula tips of the trade on the oil pans.
Thanks. To be fair to the universe, it’s much easier on the stand
VW/Audi engines always seem needlessly complex...
with many things that can fail, that really shouldn't, that can cause major engine damage (like that SCREEN)
More chains than Mr T.!
Jonny Gg 😂😂
You should get a look at the back of an Audi V8. It's the stuff of nightmares!
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I like taking the PCV valve off and looking at the notches there. Also see the intake cam (mainly phaser) really be the cause of failure after 2012....
Excelent video!! I´m having a a problem with a Skoda 1.2 TSI. are the engines similar?