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white2lSR
27-02-09, 05:21 PM
I need some help. My sister-in-laws car has been in for mot at a local indipendant Volkswagon garage. It has occasionally used water and they are now saying it is a common fault which will cost £2500 :eek: to repair. The car is a 53reg A3 2.0 Tdi. Any help on info on this so called common fault??
Pistol Pete
27-02-09, 05:22 PM
What will they be replacing for that money??
white2lSR
27-02-09, 05:24 PM
god knows? i would have thought you would be able to pick up replacement engines for half that
Pistol Pete
27-02-09, 05:25 PM
lol more than likely!! Thats also nearly half what the cars worth!! Did they not say what this "fault" was??
white2lSR
27-02-09, 05:28 PM
No idea, ive just walked through the door and heard this 3rd hand.
Pistol Pete
27-02-09, 05:31 PM
Ah, lol
Andy
27-02-09, 05:34 PM
£2500?! I would tell him to take his face for a sh1t
I shall text a mate of mine who used to be a tech for VW
Pistol Pete
27-02-09, 05:36 PM
At a complete guess, if the matrix is leaking and this is the cause of the water loss, the dash will more than likely need to come out. This could be a time consuming job hence the £2500 (labour!) bill?

Or head gasket, but i cant see that amounting to £2500 lol
white2lSR
27-02-09, 05:53 PM
Ive just done a search on the net. It appear the 2.0 tdi 140ps engines were prone to the combustion chamber in the head cracking.

Im thinking if she gets a head ill fit it myself at work. Making a little beer money of course
John
27-02-09, 07:35 PM
Hi mate, me! i work for vw, yep, you've found the right answer above. Piece of piss to do. Most of the £2500 is the cost of a NEW head.
white2lSR
27-02-09, 07:40 PM
would it be a job you would takle as a foreigner?
John
27-02-09, 07:42 PM
would it be a job you would takle as a foreigner?

Honestly fella, they're not that hard, have a go! i can send you all the elsa workshop manual diags etc, to help you if need be.
Have you priced a head on its own?
Sloth
27-02-09, 07:43 PM
sorry to hijack, john can you get the wiring diag for a 02 golf 20v turbo engine?
white2lSR
27-02-09, 07:45 PM
Honestly fella, they're not that hard, have a go! i can send you all the elsa workshop manual diags etc, to help you if need be.
Have you priced a head on its own?

Not priced a head. Not sure what line to go down with that one?? new or 2nd hand.
John
27-02-09, 07:46 PM
Not priced a head. Not sure what line to go down with that one?? new or 2nd hand.

You want me to see what i can get you one for? pm me.
Novasport
27-02-09, 09:27 PM
How common is this John? Just bought a mint Golf for me mum which was traded in at work, its just over 3 years old on a 55 plate and only done 11,000 miles from new. Its a GT with the 140bhp TDI engine
Someone else said EGR's are a problem aswell.
John
27-02-09, 09:58 PM
How common is this John? Just bought a mint Golf for me mum which was traded in at work, its just over 3 years old on a 55 plate and only done 11,000 miles from new. Its a GT with the 140bhp TDI engine
Someone else said EGR's are a problem aswell.

I've done a couple at work rich, both luckily under warranty, Egrs can be problematic, but again i've only done a couple of those too. Luck of the draw i guess.
Novasport
27-02-09, 11:20 PM
Just have to keep fingers crossed, she will likely be keeping it for the next 7-8 years so hopefully it will be OK.
Joe Richardson
27-02-09, 11:21 PM
I work for Audi,as an apprentice technician:thumb:

They are prone to doing this,As john has said the money will be the cost of a new head.
amggsi
27-02-09, 11:46 PM
It's generally the early 2.0 TDi's that have this problem isn't it?

As far as I was aware the problem got sorted pretty quickly, but I could be wrong!

As for the EGR valve that's easily solved by pulling it out!!!lol

I've done it on every VAG TDi I've had - although having said that they were all the 1.9's so it may be a different set up........