Bexlee

I’m glad to hear it! Thing is I had a MY05 Golf with 2.0 TDi 140 PD for 10 years- was a great car, but the porus cylinder head was an expensive fix. This turned out to be another known & regular engine problem. I wonder how much of a lottery it is sometimes with some production batches. & there’s no reason for a manufacturer to take any responsibility once the vehicles are outside their warranty period. I hope I’m lucky with my Scout’s MY13 2.0 TDi CR!!

It seems to me if you buy a 1.8 TSi pre-MY12, you need to replace rods, pistons, & chain tensioner to have a sound engine! Doesn’t seem right- though I guess there are plenty of owners who are lucky with it all.

Just to add for info- I bought an Octavia Estate mkii 1.8TSi DSG 2010 recently- so smooth & fast- but oil light soon came on after buying it. Did an oil consumption test & warning light was on after 366 miles! Dealer felt it was uneconomical to repair for me & bought it back off me. With hindsight, there was a bit of ‘soot’ around the exhaust area which may have indicated such a problem? (Have now got a Scout which was what I originally wanted but had compromised as they are so rare- and expensive!)

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Is it true that the front subframe is aluminium but the rear isn’t so it’s only a matter of time until the bolts seize up?