Superb Oil Pump problem

[ronatholl]

It's a bit out of date - the Superb never had the chain driven balancer shafts (eg. BHW engine) which was, predictably a complete disaster.

Rather than fix the job properly (all of their decent engine designers were probably working on the CR units) dear old VAG substituted a gear drive with a central idler for the abysmal chain drive, but left the oil pump coupling as it was. This is the build state of the PD140 Superb. Sheer genius.

This problem has cost a lot of people a great deal of money and inconvenience. Coupled with VAG's other stupidities and dishonesties such as not testing the Teves Mk 60 ABS controller properly, not recalling RHD B5.5s for rain water ingress etc., there is only one conclusion I can draw.

That these people are not honest enough to be worth doing any future business with.

rotodiesel.

so thats whats wrong with my superb oil pump then ;i contacted Skoda UK about this oil pump problem and they immediately knew the part number i needed ,obviously a known fault they have tried to keep quiet about

[jimbof]

I think that unless you stopped very soon there can be some other damage from the failure - so it might not stop at the oil pump...

[ronatholl]

I think that unless you stopped very soon there can be some other damage from the failure - so it might not stop at the oil pump...

hope not the engine revs died down i went approx half a mile ,the garage man said the engine sounded fine i suppose you wont know until after a few miles

This might sound a bit     silly  but would it be possible to get a specialist welder to weld the hex drive key to the pump assembly ?

[jimbof]

You can see here how these get refurbished:

http://www.ring-engineering.co.uk/vag-vw-audi-20-tdi-oil-pump-repair.html

I think for the cost involved and hassle I'd be tempted to get parts from someone who's done it before.

(I have no connection to the firm linked)

 

It looks like they drill out the old socket, insert a new hex socket, then weld it up and machine it flat.