here's some worrying pics

1.4tsi 170bhp with less than 60k on the clocks

Ouch! How did that happen? My dad has the 140bhp version

Unsure its on another forum im on...

the owner is waiting to hear back after some investigations i believe

the thing is i could go on the forums and find plenty of pics for the 1.8T, the 2.0TFSI etc etc. think of how many units are produced n the UK alone. Theres always going to be issues with a certain percentage.

Do you know the info regarding this failure, ie was it mapped etc

Ohh my

Oops.

here's some worrying pics

1.4tsi 170bhp with less than 60k on the clocks

Just come across this old posting to which my comment would be to expect 170bhp from a 1.4 engine is expecting a lot. We don't know what the circs were when the engine blew, but reasonable to think the engine was at the high end of the rev band?. And, in my LIMITED mechanical knowledge and experience, from the 4th pic, one could deduce the engine is one of a wet-liner system, albeit the " sleeves " being an all in a one joined together band of 4, but it certainly looks as though the water circulates immediately outside the cylinders which also look as though they could be replaced as a set? withdrawing from the block. IF this is the case, presumably the " liner block " is made of extra hard wearing material different from what the block is made. And if this is the case, does it apply to all VAG engines, including the diesels?. I think Renault, Citroen and Peugeot use the wet liner system, or at least they used to. .

I've had a 1.4 PD with a crack in the block on a 170 mile car, sometimes you just get weak ones, not very common.

But as said that engine might have been doing 9,000 rpm or been low on oil who knows.

Piston through the block is a classic high boost poor fueling/ignition timing issue, ie knocking / pre-detination.

Used to be a big issue with modded scooby's but modern engine managements are very good at detecting knocking and adjusting boost, fueling and timing to suit the fuel quality.

Saying that if you have a remap the company you use could alter the safety parameters. I've heard from one respected tuner that he checked a car that was mapped by a rival and they had removed all knock protection.

Cheers

Lee

Cracking coffee table thats going to make :/

I know these things are developed over years and years but lets face it, engines have been getting lighter, but generating more power, I reckon the high mileage club will be a dwindling club

I bet there is a clever stats type math bloke somewhere who's proven that it's cheaper to make it 3mm thinner than to not.

If none of that made sense then don't worry it did to me.

Or it's software as eluded to

Cracking coffee table thats going to make :/

I know these things are developed over years and years but lets face it, engines have been getting lighter, but generating more power, I reckon the high mileage club will be a dwindling club

I bet there is a clever stats type math bloke somewhere who's proven that it's cheaper to make it 3mm thinner than to not.

If none of that made sense then don't worry it did to me.

Or it's software as eluded to

meep... I may be avoiding mapping mine even more if it is software! (I don't want that sort of safety feature removing!) as for the highmileage being less, I doubt it col... i did a couple of driving lesson today, some more miles on the car, but blimey was it driven gently! driven at 10% of its capabilities, I doubt the miles I put on today strained the tech much same goes for the average daily commute i would imagine