Hi, A work collegue recently bought a 2008 2.0TDi Passat with about 60K on it and full VW service history, at the weekend whilst in Hungary, so a long trip, the oil pump failed and the car is stuck out there.

Whilst having a bit of a bill for retrieving the car he is confindent he will get the car repaired under warranty, unfortunately knowing how VAG work I don't share this confidence.

There a few on here that would stay do not touch these engined car with a barge pole, but I was also given advice that any 2.0TDi in a Passat, Superb2 or A4 after 2007 should be OK, I quess this has blown that theory out of the water!

I have heard the excuse it is being put down to poor servicing but this is not the case on this car but it did get me thinking about variable servicing which I believe was on.

When I got my 1.9TDi it was on variable servicing and at one point it had done 18K between services and all the services were done by the same dealer. Before owning a diesel I was always unde the impression that they had to be serviced and have the oil changed more regular than a petrol and this was one of the negatives against them. Yes I know things are different now to then but I still belive 18K is too long on a Diesel and have had my car put back on set 10K servicing.

Could it be irregular servicing is the reason behind these failures especially if there are big gaps between them, are VAG causing the problem by trying to be too clever!

Edited 8 August, 201114 yr by bryanp

Hi bryanp,

There's lots of stuff on here and VAG forums about oil pump failure on the 2.0 TDI engine. It's not related to variable servicing etc, just bad design. If you're looking for a definitive answer, Roto Diesel is you're man..

Best of luck,

Rob

Hi bryanp,

There's lots of stuff on here and VAG forums about oil pump failure on the 2.0 TDI engine. It's not related to variable servicing etc, just bad design. If you're looking for a definitive answer, Roto Diesel is you're man..

Best of luck,

Rob

Strange one, that fault was sorted out on the 56 - 07 models in the Passat B6, I would suspect the car has a history thats not quite honest, sounds like someone has had the engine out and replaced it with one from an older car.

Servicing should be every 10k on fixed or 15-20k on variable, if it's fixed it needs 505.01 oil, and variable is 506 for non dpf and 507 for dpf models, if your mate has used the wrong oil this could be the reason it's failed, but VW did an engine mod to prevent this, sadly they didn't pass it on to Skoda until much later.

Sorry wrong quote, not meant for you Robbo.

Edited 8 August, 201114 yr by Supurbia

New here.

My Superb Elegance (2.0 TDI, '56) just had oil pump failure at 56,000>

All servicing in place and at right time, and I have had it from new.

Thus far I have had new oil pump, new turbo and now garage have just called with news that the engine will need replacing.

Aside from their incompetence - what hope have I of getting any recompense from Skoda at all - or am I staring down the £3,600 bill with no hope other than lots of points on my credit card???

I fear that I have been badly ripped by Skoda on this - and will get nowhere.....

All thoughts on here or via e-mail appreciated - and be warned.......

Chris

My thought is that the car isn't worth £3600 in total.

Chris, you have just been robbed by VAG who don't give a toss.

My heartfelt commiserations. I won't be giving them any more of my (honestly earned) money.

rotodiesel.

My dad had the same problem last year on his 2008 Skoda Superb L&K 2.0Tdi at about 40000 miles but very fortunately Skoda picked up the tab all £1800 due to the car still been in warranty they said it was uncommon of it going at such a low mileage!!

Seems once upon a time skoda cars used to be the butt of quite a few jokes, now it seems VAG and SKODA are having a laugh at skoda superb owners who are experiencing troubles with lubrication systems !! From my own personal experience having the dreaded oil pump failure, and trying to get skoda to cough up some good will to no avail, even tho the car was 6mths out of warranty, i would reccomend one of two things. Get a warranty that covers the oil pump, preferably from main dealer, or get shot of it. Because the grief and expence is not what one needs, especially if you own a luxurious elegance or l+k model, because the scenario is here you are with a luxury car that drives really nice and just a tiny shaft can ruin the engine and ones finances and if your attached to your wheels its also linked to your wallet, and thats where VAG win.

So go for the cheapest option and get it fixed so the car becomes an asset again and then get shot of it. That goes for those who have a warranty with their cars as well, because if you want to age over night, this is what will happen if you decide to keep your wheels.