Just found the latest recall affecting 2 tsi and 1.8 tsi engines on vag group engines. Don't know if this will affect 2 tsi Skoda superb. If someone who has a contact who works for Skoda might be able to find further info.

Cut and paste d from web.

04/11/2015: EA288 1.8TFSI and 2.0TFSI engines recalled in USA because the rear camshaft lobe is prone to unexpectedly shear off from the shaft. The failure causes reduced engine power and loss of vacuum pump power, cutting vacuum supply to the brake booster and eventually resulting in increased braking effort."A reduction in engine power and/or increased need for braking effort after vacuum reserve has been depleted while driving can increase the risk of a crash," a statement cautions. The campaign affects approximately 92,000 vehicles including the 2015-2016 Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf GTI, Golf SportWagen, Jetta and Passat. In notifying the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, VAG stated that the root cause of the camshaft failures has not been fully understood. The company is still continuing an in-depth failure analysis and development of a repair solution, however a fix may not be ready until the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Interesting. Good find...

Says here that only effects cars manufactured before June 2015 .... Fingers crossed then ..

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM488597/RCLRPT-15V705-5588.PDF

Just had a quick look at the PDF. States.

Production changed the material of the affected cam drive as of June 2015.

So fingers crossed none of these problems for us.

As I've said in another similar post, I've never seen or heard of a petrol engine with a vacuum pump, these are normally fitted to Diesel engines.

Just had a quick look at the PDF. States.

Production changed the material of the affected cam drive as of June 2015.

So fingers crossed none of these problems for us.

Oh ... :-D

Oh yeah EA288 is a dirv isn't it ? Crossed wires somewhere ?

As I've said in another similar post, I've never seen or heard of a petrol engine with a vacuum pump, these are normally fitted to Diesel engines.

 

Surely not on turbo petrol cars? When turbo blowing air intake pressurised  so there will be no vacuum to run brake servo etc - or am I missing something?

As I've said in another similar post, I've never seen or heard of a petrol engine with a vacuum pump, these are normally fitted to Diesel engines.

 

The wife's 207 VTi petrol has a vacuum pump - it's a variable valve lift and timing engine, so there is not a high vacuum in the intake due to having no throttle butterfly except for cold starting as I understand it. That is very similar to a diesel, hence the pump.

 

Yes, the EA288 is the newer 1.6 and 2.0 diesel.