 OT- Anyone with a MKV or MKVI TSI GTI, TSI Chain Tensioners? |
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| seanery |
 Dec 23 2018, 10:46 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None  |
Hey guys, thinking about picking up an 09 GTI tomorrow. It's a 1 owner 70k mile car. Carfax showed some service history, but I didn't see anything regarding Chain Tensioners. How big of a deal is it? Some of the articles I've read makes it seem dire. If it is dire, do I replace the chains as well? If so, we're looking at quite a parts bill, let alone the service.
What else? Are there any other areas of concern? Thanks!   |
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| Beebo Kanelle |
Dec 23 2018, 02:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Houston, Texas Member No.: 15,177 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Notable features of the EA888 (in real life) are: excellent driveability, easily tuned, chain tensioners that fail, plastic water pumps that fail, hopelessly inept pcv system, extreme intake valve carbon fouling, terrible rear main seal design, injectors that spontaneously fail, unknown engine check lights that the dealer cannot solve, and a myriad of plastic parts that leak or fail, coil packs that fail, cheap connectors that become brittle and break...
I only wish the Germans could have made it more complicated. and, I'm sure they're working on that. But don't worry, get a real scan tool and you can do a better job of diagnosing and fixing (with practice) - BTW, great looking car |
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seanery OT- Anyone with a MKV or MKVI TSI GTI Dec 23 2018, 10:46 AM
914forme They are great cars the chain is like the IMS bear... Dec 23 2018, 01:10 PM
seanery Plastic water pump! Man, did reading that spur... Dec 23 2018, 09:09 PM |
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