badgera Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Anybody had major problems with a PD130 engine? A friend of mine has a PD130 GTTDi as a company car. He is about to change it (3 years old) and it has 95K on it. On his way to work at the end of last week it started to sound a little more like a tractor than normal, so he slowed down, opened the window (to check that it was his car making the noise) and was about to divert to the dealer, when it stopped. No oil warning light or anything other than the noise and it wouldn't do anything. He's had the message back today that it needs a new engine (£2990 plus VAT), there's talk of bent con-rods, but the timing belt was fine. The cars been service reguarly, kept topped with oil and driven briskly. Anybody else experienced this? I'd expect this sort of thing shouldn't happen to a maintained modern engine. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Did he drive though water or It could have been the turbo blow and sucked oil in to the engine(combustion chamber) and with the engine unable to compress oil it has just bent the con rods etc etc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgera Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Hid didn't drive through water and as yet the dealer has not any idea what caused it, wouldn't he have seen loads of black smoke if the turbo went and sucked in oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 If it's under 3 years old, still under warranty! He'd know if the engine sucked in oil from the turbo, as he'd be revving the arse off it and unable to stop it without stalling. Edit: Just noticed the 95k miles, so not in warranty anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes49 Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Did he drive though water or It could have been the turbo blow and sucked oil in to the engine(combustion chamber) and with the engine unable to compress oil it has just bent the con rods etc etc, [/ QUOTE ] If the turbo had gone it would have reved the engine up past it safe limit. Beacuse the engine would run on the engine oil and the rev limiter is built into the fuel system with that bypasses they just rev till the valves hit the pistions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes49 Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Anybody had major problems with a PD130 engine? A friend of mine has a PD130 GTTDi as a company car. He is about to change it (3 years old) and it has 95K on it. On his way to work at the end of last week it started to sound a little more like a tractor than normal, so he slowed down, opened the window (to check that it was his car making the noise) and was about to divert to the dealer, when it stopped. No oil warning light or anything other than the noise and it wouldn't do anything. He's had the message back today that it needs a new engine (£2990 plus VAT), there's talk of bent con-rods, but the timing belt was fine. The cars been service reguarly, kept topped with oil and driven briskly. Anybody else experienced this? I'd expect this sort of thing shouldn't happen to a maintained modern engine. Andrew [/ QUOTE ] Ok, you say it stoped after he slowed down, Did he try cranking it over after it had stopped? If he did, did it crank over or was it solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 When was the timing belt replaced? and by who? Possibly the lifters failed, I've heard of this a couple of times, but I don't see how this would bend con rods unless the valves dropped into the bores! It's got to be something to do with valve / piston interference somehow. Maybe the timing belt job was goofed and the pistons hit a valve or two, then the shop realised, and set it all up correctly. Later down the road, the valve could fail and cause the damage we have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgera Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I think after it stopped it wouldn't crank over (i.e. it was siezed). the timing belt was changed by the VW main dealer at 70Kish. It's been maintained as per the book (or at least been taken in to be maintained as per the book). I just wondered if many "blown" engines had been reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I've not heard of a single 130 going total. 115's and 150's have had some problems but not so far as siezing from memory. There's usually some poor maintenance involved (or lack of good maintenance) or something failing on the timing belt / valvetrain somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Any news on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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