118TSI - General Discussion

[CandyCab]

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...-50657-18.html

Cool thanks!

[brad]

$550 seems too good! Anyone in Melbourne know where we can get a deal like this?

I fitted colour coded reverse sensors complete with visual display to my Dad's Honda. $45 off Ebay & an afternoons work

[Stelex]

I loved my Golf dearly. It was my first brand new car (at age 42) and I was in love with it from the moment it came out. I had number of VWs, mainly Golfs in my life and I had full faith in VWs reliability and quality. So I bought Golf VI 118 TSI, Comfortline in Nov 2009. Boy was a proud owner, like a peacock in all its glory.

Then ...

The car started giving up on me. First the engine blew up at 15,000 km. Then numerous issues with clunking noise under the car when accelerating.

Air conditioner was leaking and was refilled at each service (3 times) plus once in between. Finally fixed last month by replacing the whatever-its-called valve (fixed ... I hope, for now).

DSG started playing up at 30.000 and after a few bookings and trips to VW they finally decided to upgrade software, did help for 2 weeks, but then it got worse. They replaced the clutch pack. It looked fixed, until today.

Today, the DSG just gave up. Lost the drive and got stuck waiting on the tow truck for 4.5 hours on Sunday afternoon just before the round about when entering Bunnings at Oxley (Brisbane). Had my 10 year old daughter with me as well.

Unfortunately my car is leased so I have another 2 years of 'fun' to go. However, on the day the leas expires the car will be for sale, at any price.

Goodbye VW, you killed it for me big time. Never again.

[Brian]

Genuinely sorry to hear of your troubles Stelex. We buy the German engineering for its reputation, which is what I did. My 2009 Tsi has been faultless for 2 and a half years. Probably not what you want to hear but I think the pluses should be exposed as well as the minuses.
Hope your problems are resolved with minimal fuss.
Brian

[slick1]

Hi all.

Well this is my first post on this forum. I leased a brand new golf 118TSi in April 2009 and i had an APR (Stage 1) mod done to it about 18 months ago.

All was good up until about 2 months ago when you would be going along in any gear with the exception of 1st and 2nd (6 speed manual) and when you put your foot down to accelerate. it would misfire. it got quite bad so i booked it in to get checked. the engine light would also flash. Sometimes for 8 flashes, then other times for 40 or 50 flashes.

The mechanic changed the plugs at 104,000km which is the expected life out of platinum plugs once he connected his diagnostic computer onto the car and it told him that cylinders 1 and 3 were misfiring. All was good for a few weeks and then it started to misfire again. This time, it wasn't as bad as when it did it with the old plugs.

I took it to the mechanics and he changed the 4 coil packs. He only changed them this morning so i guess the next month or so will be the real test. Its nearly done 110,000km so it'll be interesting to see if any other faults start happening.

From what I hear, the Mk VI have engine problems (Blow up) and dry cylinder issues with the injectors not spraying correctly. My lease is up in about 3 months so I have to pay the residual out and then i think i'll sell the car privately.

What do you think it will be worth? It will have 120,000km on the clock. Next to perfect condition car, Silver, Black leather seats, comfortline, Tinted windows.

Thanks in advance.

[brad]

the tune will hilight any deficiencies in the engine systems....

104,000km out of platinum plugs? I thought it was dependant on electrode diameter?

I think you'll find the service manual says to change at 90,000km & the dealership workshops generally do them at 60,000km (regardless of what the service schedule says). Hopefully the coil packs will get you running properly again.

I would think that after 3 years the car would be worth around half what you paid?

[slick1]

Thanks for your reply Brad.

in regards to the plugs, i think they lasted 104,000km. Perhaps the dealership did change them earlier on but i didn't know.

the car would misfire whether i was on the stock program or the APR program. I drove the car today like I normally do and the car didn't misfire at all. Before the coils were changed, so that tells me that its all good. Going up Mt Ousley in the morning and the car didn't miss a beat. Before the coil packs were changed it would misfire quite bad up there.

I forgot to mention yesterday about another issue which im having.

When i start the car in the morning (From being stone cold) i walk to the back of the car to listen to the exhaust and it misses for around 20 or so seconds then smoothes right out. it was doing that before the coil packs as well. I thought the new coil packs would of fixed it but the misfire is still there with the new coil packs. Like i said, its only for the first 20 or 30 seconds then it goes away.

Any help on that one much appreciated.

Slick1

[Brendan_A]

When i start the car in the morning (From being stone cold) i walk to the back of the car to listen to the exhaust and it misses for around 20 or so seconds then smoothes right out. it was doing that before the coil packs as well. I thought the new coil packs would of fixed it but the misfire is still there with the new coil packs. Like i said, its only for the first 20 or 30 seconds then it goes away.

Any help on that one much appreciated.

Slick1

My car only has 9k km on it and has done this from brand new. Only for about 30 sec and mostly the first start up for the day.

I'm not worried about. It's something do with the cold start cycle.

[Ryan_R]

Sometimes my car nearly sounds like a diesel from the outside on a cold start, sometimes with a rare anomaly, never panicked about it though.

[Ozram]

Its just extra fuel being burnt to warm up the catalytic converter in the exhaust system as quickly as possible. This assists with emissions control. They all do it, nothing to be alarmed about.