Golf 118 TSI Engine Failures and Service Campaign 24S4

[drmitseng]

Hi I am new to this board, just bought my used golf VI 118tsi about a month ago, now it has this check engine light on. I used VCDS to pull up the error code and i have a p0016 which suggests timing is off and mechanical error. But the car drives fine and there's no error codes for compression. I got it booked in with VW village tomorrow, can anyone give me a rough idea on what the damage is gonna be? I searched and i believe i saw 900 bucks to replace the chain and tensioner. Also for the worst case scenario, if the engine is gone, wouldn't it spit out other codes too?

[The One]

Hi I am new to this board, just bought my used golf VI 118tsi about a month ago, now it has this check engine light on. I used VCDS to pull up the error code and i have a p0016 which suggests timing is off and mechanical error. But the car drives fine and there's no error codes for compression. I got it booked in with VW village tomorrow, can anyone give me a rough idea on what the damage is gonna be? I searched and i believe i saw 900 bucks to replace the chain and tensioner. Also for the worst case scenario, if the engine is gone, wouldn't it spit out other codes too?

Sometimes it will spit misfire codes sometimes not, however p0016 is more of a timing coloration issues vs misfire issue. Goodluck.