Slow death of a 118TSI

[Rawcpoppa]

When doing a re build, are those pistons and rings the same parts from the original way back in 2009 or have they been re engineered?

Is there a way to find a list of parts in the CAVD have been officially upgraded by VW?

Revised this year so take that for what it is worth. Last revision was in 2011!

[Pilot]

And I'm still running the first mk6 2009 ones

[Rawcpoppa]

And I'm still running the first mk6 2009 ones

Have you had any issues? Did you get all the software updates for it done?

[Pilot]

Have you had any issues? Did you get all the software updates for it done?

It had the update ecu flash in 2010 and it is currently stage one giac and have only had a coil pack go

[Rawcpoppa]

I'm guessing you drove it aggressively from day one or got the stage 1 done pretty early in its life? Less than a year?

[Pilot]

It was stock until 80xxxkm, that's when I got it tuned got new sparks and coils at 100xxxkm.... They hadn't been replaced since ~50-55k km

[Lucas_R]

^ correct me if im wrong, but i think "Pilots" car is a manual which seem to have a much better reliability rate than the DSG ones. Because the DSG always wants to be in the highest gear possible i believe they labour the engine and cause the engine to detonate (under load at low RPM) much more easily than the manuals.

[Rawcpoppa]

You must be the luckiest mk6 118 TSI owner from that year lol.

[Pilot]

^ correct me if im wrong, but i think "Pilots" car is a manual which seem to have a much better reliability rate than the DSG ones. Because the DSG always wants to be in the highest gear possible i believe they labour the engine and cause the engine to detonate (under load at low RPM) much more easily than the manuals.

You stand uncorrected Manual life pretty lucky I guess... Punchy as crap too coil pack only started to really give up after a mountain run

[Rawcpoppa]

^ correct me if im wrong, but i think "Pilots" car is a manual which seem to have a much better reliability rate than the DSG ones. Because the DSG always wants to be in the highest gear possible i believe they labour the engine and cause the engine to detonate (under load at low RPM) much more easily than the manuals.

I was thinking more along the lines of running lean if driven gingerly. Manual drivers don't use the highest gear when cruising like a DSG would?