CTH & gti 2 week thoughts

Today dropped the car in for the slight rattle, was done quickly some sort of insulation was put over the common problem areas of the fuel lines. No rattle anymore. Didn't mind waiting in vw since they have free refreshments and clean amentites ;-)

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Originally Posted by richycreations

It has almost been two weeks since we picked up our new my13 polo gti and wanted to give my thoughts on the car and new CTH engine progress.

Engine: after 1200km on the clock now I have taken a few observations and wanting any new my13 CTH engine owners to confirm the following.

*oil consumption: Even though 1200km isn't much yesterday I pulled out the dipstick and it is still at the top oil line and hasn't seemed to chew any oil yet (fingers crossed). Also the oil is still crystal clear and looks like new out of The bottle.

*exhaust dust build up, this may or may not be caused from oil consumption but yesterday I washed the car for the first time and there was no evidence of exhaust dust over the back bar. Nor any black build up on the exhaust tips.

Thoughts on the car (good): quiet comfortable to drive for a daily driver, seats are firm and have a lot of adjustment. Interior is clean and labeled well, steering wheel is chunky but feels great. The aircon is cold as hell, dsg does its job accordingly and have had no false neutrals nor hesitations. The car is quiet to drive with the windows up and the sound system isn't to shabby even streaming music through the mfd Bluetooth.

Thoughts on the car (bad): torque steer seems to be quiet servere especially when cornering and accelerating. Never though I would ever say this about a car but I feel that the car has a little too much power down low for a small car.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head after only having the car for a very short period. Note that a lot of these things were not able to be looked at previous to purchase because at the time the dealership had no gti's in stock to test drive so we drove the 77tsi polo and the 118tsi golf and kinda put 2 & 2 together upon pre order.

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Yeah my experience is virtually identical, although I don't mind the steering wheel pulling through my hands. I had 2 Peugeot 205GTI that did the same thing so I am used to that.
Yeah my oil looks as clean as cooking oil from your supermarket, no carbon deposits on the exhaust tip, and no oil useage so far.
I am very happy with the car so far.

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Originally Posted by richycreations

Today dropped the car in for the slight rattle, was done quickly some sort of insulation was put over the common problem areas of the fuel lines. No rattle anymore. Didn't mind waiting in vw since they have free refreshments and clean amentites ;-)

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At start up the car sounds a bit like a diesel, maybe I have the same rattle. I don't notice it while driving though

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Originally Posted by Melon Head

At start up the car sounds a bit like a diesel, maybe I have the same rattle. I don't notice it while driving though

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So did mine, go to a road where there is a wall to your driverside. Next to it go 60km in 6th or 7th and plant your foot, listen carefully and you will pick it up if you have it too (drivers window down too, and in manual mode so it wont kick back).

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Originally Posted by Melon Head

Yeah my experience is virtually identical, although I don't mind the steering wheel pulling through my hands. I had 2 Peugeot 205GTI that did the same thing so I am used to that.
Yeah my oil looks as clean as cooking oil from your supermarket, no carbon deposits on the exhaust tip, and no oil useage so far.
I am very happy with the car so far.

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If yours is a my13 with a CTH, that's a +1 for no oil consumption and no exhaust dust.

On a side not my vw dealer told me as of late last year there no longer using Castrol oils even though you get castrol brochures with the new car. Wonder if this also plays a small factor?

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Originally Posted by richycreations

If yours is a my13 with a CTH, that's a +1 for no oil consumption and no exhaust dust.

On a side not my vw dealer told me as of late last year there no longer using Castrol oils even though you get castrol brochures with the new car. Wonder if this also plays a small factor?

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Yeah MY13 with CTH engine

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Originally Posted by richycreations

On a side not my vw dealer told me as of late last year there no longer using Castrol oils even though you get castrol brochures with the new car. Wonder if this also plays a small factor?

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What oil are they using now? Mobil, Shell, Motul, Liqui Moly?

Could be the Castrol breaks down under shear.

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Originally Posted by Melon Head

What oil are they using now? Mobil, Shell, Meotul, Liqui Moly?

Could be the Castrol breaks down under shear.

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Good question, I can't remember what he said perhaps Mobil or valvoline?

Just had my second refuel.
It's gone from 9.1 to 8.5 l/100km

Still no oil consumption

4 week old CTH
0-1000km no oil consumed
1000-1500km topped up 250ml
1500-2500km no oil consumed