are 1.8T's JUNK????

[JordanVw at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/24/04 7:01:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Fkutyba writes:


> It pretty much takes a complete moron..........to blow one up.......... 

ive been on the passat list for like 3 yrs now.. and  i seem to get the idea 
they the 1.8T's do a pretty good job of "blowing up" on their own...  the "oil 
sludging"  "bad oil pump"  broken TB and bent valves" posts are endless..and 
the sad thing is that many of these cars (1.8T's) have less than 50k miles on 
them.   i have a friend that is a vw mechanic..and he says that he is always 
doing oil pumps and turbos on the B5 passats and audi A4's...most are under 
warranty, with really low miles..  i have another friend with a '02 GTI 
1.8t...the thing doesnt even have 8000 miles on it...and he is on his 2nd turbo....

i dont think it takes a moron to blow these engines up..   VW/Audi  has 
admitted they have a oil sludging problem..    i think that alone is a big factor 
in nixing the 1.8t from being used in the B6 and vw mk5..

chris