[Vwdiesel] vw turbo recall? 1.8T

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

Hi Matt;
	I have a friend that has a foreign car garage and does VW, Audi,
Jaguar, BMW, etc. Seems they find the weak point on the 1.8 T is the water
pump that adjusts the timing belt. People tend to change the belt and use
the old pump and then end up with many bent valves when the water pump
fails. On another thought I have a VW 2.0 20 valve turbo engine here with a
perfect block and 12 bent valves because the car owner didn't change the
belt at the recommended time. 140,000+ miles and 12 bent valves. I haven't
decided what to do with the engine yet. Perhaps I will put it in one of my
1981 VW Rabbit pickups.
Brian Decker
Western Washington

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Matthew
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:07 AM
To: wetwesties wetwesties; tdi-conversion at yahoogroups.com; diesel fans;
diesel-vanagon at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] vw turbo recall? 1.8T

anybody else get the letter from VW about the recall for 1.8T (gasser)
motors? Apparently there is excessive sludge buildup, causing premature
failures (turbo, engine, etc).  I had a passat that was included, so i got
the letter.

I'm sending this email because many of us are driving turbo'ed vw (diesels
and some gassers i suppose) and this may be noteworthy. 

I'll try to get the letter scanned and posted in the files (or p-mailed)
shortly.

-matt



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