Mk6 Golf Engine Warning light

Mk6 Golf Engine Warning light

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Salgar

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3,283 posts

183 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Hey all,

I've got a Mk6 Golf Diesel 1.6 105ps - It's on around 40k miles, and I use it for station commuting (And we also do long journeys in it relatively often, DPFers)

Yesterday I was about 10 minutes into my drive when the engine warning light came on

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/warning-light/d...

There was no change in engine sound, everything seemed fine except that the car had obviously had its power limited, like it had a maximum rpm of 2500 and everything had been slightly scaled back. If you drove with low revs though, everything seemed fine.

That evening, it was fine again, until about 10 minutes into the drive again (out of a 15 minute drive). This morning it happened much sooner, after about 3 minutes.

Obviously, I need to take it to a dealer, but I was wondering if anyone had seen this before on this engine?
I'm assuming it's a sensor of some kind not working properly?

Thanks.

Salgar

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3,283 posts

183 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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I need a new EGR Cooler, apparently, £580 parts & labour.

Lovely.

Sheepshanks

32,535 posts

118 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Are VW contributing to that?

I'm not sure EGR cooler is the same as EGR valve but that's common on these at over a grand. I wouldn't run a diesel without some sort of warranty cover.


va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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A friend with a 59-plate 1.6 TDI had this exact same problem a few months ago

Very common from what I'm hearing and seems worse on cars predominately used around town as it gets blocked quicker.

Edited by va1o on Thursday 27th August 20:59

bigvanfan

378 posts

131 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Yip this cooler is poorly designed, very common failure. You can get a delete kit for your car for about £75 , but it needs the warning light put out , easy job to do

Salgar

Original Poster:

3,283 posts

183 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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Sheepshanks said:
Are VW contributing to that?

I'm not sure EGR cooler is the same as EGR valve but that's common on these at over a grand. I wouldn't run a diesel without some sort of warranty cover.
I've not asked, but I wouldn't assume they would, the car is 60 plate and I think the regular warranty is only 3 years. Perhaps I should get an extended warranty. hmm.

LOTUS110

33 posts

163 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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If you have full vw service history, then hassle vw customer service and your dealer for a good will gesture, this is a known problem and they should pay.
My brother has had his replaced and the bill was reduced from just over a £1000 down to £200.