A4 Tdi oil pump chain woes
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Aaarrgghh!
Just booked my car (2005 A4 2.0L Tdi manual) in for it's first service at my local independent, and he is saying that there is a grinding noise coming from the engine which on investigation is a worn oil pump and balancer shaft drive chain. Questions are as follows:
1-I checked with Audi and they are not aware of any such problem existing (although the web seems to throw up similar Passat issues on what I believe is the same engine), altough I might not really be typing the right thing into Google or PH search. The indy says you can't buy a VAG chain and it's now a gear system as a replacment. Is this a known issue?
2-On tickover, I can feel (through the seat, not hear) something like a "misfire", unlikely on a diesel obviously! As soon as the car is revving, it's fine, but this occasional judder is noticebale, and something I never felt on a Bora PD150 that I had previously. Could this balancer issue be responsible?
3-The Audi parts are a bit "bend over sir" and converts the engine from a chain drive to a geared drive system. My indy is going to see if German & Swedish or similar do a replacement chain, or is this a false economy and I should just, well, bend over and get the geaer conversion fitted?
Thanks
New and gutted Audi owner :-(
Just booked my car (2005 A4 2.0L Tdi manual) in for it's first service at my local independent, and he is saying that there is a grinding noise coming from the engine which on investigation is a worn oil pump and balancer shaft drive chain. Questions are as follows:
1-I checked with Audi and they are not aware of any such problem existing (although the web seems to throw up similar Passat issues on what I believe is the same engine), altough I might not really be typing the right thing into Google or PH search. The indy says you can't buy a VAG chain and it's now a gear system as a replacment. Is this a known issue?
2-On tickover, I can feel (through the seat, not hear) something like a "misfire", unlikely on a diesel obviously! As soon as the car is revving, it's fine, but this occasional judder is noticebale, and something I never felt on a Bora PD150 that I had previously. Could this balancer issue be responsible?
3-The Audi parts are a bit "bend over sir" and converts the engine from a chain drive to a geared drive system. My indy is going to see if German & Swedish or similar do a replacement chain, or is this a false economy and I should just, well, bend over and get the geaer conversion fitted?
Thanks
New and gutted Audi owner :-(
TT I've only been on the VAG forum a couple of times but it does not take long to work out you know your onions!
Many thanks for passing this info on, and I will in turn pass it to my indy. I'm absolutley gutted as I've just kissed goodbye to most of the saving of buying privately but at least if it's done now, it's done.
Thanks again!
Many thanks for passing this info on, and I will in turn pass it to my indy. I'm absolutley gutted as I've just kissed goodbye to most of the saving of buying privately but at least if it's done now, it's done.
Thanks again!
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