Is the 2ltr TDI engine the worst VAG ever produced?

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We had our share of problems when we had a 2003 Audi 2 ltr TDI sport last year... It had water loss problems which looked to be the cylinder head porous... It also needed a clutch and duel mass flywheel. We sold it on...

I keep seeing on here that there are all sorts of problems with these engines, and to confirm it, I was in the travel agents yesterday and one of the girls was in tears... Just had a call from the garage to say they wanted £1500 to fix a water leak on the engine and do a service... She said she spent £3300 on the engine and servicing last year in the Audi dealers


Is this the worst engine VAG produce?

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J B L said:

First company car: Golf 2.0 TDi 140 PD: porous head replaced at 40k miles ish. Oil consumption settled down at 40k miles too. 70k miles in total, no other issue.

2nd company car: Passat CC 2.0 TDi 140 CR: no problem, 30k miles now and only had to top up the oil once before Christmas.

Wife's cars:

Leon 1.9 TDi. Did 15k miles before new job. No prob.

Golf 5 2.0TDi 140 PD. 3 yrs/55k miles, no issues. Oil consumption settled at 30k miles like mine.

Current: Golf 6 2.0 TDi 140 CR: 5000 miles, no issue, oil hasn't moved.


It's a good, mass produced engine as far as my experience goes.

All low (ish) mileage cars though, and even you have experienced head problems on one in four of the 2 ltr engined cars you have owned! if that was my experience I wouldn't be too pleased!

far better engines out there... even VAG ones!