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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Laser1974 on 13 April 2014, 00:36

Title: Polo gti
Post by: Laser1974 on 13 April 2014, 00:36

Hi everyone my mate has just bought his missus a 2010 polo gti with dsg is there anything he should be worried about or known problems with them?he will be joining the forum soon it's black with monzas tartan interior,really nice looking car

Title: Re: Polo gti
Post by: tweed on 13 April 2014, 14:52

My advise is join a polo forum.  I know they are similar but you will get a lot more help there.

Title: Re: Polo gti
Post by: dom on 13 April 2014, 18:44

I'm pretty sure that the early 1.4tsi engines had all sorts of fairly major problems.

Title: Re: Polo gti
Post by: Rhyso on 13 April 2014, 18:46

Quote from: dom on 13 April 2014, 18:44

I'm pretty sure that the early 1.4tsi engines had all sorts of fairly major problems.

Yeah they tended to eat their piston rings

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=210229.0

Title: Re: Polo gti
Post by: Laser1974 on 13 April 2014, 21:38

Thanks for the reply lads i will get my mate to join polo forum

Title: Re: Polo gti
Post by: tweed on 14 April 2014, 13:41

As for eating piston rings most vag petrol engines had that problem from 2000 to 2010.