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Offline Kirstyjayne

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Mk4 GTI 2.0
« on: 26 February 2014, 12:07 »
Hi just wondering if anyone can help I just bought a mk4 2.0 GTI and noticed on the engine cap there's a sludge I was thinking of getting engine flush and flushing the engine but I've been reading up about it and most people are saying to steer clear of doing that as that could seize the engine could anyone help please !!!
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Offline mcgee9t2

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Re: Mk4 GTI 2.0
« Reply #1 on: 26 February 2014, 12:45 »
could be a number of things.

clean the cap off and take the car on a long journey, could just be moisture in the oil from condensation.

if not could be something like head gasket. check to see if theres any oil/mayo in the expansion tank
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Offline GTi_James

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Re: Mk4 GTI 2.0
« Reply #2 on: 26 February 2014, 13:05 »
2ltres are prone to this as well from what i can remember, you probably wont find this is the case in the summer
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Mk4 GTI 2.0
« Reply #3 on: 26 February 2014, 13:24 »
Clean it off and see if it comes back, doing a lot of short runs will not help.
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Offline Sugar79

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Re: Mk4 GTI 2.0
« Reply #4 on: 26 February 2014, 17:14 »
yes ive owned 2 2.0 mk4s and this is common
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