help tdi engines

[gino-93]

i was just thinking about this,
im trying to get a bora, are they the same in PD engines to only the 130 and 150?

[Rhyso]

i was just thinking about this,
im trying to get a bora, are they the same in PD engines to only the 130 and 150?

Bora has the 115bhp too

[AudiA8Quattro]

So why did the 150 have more problems than the 130?

[Rhyso]

So why did the 150 have more problems than the 130?

Lots of theories ranging from incorrect oil to a batch of cam followers to purely the fact the 150 was running more power

There's no hard and fast rule for the cam failure    130's do suffer from it but its not as widely known as the 150

[AudiA8Quattro]

So was it bad tappets causing the cam failure?
How did the cams fail?
I'm asking as i might be interested in getting a Bora tdi.

[Wayne]

So was it bad tappets causing the cam failure?
How did the cams fail?

They seem to go round on the lobes

[AudiA8Quattro]

Ok so the lobes became damaged, caused by faulty tappets?

[Rhyso]

Some pics here
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=140425.0

[Steve_PD]

Mine

[Steve_PD]

to late