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mediocre engine
Posted by nt moore (more from nt moore) on Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:05:35
In Reply to: Need Advice about VW's, Finch, Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:43:20
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The engine most of the 90's-02 Golf/Jettas have is a simple little 2.0L 8v (110 hp). My wife has one (a '99). Its a nice enough car, and reasonably safe with side airbags and ABS, but I really wish I had waited around for a mid-90's 9000 instead. You can haul more, go faster, its much much safer, and I'm sure it does better than the 22mpg our VW averages. If she really wants a VW, I'd say you've be better off looking for a TDI model.
The oil consumption problem comes in two variants. Minor signifigance variant that most 2.0 4cyl's (and some 2.8 VR6's) seem to have is oil consumption of 1qt/2-3000 miles. This is what I see in my wife's car (w/ mobil1). The more severe problem is that a very short model year range (think 01-02, specific VIN range) had the Piston rings installed in the factory upside-down. This is where the dealer specified oil-consumption test comes in and where the rebuild at VW's dime occurs.
Yes, it is a wussy little engine.
NT
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Posts in this Thread:
- Need Advice about VW's, Finch, Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:43:20
- Stay Away, Nick
, Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:24:43 - indestructible!!!, AndyR, Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:21:00
- on going follow up., Finch, Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:59:35
- All three of my VWs were great, RobInfo, Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:52:56
- Oil issues seem to be common in VWs., Noel, Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:05:34
- I say yes to VW unlike PhillySaaber..., Misplacedyankee
, Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:12:41 - Re: Need Advice about VW's, JamieZ, Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:43:02
- VW's and Saab's......, Mike Lynch
, Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:45:58 - mediocre engine, nt moore, Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:05:35 <-- Viewing This Message
- Why replace the Impreza? (+), Vlad, Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:15:46
- NO VW!, PhillySaaber, Fri, 5 Nov 2004 06:06:31
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