Could insurance total the car? Or is that out of the question?
mechanical failure is not an insurance issue unfortunately.
Could insurance total the car? Or is that out of the question?
Wow. Gotta say... screw VW for this kind of crap. They better do something about this. I wouldn't blame you for never touching a VW again lol.
I've owned nothing but VW's and I gotta say... if this were to happen to my car I'd burn it and never buy another VW
That's terrible, especially on a car that is barely 4 years old. I thought they figured out the tension/timing chain issues by the 2013 model year. What's the built date of your car? As I'm now wondering when mine will go.
Could also not be related to the tensioner... who knows
One of the key things the dealers look for is the camshaft screen, once the screen is missing they go to task upcharging.The timing chain had jumped and tensioner needed to be replaced, but the camshaft screen apparently broke in half and went into the engine. I'm not sure which led to the other.
But now the head is warped...which they told me was not the case after diagnosis...so that pisses me off.
He already mentioned the camshaft bridge screen blew out on his engine. This is a common issue on the TSI, if youre lucky the screen will blow out and not get stuck in anything, or it can block oil pressure to the cams causing them to starve and you can jump timing and have catastrophic failure even with an updated timing chain tensioner. I know there's an updated cam bridge part # but I don't know if that remedies the screen problem. It seems to be really common for them to blow out. Another thing you gotta worry about when owning a 2.0 TSI....
not sure where you are getting your numbers from. buying a used engine is 2200+ the labor which looks to be anywhere from 14-20 hrs.
One of the key things the dealers look for is the camshaft screen, once the screen is missing they go to task upcharging.
To me if the camshaft screen comes loose goes in the engine and there are any failures, this is a manufacturer fault and all damages should be covered, but VW doesn't subscribe to reason.
SHOPDAP sells repair parts with rebuilt head for ~$1900
https://shopdap.com/store/make-mode...11/engine/vw-audi-2-0-tsi-bent-valve-kit.html
oh really? hmm maybe it depends on the policy but im pretty sure my friend had his car repaired via insurance when his engine hit the dirt.mechanical failure is not an insurance issue unfortunately.