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Chasr

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Good evening all

New owner of a dolphin grey 1.4tdi75 with 238 k kilometres on it in sunny (even in winter ) Portugal, does anyone know of a good reliable A2 specialist preferably in central Portugal ?

Thanks in advance

Chas
 
A belated welcome to the forum Chas :) We do have some members in Portugal but sadly I don't think there are many. Hopefully someone will be along with a recommendation. Is this the TDI from your earlier thread, that had to go back to the dealer for attention to the turbo after failing on the journey home?
 
Hi Proghound,
It is indeed the one with a loss of power issue, after new vaccuum hoses and the sensor they all connect too at top left back of engine bay plus the turbo away to a specialist in Porto for checking (?) we eventually got it back yesterday. However whilst it has the power back and I appreciate it is a 3 cylinder so will be a little "rougher" running than a 4 or more cylinder engine it still feels that there is more vibration and noise than there shoukd be so wanted to get it checked. I've ordered the obd to usb lead from cum_cartec ( as well as the komfortblinker module, miss that from the Q3 quattro we had in th UK) so can plug into diagnostics once they've arrived which hopefully someone on here will then be able to decipher the results for me !

Thank you gor the welocome and a great helpfull band of club members

Regards Chas
 
Vibration could be an issue of worn engine mounts, particularly the dogbone mount to the gearbox. That's easily replaceable with a Polo 9N item, just swap the bracket over for the one already on your car. Depending on what you can hear, you might also need to consider the internal balancer shaft. The shaft itself is probably OK but it's chain driven, and the chain and guides can fail from around the mileage of yours onwards. Despite it being a cambelt engine, you'd hear a noise like a rattly timing chain if the balancer shaft was able to get slightly out of phase with the cylinders.
 
Thanks for the information, I'll have a look at the mounts and dogbone, not noticed a chain rattle but will get the engine stethoscope out over the weekend and check for this too, which end of the engine is it ?
 
Cambelt end (left as you look at it from the front). If you were changing the cambelt it would be an ideal time to be getting in there while it's off.
 
Typical ! Dealer replaced cam belt and water pump as part of service before we took delivery (gearbox and engine oil, fuel, oil and air filters, thermostat and alternator belt too) not ideal to take half of it apart again if the chain needs doing but will see if it is noisy at the weekend. Thanks for your help
Regards
Chas
 
While failures have been known, equally many pass 300k (kilometres) without it being an issue. If you can't hear anything from outside the car, it's probably going to be fine at least until the next belt change in 5 years/100k (kilometres).
 
Chasr said:
Good evening all

New owner of a dolphin grey 1.4tdi75 with 238 k kilometres on it in sunny (even in winter ) Portugal, does anyone know of a good reliable A2 specialist preferably in central Portugal ?

Thanks in advance

Chas
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Bem vindo! Mais um A2 tuga ?
 
Hi Proghound,
Quick update for you, after 2 weeks + back at the dealer having pointed them in hopefully the right direction regarding the vibration issues following on from your advice, we got the car back today ..... new engine mounts all round, gearbox off and flywheel removed and checked for balance (no idea why !) and finaĺly balance shaft chain / tensioner etc replaced ........ we now have an almost silent engine, virtually no vibration even when pushed and vastly improved economy ..... thank you for pointing me in the right direction, drives like a new car !!

Regards

Chas
 
Excellent news! Glad to have been of help ? Enjoy your now silky smooth TDI, that'll be an experience that not very at many on here have had :)
 
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