PROS and CONS of TDI engines

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PROS and CONS of TDI engines

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Hi there, the name's Nathan. Thank you for allowing me to join your club. I do not own a VW, but am interested in purchasing one by next year, thus I wanted to find out as much as I can before committing to anything. I am particularly interested in the Golf 5 TDI and would like to enquire about the PROS and CONS of it. The main reason for being interested in this vehicle is the fuel economy. Just anted to know about common problems, service costs etc. Thanks for your help. :)

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I have a Jetta 5 1.9 TDI

Same motor, just a sedan
Economy is great, on long distance, i get almost 1000kms

on everyday commuting, work and back, my wife used to get
a minimum of 850km a tank

service costs are not bad , just depend where you take it

i normally buy the parts from vw and do the work myself
at a mechanic buddy of mine
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rkn wrote:I have a Jetta 5 1.9 TDI

Same motor, just a sedan
Economy is great, on long distance, i get almost 1000kms

on everyday commuting, work and back, my wife used to get
a minimum of 850km a tank

service costs are not bad , just depend where you take it

i normally buy the parts from vw and do the work myself
at a mechanic buddy of mine
Howzit bud

Did the 5 also come in a 2l TDi motor? They where 16v motors if I remember and the earlier models had head issues

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Wazza wrote:
Howzit bud

Did the 5 also come in a 2l TDi motor? They where 16v motors if I remember and the earlier models had head issues

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The 5 came out in 2.0 TDi as well, it is a 6 speed.
Not sure sure about 16v and i have never heard of any jetta motors that
had issues, maybe there was and i never heard about it

Only TDI motors i know of was the sportline polo, but that was turbo and software iirc, motors are pretty rock solid
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Golf, pretty solid and no major issues.

Polo Sportline had revised software and turbo that resolved the reliability issue.
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Post by BIGMIG »

1.9l is a 8v and the 2.0l is a 16v. And yes the 2l did have some issues but to this date I haven't personally spoken to anyone that has had issues with them. If you do some research you will find some more info on that problem. Rock solid cars in my opinion. If I didn't get my sportline I would of looked for a 2l tdi golf five.
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Interesting that the Jetta 4 1.9 TDI has better fuel consumption than the Jetta 5 2l TDI. You can check that by comparing their specifications. I would assume the main reason is that the Jetta 5 is a bigger car than the Jetta 4, and therefore heavier.
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