I'm in centurion.
I found a place called remtech for "refurbished" engines, not sure how trustworthy they are.
Comes with a one year warranty.
I'm in centurion.
Thanks, will do as soon as I get to see what the actual issue is.THANAS wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:33 pm Send Stephan (panic-mechanic) a message, as you mentioned you want to keep the car long term. In that case, you really do want it to be built properly, and since the motor is already open with the intention of being rebuild or replaced, my opinion would be to have it built with forged pistons and rods as well and have some fun with the car afterwards. Of course this is assuming the motor is still salvageable (which it should be).
What is you mileage out of curiousity?
I totally agree, it will probably be cheaper to source an engine from a breaker, but will still hurt your finances.
The EPC and check engine lights came on while driving so it drove it straight to VW.
Did the workshop manager tell you that the motor in your car has an aluminium block?G-UNIT wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:32 pm VW quoted R141000 to get a new engine!
I'm obviously not going to do that.
There are vertical grooves in the cylinder.
Looks like the cylinders need to be rebored, but since it is an aluminium engine, they do not recommend that.
Technician told me that there is a TPI for my symptoms (excessive oil usage) and it mentions my engine number.
Car failed a compression test on cylinder 2 and the technician tells me that tpi does not say anything about a failed compression test and this is the problem if I were to approach VW SA with a claim.
I think it's obvoius that this "faulty" engine messed up the cylinders and caused the failure of the compression test.
That and the fact that the car if far out of warranty, they probably will reject the claim.
If it had happened under warranty, they would have replaced the engine with a new one which will not be the faulty CMB engines.
So VW knew that there is an issue with the CMB engines and issued a TPI for it.
How do I approach VW SA with this?
Seeing that the car is 45000k's (and 1 year) over the warranty period, they probably will not honor this claim.
so, Can I get this engine be rebored by someone else?
Should I try to source a 2nd hand engine?
Should I try to source a 2nd hand block as this is the only part that needs to be replaced.
Last resort...
What do you think is a reasonable amount to accept for the car in this condition?
Any help or advice is really appreciated.
My apologies, my brain just assumed GTI, probably because of how common they are, and because sometimes I don't read properly. The CMB TSI is indeed an aluminium block. Apparently those are known to score the cylinders quite badly when they fail, so a replacement/2nd hand motor may be the better option, but see what people say.
VW Polo's (any model) stays on top of the hi-jackers list in SA, so it's pretty much a gamble irrespective of the year/model.