Hello, I am from Malaysia. I have been driven a few model of VW. VW GTi MK6, VW Tiguan Mk1 and VW Polo 1.2 Tsi 6r. Allow me to share my experience, beside Malaysia VW cars owner problem. Yes, there are few problem with VW cars. For VW with 7 speeder DSG dry clutch (DQ200). The major problem was originally VW was using synthetic dsg oil and problem resolved after they replace it with a mineral dsg oil. When driving in hot weather countries, especially in Malaysia the dsg oil will overheated. For DQ200 dry DSG, the dsg oil is acting as an oil cooler but since dry clutch using about 1L of oil therefore when driving in hot weather, the dsg can be easily overheated. When the dsg oil has reached certain of temperature, the synthetic dsg oil will become electricity conductivity and this will shock the megatronics inside the dsg. Megatronics is the controller for the DSG. ABS light/Headlight/Brakes light appear on the dashboard is mostly the failure of the ABS speed sensor. There are each sensors in each wheel. When the wheel rotating, the ABS speed sensor will feed the rotation signal to the ECU to tell the cruising speed. The is a lifespan for this ABS speed sensor, about 3.5 to 5 years, depends on your luck, even with less usage or low mileage, the ABS sensor will be failed as well. Each sensor price from RM70 to RM200. RM1 = HKD$2. For VW Golf 1.4 Tsi, there is a common failure in the engine. This engine built with turbo and kompressor charger. The power output has pushed to upper limit. Therefore the feeding the fuel is very critical. Major problem found was the piston crack due to engine knock after feeding lower than RON97 fuel. The minimum please use RON 97 or best is RON100. In today modern engine, the car manufacturer tend to prefer to use low viscosity engine oil due to low viscosity oil will produce more performance from the engine but the draw back is the engine oil will burned faster than usual. There is no fault in the engine, nothing wrong with piston rings etc. This is what the design are. Get used to it, just top up the engine oil. I found the engine oil burned quicker than usual when you often accelerates your car. Sorry my Chinese typing is not very good but I would wish to share my experience with others.
@AutoGuyzRelation3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kindly share!!! I'm appreciate that ;)
@aeroline113 жыл бұрын
Not sure if all VW model is using 5W-40 or not but it is highly recommend to use this 5W-40 at least to avoid the engine lubricant burnt or lost. When can reach probably like 200k km it is highly recommend to use 5W-50 for better protection. Although the viscosity is high and may cause slightly loss of performance with slightly higher fuel consumption but it given better protection to engine with lower friction and less lubricant lost.