Review of VW 1.9 SDI Engines

A short review of my car and the engine.

[@brasseaumax3489]

1.9 sdi is the best engine in VW history, simply bulletproof engine

[@ogloftus]

Naa VR6 is the best by VW

[@Pascal-rs6vt]

@@ogloftus But not as reliable

[@ogloftus]

@@Pascal-rs6vt they’re quite literally bulletproof

[@fdc2367]

0-60 in 3 months

[@charliefoulkes9130]

Anyone know if they are insurable as a first car

[@FlowLowWow]

Great review. 47 kW, 64 hp bulletproof SDI engine.

[@gpubenchmarks7905]

Engine code?

[@FlowLowWow]

@@gpubenchmarks7905 ASY

[@gravemind6536]

One of the strongest engines going for sure and so simple.

[@declanvalters63]

This also came on the Polo Mk3. The Lupo 1.7 SDI is also effectively the same engine with a slightly reduced stroke to lower displacement. Older VW Caddy had them as well. Used by VW as a marine & industrial engine too. Love it :D

[@ItsBuster]

Caddy's also use them. Absolutely bulletproof engines.

[@mousalae9996]

Yes , I agree with you. I have a VW polo 6n2 sdi 2001 with 220000 km and still economic and powerful 👍👍

[@RavagerRideout]

If you have the Bosch fuel pumps, you can run them on Veg Oil. I've been running 80/20 Diesel to veg oil for about 10 years on my SDI. 240k miles, serviced yearly and consistently goes over 10,000 miles a year. Will last for however long someone would want to drive car for (and that's rarely too long given the power!)

[@RavagerRideout]

@Dat Boii Assuming you mean DPF? Doesn't have one, I dont believe they came with DPFs here in the UK. 2.0 SDI's did if I recall correctly

[@giuistefanjr72]

#LoganCarter how is it in winter? Do you still go with the mix or just diesel? Can it run with any type of vegetable oil? Used cooking oil or used engine oil? Tks

[@mr.mongoose6859]

@Dat Boii Diesel engines have don't have a cat, they have Diesel Particle Filter (DPF).

[@mr.mongoose6859]

@Dat Boii Mate modern diesels have EGR valve that deals with soot, DPF gets hot like a cat and removes other pollutants. Diesels have a DPF benzin cars have a cat.

[@Cheese_1337]

@@mr.mongoose6859 my '94 w202 2.5 diesel merc has a cat haha

[@davidriley9194]

I never had an SDI but those engines are work horse that takes you absolutely anywhere with incredible MPG and can’t go wrong with them! They are extremely reliable and bulletproof! No turbo or intercooler go wrong!😊

[@andym1466]

These SDI engines were bullet proof! I was getting 72MPG on a long run, bags of torque and just generally a nice engine to work on and live with!

[@gravemind6536]

It actually doesn't have bags of torque but for whatever reason it drove like it did and was an incredibly forgiving engine.

[@stevemilne750]

Got a 2003 golf 1.9sdi 171k payed £350 for it with 3 months mot great for work transport and been totally reliable.

[@gravemind6536]

Had one as my 1st car with over 250k miles my Mum first bought it for £750 in 2008 and it was a 2003 model it had 180k when she bought it. We sold it for £300 when it was on 257k miles and 16 years old. My mum said be careful with it as it might not be as forgiving as the car you learnt in. I mocked her for saying that a week later the car was borderline impossible to stall it could set off in 3rd gear. She also babied the poor thing but I ragged the nuts of it and it drove a lot better within a few weeks as it cleared out all the soot. I drove it on a black box and because it was so slow and had the worlds worst tyres it was possible to have all this fun and drive it hard without breaking the speed limit.

[@Bun0892]

Paid £480 for an sdi golf estate mk4 6 months ago, flew through an mot no issues sat on 220000 miles and feels like it could do that again, sure the lack of power is boring but around town you can't raz around too much anyway, with the price of diesel at the moment the economy is too good to care about speed! Also can be run on veg oil if diesel gets too much more expensive! Great engine would recommend anyone try it for a cheap reliable car

[@one1odd]

What a fantastic car story, keep her going, she will always do you proud!

[@AMSRMX16]

Yeh Im on 500,000K and the engine is running just as good as when it was new. Incredible engines.

[@3377-z8x]

I have vw golf lV 1.9 SDI, and have 620,000 kilometers with one engine. This engine is beast never know what is to send it to service.

[@one1odd]

Wow 620! I wish I'd never sold mine now... I've got an old Ka that surely won't live past a fraction of that mileage

[@andreshildenbrandjimenez85]

Do you have oil consumption ?

[@3377-z8x]

@@andreshildenbrandjimenez85 a lot, its consumes more oil than diesel lol 😆

[@andreshildenbrandjimenez85]

My 1.9 sdi consumption is 1 litre or so every 10.000km What oil consumption do you have?

[@vwbeetleb0b]

love my little lupo SDI. Ive had 15 odd cars to date but my little lupo has been the most reliable and cheapest to run. 60mpg around town, £35 tax and this year was my cheapest insurance ive ever had just £77 full comp

[@latinberri]

Thank you for your review and personal opinion. Good job

[@one1odd]

You are very welcome

[@MrIGoCommando]

I had two VWs with the same SDi engine. One was a Mk3 Golf for 4 years (M reg), then when the body was too tired, I scraped it and bought a X reg Polo Estate, same SDi unit. Bullet proof, not a care in the world with BAGS of torque. I could set off in 2nd gear without touching the accelerator at all. Amazing engines.

[@gravemind6536]

They don't have bags of torque but feel like they do. I think because it isn't reliant on a turbo and its all just what the engine does it feels like it has more than it does. I have driven one and felt the same they will actually pull away in 3rd gear without too much struggle. On paper though the torque is quite low.

[@lefishe3068]

The best car ever produced. Exactly like this, sedan is the best for this car. Either this diesel or the 1.2 HTP 12v.

[@Moccalocca100]

thank you. Was thinking about getting one

[@RichardStefanits]

"SaugDiesel Direct Injection" - that means it is Diret injection was an improvement over the whirl chamber 1,9D NA diesels, without a turbocharger. In theory they are very simplistic, but in some cases they are paired with really badly designed gearboxes, especially the 2.0 sdis in caddys. The DI gave it an improvement over the whirl chamber engines in terms of fuel economy. Ok, all diesels are "pressurized" otherwise the whole principle wouldn't work. The PD stands for Pumpe-Düse, which is a kind of unit injector engineering idea where the actual injector makes the injector pressure without a high pressure pump like your SDI has. The actual injection pressure is about 10 times higher on the PD though.

[@steefvideo]

Im from the Netherlands, have a golf with the 1.9 SDI AQM engine absolutely bulletproof engine. Just give them the service they need and on the road u are! Im having 478.000 Kms now on it now haha, lets hope i can make it hit the million🤭🤣

[@one1odd]

Wow cool! I've just driven to the Netherlands and back in and old Ford Ka. What a great country you have to drive around in, brilliant experience!

[@andreshildenbrandjimenez85]

Hi ,i also have a 1.9 sdi Aqm on a Seat Córdoba .....Do you have oil consumption?

[@wheelieschulz1204]

A 1.9 tdi can take over 200 HP witout Problems

[@Sash0512]

1.9 sdi comes in seat ibiza also

[@medelarfaoui]

Watching this video from Morocco just before buying a seat ibiza with sdi engine

[@touzaniyassin2617]

Chriti seat akhoya wla nn ??

[@medelarfaoui]

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[@naoufallakhoul1530]

Khokom mn lmghrib 3ando polo 1.9 sdi hhhh lah i3mrha dar 😁😁👌

[@edim108]

My friend had an Ibiza with that engine. It had just shy of half a million kilometers (over 300k miles) and his dad bouth it after he got his license. Had it for 5 years and got bored of it before anything broke on it lmao. The most expensive fix he had to on that car was when the wiper motor gave out a two years after he got it 😂

[@solsmith2906]

Just bought a 1.9 sdi golf estate, dont mind the lack of power in hand for the relatability and mpg!

[@one1odd]

You are spot on!

[@super_slav91]

I have the 2.0 PD in a 2008 mk5. 200k on it and only changed a refrigerant control valve on it.

[@rakata2020]

Just loved ur review! I have here is Spain a skoda fabia 1.9 sdi like that one...at the moment 325.000 kms and just the normal maintainance, i am in the mood to try to hit the half a million kms with this one. Do u think it is possible? Cheers

[@SquareoftheyearFM]

I loved driving the mk4 polo that engine

[@one1odd]

A polo really?! That's allot of engine for such a small chassis! Awesome 😎

[@yeety1208]

this engine also comes in polos but very rare

[@robertmcnair35]

well said just a work horse take you any ware

[@markevans2280]

They should make it law that ALL cars use this engine, very economical, no road rage speeding away to beat others from lights, if you want a nice looking car just make the body look good, everyone would be equal in the world regards speed , you just have a nice looking body on your car to show you got a bit more money, if everyone doing a similar speed you can appreciate the prettier cars around you 👍

[@niksoufa7859]

Having 1.9 sdi seat vario from 2001 (180k) never had any engine repairs except cosmetics. Not a fast engine; but definitely powerfull.

[@petitus90]

The sdi has other pistons and a different camshaft as far as i know

[@Blackmamba12345]

That's really good. What maintenance schedule do you have dude?

[@Cheese_1337]

PD stands for pumpe duse in german, means "unit injector"

[@one1odd]

Wow thank you! Now I know, it's not pressurised Diesel, of course it would be a German term, makes total sense!

[@Grushnerd]

Having a 1.4 tdi mapped to 105hp polo i think it's also a great engine despite being a wobbly 3 cylinder that people say cause a lot of trouble. It's been in the family and serviced at home for over 10 years and it never gave any bother. It also does 70mpg easily!

[@gravemind6536]

Nothing wrong with a 3 cyclinder engines they're just rougher than 4 pot engines. A diesel 3 cyclinder is probably very noisy and unbalanced but it is what it is if you don't mind it happy days.

[@justdegleria7652]

Amazing vid, mann

[@launchtube5653]

I have the same engine on my Polo 9n and I should add 1/2 litre oil every 1000 km! , do your car have oil consumption? And what kind of oil engine oil you are using?

[@gravemind6536]

I had a VW Golf MK4 1.9 SDI and the engine never used oil at all even at 257000 miles when I sold it. It did have a slight leak around the valve cover gasket it probably leaked 0.25 litres of oil every 1000 miles

[@obywatelgc1988]

sounds bed (the engine) but idea is awesome, after that video I will defo look for SDI car...

[@one1odd]

I can't recommend it more!

[@fijiarc2090]

Is a VW 2006 golf sdi 2L any good?

[@Mr330d]

Yes very reliable but slow as hell

[@TotallyNotASpy1]

I'm looking into buying a 2003-04 VW Polo with the 1.9 SDI and i was wondering if it's a good choice? I have read that it's very reliable and firm, but what about maintenance? Is it expensive to maintain? Thank you to anybody who will reply.

[@gravemind6536]

Nah not expensive to maintain and you will get 60mpg, simple engine just service it and you're good it will need a new cambelt every 6 years or 60k I think but then so does any car from that era its probably about £400 its a simple enough job. Basic engine and basic car they don't tend to have electrical gremlins so you're good there too.

[@TotallyNotASpy1]

@@gravemind6536 update: got the car in the end. Engine's slow, but i love it SO MUCH! And there's hardly any electronics so there's barely anything that can go wrong. A couple of visits to the mechanic to renew some parts was all it took to get it back up to perfect shape. I love my little Polo!

[@deadpool2000ify]

Pd does not stand for pressurized disel pd is pumpe duse german for individual fuel pump for every cylinder so 4 cylinders 4 mini fuel pumps vs common rail one bosch pump and 4 injectors

[@perparimnezaj7495]

👍👍👍👍

[@samybreezy2768]

I have this engine, and everyone on our vw sdi group, 10k group, we all had an oil consumption problem, and it's from factory??

[@gravemind6536]

Mine never consumed oil it leaked it from the valve cover gasket and the sump lost about 1.5L a year it would only leak when warm too. Got the valve cover gasket replaced and this reduced to the leak by 60%.

[@zippyatrainbow]

I miss my old SDI fabia.......................Wish I never sold it.

[@one1odd]

Same, judging from the reaction on this video, it seems others agree!

[@simonjones7785]

show me a ford 2.2 or 2.4 that has got to the same milage without blowing a piston . the skodas are cheap under rated as good as anything vw makes and like it or not vw even used to pinch the skoda bodies and re badge them vw I have had 3 personally

[@gpubenchmarks7905]

68hp 50kw

[@one1odd]

Oh sorry did I get the horsepower numbers wrong? Thanks for correcting me!

[@RecklessEnterainment]

I live in America and I have a 2003 VW jetta tdi with basically the same engine just turbocharged and it has 442k miles on it lol I could not imagine it spit out the turbo because this car is already slower than dog shit as it is lol

[@seum.]

You can keep up the pace alright with a sdi

[@julijanmagda7855]

In good driwe some are more than a 0,5 mill,,.of miles,,,esp...in taxi using,,,,end for now the servis ,,,parts end good mud are not expensiwe,,,,okravia 4x4 is a little more ,,,on hunting godhing or for easy of road

[@dannydexter8989]

I just want to make my polo sdi faster

[@one1odd]

It is possible, but it's not cheap. You can make it quicker round corners with good tires and give her an oil change!

[@sneaky2707]

@@one1odd How its possible u need to put turbine right?

[@one1odd]

@@sneaky2707 if you do that you'll need a remap and a upgraded fuel pump

[@andikappradana]

Just give it a turbo + intercooler and increase the fuel supply and it will be a TDI Keep in mind that it will less slightly reliable because of the turbo unit can go wrong, not the engine

[@thracian]

these cost are 8000 pounds here ffs lol

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420]

I hope you saved enough money to get your hair cut.

[@rahiombou3745]

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[@launchtube5653]

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[@bucketheadothers2384]

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