Bought a lemon!

Hutch100uk

Retrogamer wrote: »

Ahh the OP is right. I remember reading a few reports of Conrods leaving the blocks on the 1.9TDi BXE engines. Is that the 105Bhp model?
Mileage is all similar when it happens. Just strange it takes several years and a lot of miles for the fault to arise. I wonder what the underlying issue is.

I read somewhere that its metal fatigue - something that shouldn't happen in cars with that number of miles. This is why they are being described as faulty.

forgotmyname

Usually its more of a case that low oil level caused excessive heat until a bearing seizes then the sudden stop of that part and the rest of the engine still trying to spin at the original speed causes a rod to fail.

I bought a car with a hole in the engine many years ago. His story was he was running out of fuel so drove faster, Oil light came on but he pushed on harder still. Then bang. Piston tried to escape the engine through the hole but didnt quite make it.

It was his 1st car so a big lesson not to drive faster when running out of fuel and stop instantly if the oil light comes on.

Hutch100uk

forgotmyname wrote: »

Usually its more of a case that low oil level caused excessive heat until a bearing seizes then the sudden stop of that part and the rest of the engine still trying to spin at the original speed causes a rod to fail.

I bought a car with a hole in the engine many years ago. His story was he was running out of fuel so drove faster, Oil light came on but he pushed on harder still. Then bang. Piston tried to escape the engine through the hole but didnt quite make it.

It was his 1st car so a big lesson not to drive faster when running out of fuel and stop instantly if the oil light comes on.

Yes that is the normal cause for these things to happen. However, the BXE batch of engines are notorious for doing this even when the cars are serviced and looked after.

We had NO engine warning light or any other warning light for that matter. Our car had only been serviced 8 months ago (at a VW garage).

Retrogamer

What was the dates and mileage for the oil changes in the service book?

The 1.9PD TDi engines are very fussy about what kind of oil they use as well. Most garages, even dealership ones just use a generic oil that they use for every car, rather than specific stuff. There was a report of a VW dealership that was putting the wrong oil in someone's TDi for years and the engine's camshaft died before it hit 80k. It wasn't one of the problematic series.

Hutch100uk

Retrogamer wrote: »

What was the dates and mileage for the oil changes in the service book?

The 1.9PD TDi engines are very fussy about what kind of oil they use as well. Most garages, even dealership ones just use a generic oil that they use for every car, rather than specific stuff. There was a report of a VW dealership that was putting the wrong oil in someone's TDi for years and the engine's camshaft died before it hit 80k. It wasn't one of the problematic series.

Can't read the date on the first one
28/5/10 (23,236)
26/01/11 (33,602)
02/09/11 (43,520)
26/04/12 (53,629)
10/10/12 (61,315)
10/11/13 (70,691)

Retrogamer

If the first one is around 10k miles then looks all to be in order service history wise.
Hopefully the garage you bought it from will sort it all out.

londonTiger

flipping heck, why are cars made this way. Saw a citroen MPV a few months back broken down in the middle of the road and a massive spillage underneath covering pretty much the entire footprint of the car. Could have been engine oil or coolant.

I know cars in the 90s were unreliable but I bet none had exploding engines.

Retrogamer

I find 90's cars were more reliable.
Newer cars are packet with technology which is great when it works but usually causes more problems after the first 4-5 years of use

Hutch100uk

Well this has been the newest, yet worst car I've ever owned!