1.5 or 1.4 tsi? What’s the people’s choice?

[Bear77]

So I have a difficult decision to make. I can go for a 50,000 mile 1.4 TSI or a 70,000 miles 1.5 TSI. Decision time.

What would the forum vote for? And why?

 

[Mikeyd1]

The 1.4 is better in my opinion, I’ve had both

 

[golfdave]

Depends which kW rating they are & what the rest of the spec is. Both are EA211 engines.

 

[Bear77]

I thought the 1.5 wasn’t ea211?

 

[golfdave]

I thought the 1.5 wasn’t ea211?

They are called EA211 "EVO"...still much of the same design etc as the EA211 engines...just they have a Miller combustion cycle & other tweaks hence the "EVO"

 

[SRGTD]

Given the choice, I’d go for the 1.4.

The 1.5 EVO has had quite wide media coverage - and not in a good way;

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/o...-acknowledges-problem-with-15-tsi-evo-engine/
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/n...-sight-for-volkswagen-15-tsi-engine-problems/
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/n...nces-fix-for-15-tsi-engine-hesitation-issues/
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/d...measures-planned-in-regards-to-15-tsi-issues/

A Google search on VW 1.5 EVO Kangarooing issue’ and you’ll find lots of other items - forums and media. VW’s fix doesn’t seem to have been entirely successful at fixing the hesitancy issue. It doesn’t affect just VW’s; other VAG brands that use this engine have also been affected. The kangaroo-ing/ hesitancy issue seems to affect cars with manual transmission more so than cars with DSG.

Here‘s the Seat Leon forum content I found from a quick search;
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/1-5-tsi-ongoing-problems-please-help.460259/#post-4921544
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/maybe-an-end-in-sight-for-kangaroo-jerking.457230/
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/which-engine-1-4-or-1-5.451519/#post-4842786
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/1-5-tsi-evo-issue.458753/#post-4907143
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/1-5-tsi-reliability.453855/#post-4865164