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Startup engine noise -- this isnt the normal start up noise, right?
- Thread starter xkeyscore
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Sorry, update what?
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
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- 2018 SE DSG
Post another video so we can hear the difference.
It makes the noise less often now, but still happens. Per a tech tip bulletin the next step should be to replace the cam spool valve.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10149892-9999.pdf
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So the noise is still intermittent. I recorded both of these today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5A6ZFtHYCc
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
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- 2018 SE DSG
Sounded pretty much the same.
You are kidding right? Did you listen to both samples? The second half of the video there is clicking/clacking sound in the first few seconds
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
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- 2018 SE DSG
Okay I can hear that but honestly both sound terrible to me. I have an SE FBO with an IS38 and used an engine treatment from a company named Cerma and my engine is very quiet on start up.
The car spent a few days two weeks ago at the dealer for random startup sounds. Nothing was identified.
And last Wednesday the engine suffered catastrophic engine failure. Sounds like it spun a bearing with the loudest rod knock ever.
VW dispatched a "QTM" to come examine it. I fully expected them to give me grief even though the cars has been in five times for either weird random start up noises or multiple random misfires with less than 40k miles on the clock. The dealer has done all the oil changes at 5-7k apart.
Long story short, they are shipping a new engine from Germany. Meanwhile, they gave me a Touareg to putter around in.
A Happy Ending, I hope.
I do have one concern. They are going to swap the engine and not the turbo. My concern is, if there is metal in the oil, then there is metal in the turbo. That would seem to imply the turbo is going to fail and spew metal into the intake which will again lead to engine failure.
Am I over thinking this?
Am I over thinking this?
Diggs24
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- 2015 GTI
Did they specifically state this? I would be surprised if it didn't have a turbo already on it.
I asked about it via a txt msg. I got this as a response...
"I will ask him if they found metal in it but I know he will check that regardless, if he hasnt already. I completely understand, we will make sure everything is okay I promise."
There is metal. Nothing that sounds like this engine gets out without metal.
I dont know if it will take eighteen days or eighteen months but tiny little flakes of metal will tear up the turbo eventually. It just needs to be scarred to eventually break down. With just a year and change left on the powertrain that is not the game I want to play.