MY09 TSI hit 100k miles...

razr said:

I have an 09 as well and thankfully I haven't had to replace any manifolds. Your stautus makes me feel confident of my car. No plans to get rid of it any time soon, or ever.

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All the cool kids are doing it.

HemiAlex said:

The tensioner is on the list of things to do. If I go in to do the water pump and thermostat I'll get it done. A lot of the tensioner issues are related to oil consumption. It's hydraulically actuated and they you get low on oil pressure due to any number of factors, the chain gets sloppy.

A local tech says he sees the tensioner issue tied into a leaky rear main seal on a lot of tsi engines.



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No, Those are coincidences. The rear main seal is basically junk and isnt sprung like every other mfg. Those failures are mostly related to the junk pcv.

The tensioner fails only on shutoff, when conpression turns the engine over backwards. Inside the tensioner is a part that has three teeth, one or two of those break causing the slack. These engines cannot be turned backwards, they will skip teeth. When the tensioner fails, most of the time you get a new part and re time the engine. Sometimes not.

The more you know.

I'm at 76K and still running strong!



Crossing my fingers for the next generation Golf R. I'd really like an AWD.
When mine goes up for sale someone will get a really well cared for GTI.

y'all got a loooong way to go to catch up with JetTurbo!!

razr said:

I have an 09 as well and thankfully I haven't had to replace any manifolds. Your stautus makes me feel confident of my car. No plans to get rid of it any time soon, or ever.

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You will eventually need a manifold.