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2.0 tfsi head gasket
« on: February 18, 2013, 05:39:47 am »
as above anyone had any head gasket issues with there 2.0tfsi? :-[

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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 10:45:47 am »
No. What's going on with yours?
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 11:04:50 am »
Nope never on both my MK5 GTI's very rare issue on these engines ? 
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 11:22:56 am »
If you've noticed a whitish mayonnaise type substance on only your oil filler cap it's nothing to worry about. Happens in cold weather with short trips.
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Re: Re: Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2013, 11:45:06 am »
If you've noticed a whitish mayonnaise type substance on only your oil filler cap it's nothing to worry about. Happens in cold weather with short trips.
thank god for that had a little panic then! thanks for the reply :):)

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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2013, 11:54:59 am »
Give her a good run and have fun with your right foot (without breaking the law obviously). Should clear it  :happy2:
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2013, 03:14:08 pm »
Give her a good run and have fun with your right foot (without breaking the law obviously). Should clear it  :happy2:

Agreed ^^ keep it in a low gear about 4th and you will burn off all the emulsion as I call it, just to do with cold weather, short runs not allowing the oil to recirculate properly.  :happy2:
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2013, 08:58:00 pm »
I read a buyers guide for the mk5 gti a while back, and apparently someone had head gasket failure due to running the car on ordinary 95RON unleaded!!

Not head of that failure on here though. . .
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2013, 12:23:55 pm »
I read a buyers guide for the mk5 gti a while back, and apparently someone had head gasket failure due to running the car on ordinary 95RON unleaded!!

Not head of that failure on here though. . .

This was also mentioned in a Mk5 GTi review I read a few years ago... cylinder head problems casued by running om 95 RON  :confused: I use Super anyway, stage1  :happy2:
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Re: 2.0 tfsi head gasket
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2013, 06:05:57 pm »
I read a buyers guide for the mk5 gti a while back, and apparently someone had head gasket failure due to running the car on ordinary 95RON unleaded!!

Not head of that failure on here though. . .

This was also mentioned in a Mk5 GTi review I read a few years ago... cylinder head problems casued by running om 95 RON  :confused: I use Super anyway, stage1  :happy2:

I have heard a few times about head gasket problems on cars running long term on 95 RON.
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