I’ve got an 11 plate Cali (3 months into ownership) and having serviced it at a cost of £1000 (cambelt, pump, DSG, filters, etc) at an independent run by a friend, the oil light has come on 1200 miles later.
Its using a litre roughly every 800 miles. I’ve topped it up for now and it’s running fine but it’s only a matter of time until either the turbos or engine fail:
VW Transporter T5.1 / T6 excessive oil use for CFCA 2.0 180hp BiTDi engines - EGR Cooler failure - Hypermiler.co.uk
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My options are:
1. Go to VW, pay £170 to dump oil and replace with weighed amount, and then drive 660 miles before re-weighing. At this point only will they talk money. But I’m told that I’d almost certainly need a new engine, turbos, DPF, and EGR end up paying the same as #2… IF they decided to show any good will at all. 2yr warranty.
2. New engine, ancillaries, two turbos, and a new EGR valve £10k+ From an independent. 2yr warranty.
3. New engine, ancillaries, two recon turbos, EGR blanking plate, and remap to remove EGR with 220bhp from Retro Resus in Bridgewater £7500 / 1yr or 12000 mile warranty - am told they rebuild T6’s with the same issue (version D EGRs are better but still made of same materials to same design and still have same issue just to a lesser degree) so really not keen on #1 or #2
4. Buy a remanufactured engine from an eBay rebuilder in Stourbridge, and also have them fit two new turbos, EGR delete, and remap ~£5000
5. There is of course the option of selling a) to some unsuspecting mug like me which I’m not prepared to do, or b) sell for ~£31000 through the trade and then roll the dice again paying ~£40,000 for an equivalent with the same flawed desigb
Either way, we’ve got a massive bill incoming that we could never have budgeted for (oh and the roof needs doing).
Questions:
Has anyone….
1. Got a high mileage (120k+) Cali that’s still going strong?
2. Had the retro refurb package for a few years?
3. Had a remanufactured engine fitted?
Any advice very much appreciated, especially from those who went down any of these routes.