2011 180 DSG Engine Destroyed - What Next Pls ?

[gatvol]

My engine blew last night at below 90k miles on the motorway. Recovered by the AA.

The van is otherwise in great shape, everything works - so scrapping it is tempting but probably not sensible.

One owner. Proper maintenance. Oil always warmed up before significant revs. No error codes. But major loss of power. Firing on three cylinders. Awful rattle. Sounds terminal.

First mechanic's opinion is that the bottom end has gone.

What would people do with this pls ?

Downgrade to 140 engine ?

Install a refurbed 180 engine ?

New 180 engine ?

Are there good specialists who know how to sort this out please ?

Thanks for any wisdom you can share

 

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Retro Resus - Taunton, Somerset. There’s not much they don’t know about these

 

[Perfectos]

Sorry to hear your woes.

Your answer is in your previous posts.

180 Biturbo Engine

With older vehicles like this, in bygone days you might buy a used "good" engine and swap the original out. However, who would trust a used biturbo engine given it's reputation ? Can you buy a used good single turbo engine- but strap [new] biturbo ancillaries/ turbos/ egr to it? Or does the...

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If it were me I would fully reasearch the 140 route

https://www.vwt4forum.co.uk/threads/140-transplant-into-a-180-bi-5-1.1659945/