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Volkswagen don't listen!
Off to look at my EGR - May 2015 build. What's your bets?
Type C
Volkswagen don't listen!
Off to look at my EGR - May 2015 build. What's your bets?
Who knows?Yep.
Good or bad?
there is also a reduction in iron contamination
Life is a risk, and we make our choices.Well no not really.
If VW are paying yes, but if it's costing around £1500 and you are paying and there is no proof the EGR is at fault then no it's not straightforward. I'd be well P****d off if it made no difference.
Not if you can't afford a £9k engine replacement or £1.5k EGR replacement... The other problem is that no ones really knows that the 'D' type EGR really solves the problem over the long term. Also does engine replacement really solve the problem if you don't know what the problem is? As posted earlier, it requires VW to investigate and publish the information.All this talk about reasons for the Oil Consumption issues, and examining the likely causes from every angle....what's the point ?
If your worried it seems the safest option is to upgrade to EGR 'D'...which may help.
If your engine drinks Oil at a litre every few hundred miles, your choice is to feed it and live with the problem, or get a new engine.
Is it not that straight forward ?
I gather from the FB page that other VW engine EGR Coolers are made of Stainless Steel.The EGR on the 140 is on the back of the engine and can be changed in 40 mins on the drive, as mine was on a 140 Kombi, the 180 is on the front of the engine and needs all the front bodywork, radiator and intercooler taking off.
Relevant information here.Do Millers give any instruction as to how the sample should be taken?
Obviously whereabouts the sample is taken from and when will make a difference. ie .if its taken from the bottom of the sump when the vehicle has been standing there is more likleihood of there being particles in the sample than if the engine has been running and the oils stirred up.
Relevant information here.
I have personally contacted Millers Oils on another subject and got a clear & informative response.
http://www.millersoils.co.uk/automotive/millercare.asp
Thought it did but all you need do is go to Miller's site and click on Services then Technical Help Desk and you will see email contact information on the left.Thanks for that but it doesn't answer my question about how and when the sample is to be taken from the vehicle.
OK thanks
Very interesting. Do you know (or can you source) the Si (silica) level for these analysis also? Thanks.Further to my earlier post (number112) where I reported the benefits that a member of the german TX forum had experienced after replacing his EGR with a type D, I have seen the current TX forum spreadsheet which includes his data.
The figures he quoted were as follows:
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Here again summarized my values ??per 1,000 km running performance:
Sample before change, iron 11.62, aluminum 27.12
1. Sample thereafter, iron 5.37, aluminum 6.64
2. Sample thereafter, iron 4.92, aluminum 4.06
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It turns out that those figures are not ppm, but are ppm per 1000km of usage on the oil.
His actual oil analysis data from the spreadsheet is as follows (mileage in km):
Van mileage / Oil Mileage / Iron ppm / Aluminium ppm
53,925 / 4,646 / 54 / 126
64,109 / 3,913 / 21 / 26
68,020 / 3,447 / 17 / 14
Assuming he changed the oil when he replaced the EGR, the EGR change would have been at 60,196km.
That is a rather spectacular reduction in aluminium...
I agree, the thread lay almost dormant from Oct 16 till Feb 17. I only read it because Veg Frenzy had posted then and our van is the same age as his. To be honest, I expected someone to tell him that it didn't apply to vans of our year 2014, ours hasn't ever needed us to add any oil. Now I can see that it could be a future issue and although I really wish that wasn't the case, I do prefer to know about it.
Can I ask those who have had oil samples tested as a precaution (the one to show metal pollution in the oil, not the one for increased oil consumption) did you order the Millers kit online and do it yourself or did you take the van independent garage? I would need someone to post an idiots guide for me.
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