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Dusty Engine

  • 29-04-2009 7:02pm
    #1
    dollybird09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭


    Ok I went to look at a used car today, when the bonnet was open I noticed the engine was pretty dusty - salesman said it would be cleaned up & lacquered before selling...

    why would it be dusty and does it matter?


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,362 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Do you mean just dirt in general or actual layers of dust? It is normal for the engine bay to get dirty as lots of dirt and muck from the roads gets splashed up around the engine bay.


  • #3
    dollybird09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭dollybird09


    not huge amounts of dust... kinda just a layer of dust over all the enginey bits (thats the technical term!!) just wondered why!


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Not everyone (incl me) cleans their engine. Underneath the engine is open space, road dust and dirt gets up into the engine space.

    Before / After
    Motortv%C3%A4tt.jpg


  • #5
    dollybird09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭dollybird09


    oh ok.. thats ok then... was just wondering why it would be dirty!

    another question you may be able to help with... 06 golf 1.6fsi - what milage should timing belt be changed at?


  • #6
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,362 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    dollybird09 wrote: »
    oh ok.. thats ok then... was just wondering why it would be dirty!

    another question you may be able to help with... 06 golf 1.6fsi - what milage should timing belt be changed at?

    1.6 FSi has a timing chain afaik so it should not need changing. To be sure though give a VW dealer a ring.


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  • #7
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Dusty is fine, oily dirty is not. :)


  • #8
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    I get very suspiscious when a second hand car has a gleaming engine ... usually its been washed for reasons other that being just simply dirty


  • #9
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    A bit of rust is better then a bit of oil imo


  • #10
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    A bit of rust on a engine is better then an oil leak imo


  • #11
    dollybird09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭dollybird09


    bazz26 wrote: »
    1.6 FSi has a timing chain afaik so it should not need changing. To be sure though give a VW dealer a ring.


    so does that mean the water pump thing won't need to be changed either? :P


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  • #12
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    dollybird09 wrote: »
    so does that mean the water pump thing won't need to be changed either? :P

    The water pump may be driven the fan belt, though i'm not awfully familier with that engine


  • #13
    Tropheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    dollybird09 wrote: »
    so does that mean the water pump thing won't need to be changed either? :P

    Have the 1.6 FSI engine in my wife's A2. Audi say 60k miles or 5 years whichever comes first. Check to be sure. Never take a chance with a timing belt.


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