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VAG 2.0l and 1.6l diesel engines

  • 14-02-2019 10:06am
    #1
    Mini850
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I'm looking to upgrade the Mondeo and am thinking of heading back to VAG after a 5 year break.

    I'm looking buying either a 2.0L or 1.6L diesel Passat, 2015 ish

    Having only had experience of the trusty old 1.9PD engine, what are the newer engines like? I'm reading bad things about the 1.6 going through EGR valves, so I'm swaying towards a 2.0L.

    Am I better of staying with Ford? The Mondeo has been a trooper and appart from a flywheel and clutch change, has been trouble free. I'm just not a fan of the look on the New shape Mondeo.


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  • #2
    MarkN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,323 ✭✭✭MarkN


    The 2.0 is pretty good I’ve found. Low down torque, revs well, a bit noisy at idle or when cold but what diesel isn’t.


  • #3
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,616 ✭✭✭grogi


    Mini850 wrote: »
    Having only had experience of the trusty old 1.9PD engine, what are the newer engines like? I'm reading bad things about the 1.6 going through EGR valves, so I'm swaying towards a 2.0L.

    2.0 is much better. And is paired with much better DSG gearbox.
    Am I better of staying with Ford? The Mondeo has been a trooper and appart from a flywheel and clutch change, has been trouble free. I'm just not a fan of the look on the New shape Mondeo.

    It seems it ate two cup-cakes too many, a bit heavy around the back...


  • #4
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    The EA189 1.6 had an appetite for EGR valves, the 1.6 in a 2015-ish car is an EA288 engine and doesn't seem to be that prone to EGR failure at all. It was nearly a given that you'd need an EGR on the older 1.6, this isn't the case with the newer one.

    The 1.6 and 2.0 are very closely related, both are reasonably reliable to be fair. Cooling system issues seem to be cropping up but nothing that cant be sorted.


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