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Cracked head, 2010 R
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:01 pm
by taffy
Anyone else had any issues with heads cracking on the 265 R engine ?
My car has done 40k miles, I've only had it since 35k so can't say how it was treated before I had it but it's in Good shape for a 4 year old car. Seems a bit strange for lowish mileage, it's covered by warranty so VW are picking up the bill.
Re: Cracked head, 2010 R
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:54 pm
by SMB
I've not heard of any I either the scirocco or golf using this engine. What were the signs and any evidence in its prior service history.?
Re: Cracked head, 2010 R
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:25 pm
by shshivji
Very strange, never heard of this on a tfsi!! Did it overheat???
Shak
Re: Cracked head, 2010 R
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:17 pm
by taffy
No real signs apart from a small coolant leak. It's been in 3 times for the coolant issue. They continually replaced the thermostat housing and were going to do so a 4th time but after a little bit of a kick off they investigated further and have replaced the head.It had cracked and warped and was leaking through the head gasket. It didn't over heat or idle/run lumpy and there was no noticeable loss in power.
Re: Cracked head, 2010 R
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:59 pm
by Cuprabob
On my previous car, a MK5 R32, it started losing coolant at 4 years old / 65k miles and the cause was a porous block with a pinhole to the outside world. Thankfully VW replaced the engine free of charge.
Not heard of cracked heads but a few years ago a lot of Golfs, mainly diesels, seemed to suffer from porous heads.
Glad VW sorted your issue.