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He Guys,

My name is Michel i am 25 years old and living in the netherlands. before my Scirocco i had a Kia Rio, but when a friend from me got a Scirocco i fell in love with the lines and curves so i sold my Kia Rio and bought myself a candy white Scirocco.

I have many plans with my Scirocco, so follow this topic and see the changes.


Changes done!

- 5.000k xenon
- 7" Android radio
- Painted interior parts high gloss black
- Fully led interior
- Led modules license plate
- Alluminium footrest

Benieuwd naar verdere plannen.

Can't go wrong.

This is my ex Scirocco! So funny because I watched this forum for the first time today. You like the car??

Haha thats really funny! Yeah i have the car now for 2 months and being 3 weeks ago with the Scirocco to croatia for 2 weeks and he doing great so i am very happy!

Great! It took Frank Oomen a while to find the car a New owner haha.

Yes he told me that, i have no idea why, he had also a Seat leon fr for a while and he sold both cars the same day

Special car for a rare breed . Did Frank tell you why the previous owner (me) sold his car?

No he didn't tell me, only thing i know is that he did maintenance for the car.

The timingchain had to be repaired. This is a common problem with 1.4 tsi's (2008-2009 atleast). Does it still make a rattling chain sound with cold start? I could have get it repaired at VW (onder coulance) but only if it's a certain kind of problem. They couldn't guarantee it could be repaired onder coulance. I'm not trying to spoil the fun of you having the car but be careful man.

I also wanted a faster Scirocco with updated interior (2010). Now I drive a deepblack Scirocco, 2.0 tsi and DSG. These don't have these timingchain problems and less problems in general.

Yeah i know its a common problem but i heard so many times things about the chain, it makes a few seconds a ratteling sound but i hope you know this is normal? The chain needs to be tight up in the beginning it takes about 2 or 3 seconds and then its gone.

I had the car checked at a VW dealer and their diagnose was that it needed to be repaired (onder coulance zelfs). Not sure if the 2.0 tsi has a chain but it doesn't make that sound.

Okay okay, maybe they wanna earn some cash but if the sound stays ( and no motor management light pops up ) like this only at a cold start i am not worried because when the motor is cold the chain needs to be tight up by the chain tensioner.

Have they told you a price?

Many dutchies over here. time for a meeting and BTW nice car! any plans??

Haha yes a lot of dutchies. I have many plans with the car! Maybe a good idea to have a meeting!

I'm surprised there's no popular Dutch forum. A meeting would be nice though

Welcome on the forum! I also have a Dutch candy white Scirocco. You can see my car and updates here:

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Hey guys, i got a 1.4 Tsi R-line from 2009 aswell. The engine was rebuilt in 2012 because the timing chain failed and killed the engine. When I start the car in the mornings usually i hear a rattling noise too for about 5-10 seconds then it stops. Sometimes it makes me thinking if its normal or not, but i guess since they rebuild the engine the timing chain and other parts (tensoiner etc..) was replaced with newer revision parts. The car has done 30.000 km since then, i realy hope that failure wont happen again :/. Fingers crossed.

The noise in my car sounds like the start up of a diesel engine, but its only 1 or 2 seconds and then its gone, so i don't worrie a lot. Hopefully it statys well @SKGR

Michel, this problem doesn't happen overnight. You should get it checked by a trusted garage. Volkswagen offered me to pay 80 percent of the costs unless it was something different than the common problem. I don't think they'd offer that to earn money.

hopefully it isn´t that, the sound is only for 2 seconds in the morning. Can you tell me at wich garage you have been?