Another Good Reason Why VW/Audi Sucks (with Pics)

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10-06-2010, 03:29 PM

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Another Good Reason Why VW/Audi Sucks (with Pics)

Have you ever thought that you would like to put a plastic windage tray in your engine? Of course not! It's obviously a stupid idea...unless you are a VW/Audi engineer.

These are pictures I took at an engine rebuild shop here in Tampa. Among the "souvenirs" that live in a little box on the front counter of the shop is this little gem.

It looks like an oil pickup tube swallowed a shop rag...until you pick it up.

The plastic is hard at room temperature and is firmly stuck up in the pickup tube.

This came from a VW 1.8T engine that got a little warm on a trip back from Orlando and the woman (surprise) decided not to pull over for it to cool down. The same or a similar windage tray lives in the 2.0T according to the shop.

Enjoy the pics

Notice the rivets that are supposed to retain the windage tray are still with it.

10-06-2010, 03:35 PM

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Plastic and engines don't go to together

10-06-2010, 03:45 PM

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Plastic and engines don't go to together

unless you have an NC.. Every time I begin to warm up to that car I see the plastic engine and the snakes that go with it. Yuck! but plastic inside the engine, thats epic fail right there, wow.

10-06-2010, 04:10 PM

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they have a plastic windage tray? for real?!

10-06-2010, 04:54 PM

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they have a plastic windage tray? for real?!

Here's a pic or two sniped from vwvortex. It looks like the tray also directs oil from the head drain ports to the sump.

Notice the rivets in the first pic.

EDIT: It looks like the 3.2 VW/Audi engine uses a plastic one as well.

10-06-2010, 05:04 PM

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lol @ that failure of a car company. I can't believe people buy these **** boxes. The day i gave aay my VW crap was a sweet one and I've never looked back.

10-06-2010, 05:41 PM

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The new mazda 2.0-2.5 and mazdaspeed motors use a plastic oil pickup.

10-06-2010, 06:17 PM

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Plastic ON an engine, OK, but plastic IN an engine... FAIL!

10-06-2010, 06:26 PM

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The new mazda 2.0-2.5 and mazdaspeed motors use a plastic oil pickup.

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10-08-2010, 08:29 AM

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My buddy keeps buying these crap boxes on a neverending basis. Like one of these days hes going to find a $1000 VW thats never going to have random stuff break on it with no warning.