Check these poor engines out!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3730193&page=2

 

Does the 1.8T really have a mechanical oil pump?

some of those pics are just gross

 

Gross. I hope my engine doesn't look like that after 105K miles. Of course, I change my oil with synthetic every 5,000 miles.

 

My father has a VW with the 1.8, I'm going to show him this.

 

gross

 

220k on my TL motor and not a drop. Some of those were

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1239988340

 

Thats what the inside of my explorer's 4.0 OHV motor looked like. We tried to clean it out and ended up screwing the oil pump, which meant a junk yard motor got swapped in

 

those are 1.8T from Audi's. 1.8T from a jetta is possitioned differently so they don't have that many problems. Apparently the way they are possitioned in audis, the oil pan is too close to the turbo so when the turbo is hot it cooks the oil and making it sludge like that.
I don't know all the details but I read that somewhere.

 

^ Its a smaller pan as well. Happens in the Passats too.