Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 26-11-2016 Part 1

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Mon 5 Dec 2016 20:29
- Les Cook
Regarding the 1.6TDi VW engine in AJ's Polo. I ran the same engine in a Touran with the 7 Sp DSG. The EGR valve failed after 2 Years, a known weakness, followed by the EGR coolant sensor, then another coolant sensor, then finally an ABS sensor, all known issues, but all fixed under warranty. While it never broke down, it was getting stressful waiting for the next failure, so sold it and bought a RAV4 Petrol Hybrid last week. Stay away from this VW diesel, the diesel gate recall will probably make it worse as they have to modify the air mass sensor mesh! Go petrol but not a VW one as new ones will have a Particulate Filter fitted!
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