Thisdepends on the engine generation. If you buy a car with a 1.9 TDI engine, it is best to replace the timing belt immediately when the last change is uncertain.
Ataround £700 more than the hatchback model for model, diesel estate ownership starts for a barely believable £13,480 for the 1.9TDi Classic. That’s a lot of car for the money. Sure, you’ll
The1.9 is the old 8 valve unit and the 2 litre is a redesigned 16 valve. The 1.9 is cheaper to run and repair. Both suffer dual mass flywheel and turbo failure but the 1.9 is cheaper in both cases. The 1.9 is 105PS and can be re-mapped to around 140 and the 2 litre is 140 and will easily go to 170PS.
On18 September 2015 the US EPA and California Air Resources Board served notice to VW that approximately 480,000 VW and Audi automobiles equipped with 2.0 TDI engines sold in the US between 2009 and 2015 had an emissions compliance defeat device installed. The defeat device, in the form of specially crafted engine management unit
. Location. Macedonia. TDI. 1.9 110hp. Nov 3, 2023. #1. Hello, I've recently sold my Golf MK4 1.9 110hp and I'm currently looking at the 2003-2006 A3 8P's (either the 8P or the 8PA 4 door) I'm particularly interested in the 1.9 105hp ones because I haven't heard good things about the 16v 2.0 TDI BKD, and the 8v 2.0 BMM I've heard is
Alwaysadvised by the reviews and mags that the 1.9tdi was the noisier of the two engines but recently had a drive in a few different variants of both. Outside of the
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1.9 tdi vs 2.0 tdi reliability