Hi all, I own a 2000 MK1 Leon with an 1.4 AHW engine. The car was bought this year in June with a ~160.000 km on the clock, but I'm sure that it has been manipulated. The oil consumption is approx. 1 liters / 10.000 km, so the piston rings have been changed at some time.
The problem that I have with this engine is that when I'm driving on the highway, sometimes a rattling sound is coming from the engine (rev. dependable), and occasionally the oil pressure warning comes on, usually when I stuck in the traffic. The oil change did reduced this phenomenon, but it still comes on sometime.
So I'm thinking about the engine swap, as the car is in really good condition and it has been thoroughly cleaned (seats disassembled and washed in a washing machine etc.) so it has grown to my heart
Now I'm looking for a 1.8 20V T engine as I want to avoid the alu block engine in the future, and the other thing is that I changed back from an Alfa 156 2.0 TwinSpark, so some additional power would be preferred
The question is which engine (code) should I look for?
I have an offer for complete AUQ engine, with all the wiring loom, ECU and gearbox, from Audi A3 (cable connected throttle pedal) for approx 500 €, but I want to do it right. So I would appreciate any suggestion to avoid headaches in the future...
I'm sure that this subject has been discussed in past, but unfortunately I do not have that much time to search and read all the posts about his subject because I have to make a decision shortly.
So any suggestion, comment, post is appreciated.
The problem that I have with this engine is that when I'm driving on the highway, sometimes a rattling sound is coming from the engine (rev. dependable), and occasionally the oil pressure warning comes on, usually when I stuck in the traffic. The oil change did reduced this phenomenon, but it still comes on sometime.
So I'm thinking about the engine swap, as the car is in really good condition and it has been thoroughly cleaned (seats disassembled and washed in a washing machine etc.) so it has grown to my heart
Now I'm looking for a 1.8 20V T engine as I want to avoid the alu block engine in the future, and the other thing is that I changed back from an Alfa 156 2.0 TwinSpark, so some additional power would be preferred
The question is which engine (code) should I look for?
I have an offer for complete AUQ engine, with all the wiring loom, ECU and gearbox, from Audi A3 (cable connected throttle pedal) for approx 500 €, but I want to do it right. So I would appreciate any suggestion to avoid headaches in the future...
I'm sure that this subject has been discussed in past, but unfortunately I do not have that much time to search and read all the posts about his subject because I have to make a decision shortly.
So any suggestion, comment, post is appreciated.