hi there, wandering how the 20valve turbo engine are as looking a buy a beetle with one in, do they do high miles o.k, or any know issues, thanks alastair

 

engines are good, beetles are thirsty! are you female alistair? lol

 

seriously though, been in a seat leon cupra r and it went like fook and took the stick all day whilst being refined when cruising, have seen 150k++ mile A4's and passats!

 

they can suffer with oil pump failure. usually due to lack of regular oil changes resulting in the pick up blocking. and make sure the cambelt is changed on time as they are known to break. Apart from that a good engine that if looked after properly will go on

 

what interval is the cambelt? as regards to the female no im not lol its for the girlfreind, i drive a ka

 

Mine has just tipped 120k, 70k of that has been remapped at 230hp. Gets a total beating everytime I drive it.

Oil and filter changed every 5k with fully synth. Plugs are changed every 10k too. Gone through a full set of coilpacks (down to nitrous rather than faults). Turbo died @ 100k, but that was just down to the sheer abuse it gets. MAP sensor has just died, but I think that was due to water ingress with the recent floods rather than anything else.

They can be a little thirsty though. Usually see 32-35mpg on a run, but daily its rarely above 25mpg.

Love the abuse

Book says check cambelt @ 60, change @ 100k. Most are changed @ 60k along with the waterpump. I've not heard of many oil pumps failing, its usually the pickup that clogs up.

 

are they all 150bhp standard? or are they a few differnt types of engine out there? thanks for the info

 

150/180/210/225

150/180 both map to around 200hp without anything more than a laptop.

210/225 have a larger turbo that can handle 270-80 out of the box with a remap

 

Good strong engine and surprisingly cheap to tune..
Might like to change the water pump to a brass impeller version when you do the belt as the standard ones are plastic and can easily break..