I think you missunderstand what I mean, I had a 1.9 tdi 4motion passat and considered selling it for a w8, when I did a bit of research I found out that its an absolute piece of shit of an engine, the W8 has no serviceable internals.Originally Posted by E60Dave
It is a throw away engine. Not to mention the propensity of the cam adjusters to fail which will leave you with a very big 4 litre paper weight, they were never built to last.
If you did want to repair it you would have to get the parts custom made or buy a new engine, vw were selling off the last of the engines for a little under 7k euro about 6 years ago which was half the list price of the engine.