How many miles were on it

I own one, 100k almost, has EGR blanked for 99k so it runs perfectly!

That’s good to hear, I’ve just installed the same unit on my van.

Fitted a tafmet egr emulator to my wife's 2.2 tid saab five or six years ago. Never been a problem, still working great. Remember that combustion chamber temperatures can actually be higher without the exhaust gasses acting as a combustion suppressant. Egr not just an emmisions thing.

@@chasevans7171 The factory EGR only operates at two times, initially assist in attaining operating temperatures (when more heats desirable) and later whenever at low loads to reduce NOX formation as a result of excess oxygen in hot exhaust gas. Unlike a petrol engine where EGR increases the total mass of the cylinder charge, diesels control the power by reducing fuel ratio (not of volume of mixture supplied as with most petrol cars). Hence the average cylinder temperature is already lowest when EGR cooler would be utilized, and situations you'd be concerned about heat (such as sustained high load) aren't impacted by the EGR delete. Instead the high load temperatures will be governed by the volume/temperature of input air, alongside the injector duty cycle (if its taking to long to put fuel in, you start to get thermal issues you wouldn't otherwise at that power level).

it would be 10 hours long!

Bring it on boys 👍

Modern VW is shit from HELL!

@@DarksideDevelopments Hello. I want to buy vw amarok, i choose 2.0 tdi single turbo or biturbo?

I managed to put a rod through my block with my passat's 1.9 PD engine mate........so can be problematic.

They do work well!

@@buggerlugz6753 B6 Passat ?

Buggerlugz that happens if you abuse engines.

Buggerlugz then don’t buy a BKC or BXE if you won’t wanna be losing rods The 1.9 he’s talking about is the one from that old A4 and Golf MK3

If it's been well looked after and continues to be, then it shouldn't be horrendous. However, with most transporters, if things do go wrong, it can get very pricey

T5.1 ? Not t5, the pd engine

@Pswayder, Was that just your local VW dealer, same issue here and looking at options, what is "Not cheap! if i can ask? and what did you get for it ) thx

My local, trusted garage in Warwickshire, they got onto VW. The kit itself is around £6-7k (plus fitting) if i remember right which includes a new engine and all ancillaries - DPF, EGR, Re-con Turbo - literally everything that had touched oil or exhaust fumes. Doing it this way (and returning the old engine as VW instructed) means you get a 3 year warranty on the new block and bits. If you just change the block - no warranty. Change to a recon engine, that may have the issue, or a part in your existing engine may be a deadly sniper. I'm 12k in on the new engine - all good so far. My old EGR is now a desk tidy in my office. It's called 'The Bastard' @@smithygillson3040

Did you buy a different van/engine

Hi, I bought a Ford Transit Custom and it’s great, really nice van to drive.

There is no reason why you couldn't run other 2.0 TDI engines we even looked at fitting a CUAA

If the cap fits

Oh fuck!! Haha I'm crying

They're expensive and throw parts that's it. They started KZfaq because they were about to go bankrupt

never seen that either, maybe a dodgy re-con?

Yeah, we ended up doing that using this www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/products/oil-filter-housing-with-oil-cooler-for-vag-cr-diesel-engines.html

@@DarksideDevelopments and block off on the egr?

Drop us an email to sales@darksidedevelopments.co.uk and one of the team will be able to advise you there

That will either be a CXFA or CFHA engine which shouldn't have the same issues as CFCA's do so you should be good with them!

@@DarksideDevelopments Thank you very much for your response. Much appreciated.

It's good, fit a larger turbo and some bigger injectors!

@@DarksideDevelopments yep, that is the plan, just want to make sure it is perfectly healthy before doing that!

We never turn EGR off with DPF in place

@@DarksideDevelopments Why is this?

The DPF won't regenerate without EGR

I will beg to differ on this... egr-only delete, force a dpf regen to bring up dash light, drive as required until light goes out... Does that not mean it works?

Not 100% sure but we have some fairly new T6s with issues

The engine was likely already dead when it was fitted

We make our own!

@@DarksideDevelopments thank you for your reply.

@@DarksideDevelopments ive had a compression test done. The results are as follows, no1 is 385psi, no2 is 420psi, no3 is 400psi, no4 is 400psi. Would you say these results are good ?

usually they are too far gone for even the largest overbore!

There are some differences. If you drop us an email to sales@darksidedevelopments.co.uk with reg/vin and we'll be able to give you some more advice on this swap

So that will be the CXEB, and we've been seeing a fair few 2016/17 models coming into our workshop with faulty pistons/rings damaging the engines and having to get replacements. There are a fair few posts on our facebook about the issue. You can also drop us an email to sales@darksidedevelopments.co.uk with reg/vin and we can discuss any issues and tuning if applicable

We are seeing them come in with similar egr issues but they don't appear to be as bad as the CFCA

Crafter is different but get it looked at ASAP

Take the risk or ask to do a comp check first? Some run well but gobble oil

Thank you for the reply guys much appreciated.

140 DSG is most likely good

I also want to buy a t5 with a dsg gearbox which you advise me to be a durable engine that has gone over 200000km. Same 140kw?

Best to email, it can be 5k up to 10k+ if everything is dead! We usually have the vans a few days

It's the T5.1/T6 2.0 BiTdi 180 engine with the EGR cooler. All the others should be fine

If you some help just drop us an email - sales@darksidedevelopments.co.uk

I have the same problem with the oil lamp, only two seconds and gone. I dont know whats happend. you resolve the problem? Where is the place on that engine for the oil pressure switch? Thanks anyway

There's not a set mileage on when it can occur, we've seen this happen at various times. From what we've dealt with, the single turbo model is more reliable. Just compromising on power

Not that we know of.

Nothing is shared with the 240hp engine, it's all unique

So you could not replace the block with another 2lt bare engine and add all the ancillaries to it? So its a completely different 2lt engine?

The complete engine is entirely different

No.

Thanks?

No need

Eagle Eyed, We double checked the OE part number using the VIN, the vehicle left the factory with the A suffix part number. It looks like someone changed the EGR cooler previously on this van, maybe done on a recall however the damage had already been done.

Darkside Developments Thanks guys,love the videos 👍

I've got a 2016 180 with a D. How do I check against the VIN as per your comment to see if its legit or not? Thanks!

@@SimonLittler You should be able to check this with the dealer (Y)

D Peaceman38 my tuner also said the same about deleting the egr on a n47 bmw, if you delete the egr your dpf will go to shit

Pedro Guerreiro I run a fleet of vehicles and the VW/Skoda diesels I have egr deleted mainly due to constant issues but I do an active regen on dpf as find spot levels high. They never fail mot as emissions are same with or without egr as all still have cat and dpf. Good blast up road prior to mot and good quality fuel.

We dont ever remove EGR alone.

Can't remove an egr and have an MOT so no.

Only 180s kill engines and you need to get it before it's failed

@@DarksideDevelopments ok, i have a customers car with all the symtoms mentioned in the video. Did a egr off but i didn't install blanking plates right away and still had the same issues. Installed blanking plates for the egr and car runs fine now, but feels like it's down on power so was thinking maybe he has a cracked egr cooler and water has worn the cylinder to a lower compression.

Yeah, they are similar to CUNA/CUPA. They struggle a bit over 300bhp though. Got a blog here on tuning them! www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/Blog/mqb-platform-ea288-engine-tuning-184-cuna-cupa/

@@DarksideDevelopments how about oil consumption?

they use a lot normally!

@@DarksideDevelopments thx...i was thinking vag sorted out the oil consumption issue on these models

nope!

Just request a compression test

If you close the egr asap with low mileage and add an additional oil cooler the last long

Yes.............

@@niko8638 Basically because with twin turbos, a fairly small engine bay and commercial type demands they are often abused with (long days with heavy loads, towing trailers or lead footed courier use in stop start traffic to name a few), temperatures do get pretty warm, especially with an auto and air conditioning all piling more thermal load into the same air path. Will depend on your climate and use case of course, but in general if your not keeping it totally stock, its worth at least considering. Also unlike EGR delete, a external oil cooler doesn't normally have a large impact on what people think of as the "warmup" time of the engine, since its not a big change in either mass or total cooling present (even before thermostat opens), and the oil temps are only loosely coupled to the block/coolant (reaching an equilibrium that notably higher, but with average in sump remaining cooler than the block for a noticeable time after the engines coolant has reached operating temperature anyway). That said if your going crazy with the size you'll want to make sure you do a longer (or harder) drive once/twice a week to get the oil hot enough to drive moisture out, else add an external water separator (which is what most heavy diesel plant needs to do, as the "Italian tune up" of running it full tilt every now and again is both expensive in fuel/maintenance and frowned upon by occupational workplace safety regulators), but this isn't a change in usage for most van owners anyway (much less anybody who was worried about overheating oil to begin with). Hence for most people the real consideration for adding the cooler is the cost of parts/installation, since a ebay cheapo home job can be a liability, and as much as we all like watching the dark side boys work, they do still need to keep the lights on, so it isn't free.

If you are looking for that kind of power, imo you are better off with a maintained 3.0tdi...

2.0 consume less and is more reliable but with a map i dunno

Its a totally different engine, 5 years on they seem OK?

The new BiTDI (204) seems to be a lot better or the 2.0 TDI single turbo models. It depends on your budget really

They were weaponised by the people profiteering from Global warming, or was it climate change when it got Colder?

I'm guessing you won't be asking Greta Thunberg on a date any time soon 😮🤭😀😀😀😀

@@thefamilyrobbo she's an oxygen theif

Pretty sure they’d eat you given the chance. :)

yes it was a shame he revealed his ignorance there .

Totally different engines

Darkside Developments thought so! Cheers bud

The EGR Cooler setup is different, so it doesn't have this oil issue, but the Turbo setup is the same

No, the amaroks didn't have this issue

It's not really the year, it's the engine code that's the problem. CFCA's have the most issues. Other than that as long as they've been looked after, should be alright

Hi Tom, please email us with your reg. sales@darksidedevelopments.co.uk

A compression test is fairly simple to carry out, it's worth doing if you want to know how healthy the engine is.

@@DarksideDevelopments can you advise 2.0 tdi t5 2012 what is good compression reading

Around 400 psi

200hp is a real struggle!

@@DarksideDevelopments oh man help me a lot thanks !!!!!

My 2.5PD has done 325k miles, just doing injectors on it now, for the second time. Trust me, this is the best engine VW made

The PD100 engine isn't strong like the PD130 / PD150 engines, it has the small journal crankshaft and rods we don't recommend more than 200 BHP on these!

Thanks for your reply.

Scrap block!

Yes this is possible however the EGR blanking will eliminate the issue.

@@DarksideDevelopments Thanks for the info! Is this problem in any other VW twinturbo engine? I have seen similar engines in Amarok but not with same letters.

@@Bulldozer93000 the EGR cooler is different, not 100% if that means it's trustworthy!

It's not the same engine at all.

Ryan P Yep, i have the 240ps remapped from new with 102k on it. Never misses a beat.

they run forever!

Probably, would need to change ecu and loom as well

If it smokes the DPF must already be gone?

Darkside Developments Thanks for the reply But the dpf was replaced a year ago? So would blanking off the egr help in anyway ? Thanks again. John

@@peanut25john The EGR is not the problem I would think, with a DPF you should not see any smoke at all.

Darkside Developments Many thanks 🙏 I didn’t realise some of the dpf s are cheap s::::t ‘ I must have one Thanks 🙏 again I’ll keep watching your channel. John

@Sendit Sunday thanks 🙏 for the advice “ I’ve decided to keep it “ I just won’t look 👀 in the mirrors anymore. Thanks 🙏

Email us for options!

Almost all the common rail VW engines have pressed lobes. Not a common issue really

Very similar, but they use a different Oil Cooler / EGR Valve

Yes but they don't have the same crappy EGR!

@@DarksideDevelopments do they still suffer from any related issues or are they generally more reliable?

The turbo's leak a lot of oil so please check that first. but after than amount of use the engine could be gone again!!

@@DarksideDevelopments Okeey thank you=). So the D type egr is not rock solid ?

Just over 100k

Different engine, so they won't have this issue

@@DarksideDevelopments great thanks, good to know