Raabscuttle
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Last couple of weeks, my car has been acting wonkey. I have been getting oil smell, and when the engine starts cold, when I put a load on it, it acts like the valves are oil starved. Engine oil level looked fine, and it acted perfectly once it was about halfway up to operating temperature. However the problem has now been exasperated, and it has been making the value noise for longer periods of time.
Today, it threw up two MIL lights, and seems to have a very weird engine noise once it hits about 2000 RPM (almost like an old timing chain noise rattling against a timing chain cover from years gone back). I have 6 weeks left on this car before VW turn in, but need to keep it running. When I checked it out today for anything obvious, there was some fresh oil and some blowby on the back of the engine (picture)
questions:
what is this, and is it easily fixable (I have worked on cars, but it has been years - but never diesels). I don't want to put ANY more money into this car since it is going back to have a nice hole poked into its block by VW,
Particulars:
2013 Passat TDI SEL 2.0L
116500 miles
California car
only major work done (beside standard maintenance) water pump and timing belt at 80K and adlue heater at 110000K (I was a hold out waiting for VW to do "something" on the adblue heater)
MIL LIGHTS (just today)
P2478 (exhaust gas temperature sensor)
P0101 (mass air flow sensor)
Thanks!
Today, it threw up two MIL lights, and seems to have a very weird engine noise once it hits about 2000 RPM (almost like an old timing chain noise rattling against a timing chain cover from years gone back). I have 6 weeks left on this car before VW turn in, but need to keep it running. When I checked it out today for anything obvious, there was some fresh oil and some blowby on the back of the engine (picture)
questions:
what is this, and is it easily fixable (I have worked on cars, but it has been years - but never diesels). I don't want to put ANY more money into this car since it is going back to have a nice hole poked into its block by VW,
Particulars:
2013 Passat TDI SEL 2.0L
116500 miles
California car
only major work done (beside standard maintenance) water pump and timing belt at 80K and adlue heater at 110000K (I was a hold out waiting for VW to do "something" on the adblue heater)
MIL LIGHTS (just today)
P2478 (exhaust gas temperature sensor)
P0101 (mass air flow sensor)
Thanks!
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