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#355 of 357 Re: W8 Passat [dcolosimo] by altair4 Oct 04, 2009 (3:48 pm)
Replying to: dcolosimo (Oct 04, 2009 6:17 am) Realizing it may have been serviced timely, but what oil type (synth or regular) and grade was used? In other words, was it completely compliant with VW's specs? That might determine whether it was sludged or not.   Did you buy the car from a VW dealer? Was it CPO?   Also, bear in mind that the W8 was a fairly rare engine for some dealers. Not all of them are conversant in problems with that engine. You might want to consider having another service department look at it.   At the very least, post the codes that the engine gave through the OBD.   Oh, and who is the warranty company? You might save someone else from dealing with a difficult provider. Replies to this message: dcolosimo (Oct 05, 2009 9:27 am)
#356 of 357 Re: W8 Passat [dcolosimo] by vwdawg Oct 05, 2009 (6:51 am)
Replying to: dcolosimo (Oct 04, 2009 6:17 am) dcolosimo: Wow, what a horrible mess. I agree with altair4...get a second opinion from a either a good independent repair shop or another dealer. Sludging at 48k sounds pretty outrageous, and if VW-approved synth was used, then VW should definitely be covering this regardless of mileage...contact VW America to complain. I think the extended sludging warranty runs ten years if you are using the correct oil. And, why do they need to take the engine out to de-sludge? Is that the normal procedure for that? Good luck. vwdawg
#357 of 357 Re: W8 Passat [altair4] by dcolosimo Oct 05, 2009 (9:27 am)
Replying to: altair4 (Oct 04, 2009 3:48 pm) Thanks for your reply. The car was serviced by a VW dealer in Rochester, Ny since new. I purchased it from the original owner with a complete service history. Oil has always been approved synthetic and even when I changed it the shop used synthetic every 5000 miles. The original dealer is aprox 150 miles from me so the VW dealer I took it to is about 100 miles. I did call the original dealer 4 times and have yet to receive a call back. The codes I have are 16406 bank 2 cam adj adv, 16684 random misfire, 16689 cyl 5 misfire, 16690 cyl 6 misfire, 16691 cyl 7 misfire and 16692 cyl 8 misfire. The warranty company is Universal and they were highly reccommended but now I question that. I did call VW and open a complaint and ask for a QTM to be brought in since the dealer didn't seem to be too knowledgeable. I have not received a call back from VW yet either. I love this car but I am sorry I bought it. I am hoping the problem to be electrical or ignition or something other than the $8000 fix they said it might be. Anyone want to buy a mint W8 Passat? Any help would be appreciated.

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