EA888s run well on 5W-40 at 500whpTrue, but some might need a bit more viscosity than a basic 5W40, depending on how hard they're pushed.
EA888s run well on 5W-40 at 500whpTrue, but some might need a bit more viscosity than a basic 5W40, depending on how hard they're pushed.
You should beGot it. It's not like I'm running E85.
I am running 2.5 gallons of E typically with the balance of a 14.5 gallon tank with 93/E10. E22 I elieve that works out to be. Yes, I run some additional E in the car but at 22% this isn't eating parts.Sir....do not try to confuzzle me in the morning on my day off after a 70hr week.(it's not difficult)Lol....
So, you ARE running E, correct???
At some point this will be flex with MPI so I can all the corns....You should be
Rattling noise up front and aluminum in the oil filter? That is a smoking gun to a timing chain eating a timing cover!Could that chain be looser than the computer says it is? Perhaps enough to slap the cover or case?
Are you ALWAYS running the corn sauce or are you "giving it a break" and running one or two tanks of full 93 in between???I am running 2.5 gallons of E typically with the balance of a 14.5 gallon tank with 93/E10. E22 I elieve that works out to be. Yes, I run some additional E in the car but at 22% this isn't eating parts.
It gets a mix, I don't always run the blend. This is a v. common thing on these cars, E30 type blends and I've never heard of this kind of issue.Are you ALWAYS running the corn sauce or are you "giving it a break" and running one or two tanks of full 93 in between???
I believe that is a MK6/not the EA888 gen 3 but will be similar.
Heard about it and had the issue when running my n54 135i.It gets a mix, I don't always run the blend. This is a v. common thing on these cars, E30 type blends and I've never heard of this kind of issue.
Yep many. many, run full E daily. Definitely not the issue.It gets a mix, I don't always run the blend. This is a v. common thing on these cars, E30 type blends and I've never heard of this kind of issue.
Nope.Yep many. many, run full E daily. Definitely not the issue.
Here's the Gen 3 like mine:
So to me this can be:Heard about it and had the issue when running my n54 135i.
I'm looking at different possibilities other than the chain issue everyone seems to be pointing at. It would have to be a hell or a loose timing chain to chew timing covers.....but you have dead on timing. I do not buy the chain issue. I do nut buy the flakes coming from the pistons either.
Only thing I can think of is hpfp. With the E content.....I got money on the hpfp....scratch that. I got 5 liters of Liqui Moly on it.
Would not be so quick to dismiss the hpfp issue, bud. Not many running the extensive mods Mr Ti is running. Coupled with the E content and the fact that he pushes his car to an extent that many with his mods might not be. Yes, there could be a few that might go for a few 1/8th or 1/4 mile sprints here and there, but Mr Ti does more than that.Yep many. many, run full E daily. Definitely not the issue.
I put 504 to the wheel with my MK7 so you could say I had a few mods as well. HPFP if upgraded can cause cam wear, that is possible. I am not buying into E being a killer provided oil is changed more frequently.Would not be so quick to dismiss the hpfp issue, bud. Not many running the extensive mods Mr Ti is running. Coupled with the E content and the fact that he pushes his car to an extent that many with his mods might not be. Yes, there could be a few that might go for a few 1/8th or 1/4 mile sprints here and there, but Mr Ti does more than that.
We are all playing phone doctor until he tears it apart, tbh.
Actually, my mods are v. mild on this platform. Many run much more than this on the GTI/R and I've never heard of the HPFP issue but I'm not dismissing anything here.Would not be so quick to dismiss the hpfp issue, bud. Not many running the extensive mods Mr Ti is running. Coupled with the E content and the fact that he pushes his car to an extent that many with his mods might not be. Yes, there could be a few that might go for a few 1/8th or 1/4 mile sprints here and there, but Mr Ti does more than that.
We are all playing phone doctor until he tears it apart, tbh.
Neither am I - on this platform E isn't going to be an issue here or we'd hear about it on the forums/FB groups. My car is a mild modded example here.I put 504 to the wheel with my MK7 so you could say I had a few mods as well. HPFP if upgraded can cause cam wear, that is possible. I am not buying into E being a killer provided oil is changed more frequently.