Great video. Lots of good imfo. Love the format!

Great video, I have the lucky 2013 with some MODs attached. Things to be aware of also. Yes timing chain, good mechanics can connect a tool to check how much tension you have left.(very important). Yes the carbon will build up around 50K,(at 100K)i did not know that and was having faults to my coils (replaced around 5 before i realized that was an issue). 600 US dollars to clean FYI depending on your area. DSG or automatic trans need service at 60k, I DYI it my self, was very easy with the help of KZread. level 3-4 if you buy the tools which are not that expensive. run down what i did to mine lol Stage 3 ECU tune 3" APR cast aluminum down pipe 3" ARP exhaust res and muffler delete. Audi R8 coil packs (soon APRs) cause tuning ECU for more power tends to make the factory packs fail. APR tunes are safer than most FYI, don't max the car out( fuel system components etc. Charge pipes and intake. K04 turbo upgrade with exhaust manifold. Runs around 350+ horse power and will melt the tires in 1-2 so you need to prepare. GOOD LORD THE EDIT... Buy a ODBelevin tool to check codes or something similar, saved me thousands at taking it in cause of the carbon issues etc. well worth the 100 i spent, most codes are from a cold start that the car did not like.

Excellent video with direct and concise info. Thanks.

Very insightful and informative video. Great job!

Thanks your highly detailed descriptions!

After owning a BMW, this stuff seems easy lol. Gonna pick one up!

@mazpr2025

Жыл бұрын

after owning a Lexus, this stuff is a nightmare! 😅

Thx for the continued updates

Warranty's covered water pump till 12/31/18 extended factory warranty on intake manifold on injectors and class action suit on timing chain tensioner up to 10 years or 100,000 miles. Thanks for the CEL codes I am at 75K on my 2011GTI so I plan on replacing tensioner ASAP and going through the list of common problems as they arise,

I have a 2013 GTI bought new. Had the upgraded tensioner but the chain did stretch so i replaced the timing and balance chains as well as all the guides and tensioners at 100000km. Did my waterpump also not because it was leaking but for preventative maintenance. i put the newly revised waterpump in from the stealership not the aluminum one. so far so good. I replaced the coilpacks for prevenative maintenance. I replaced the low pressure fuel pump twice and i did a rear wheel bearing at 70000km. oh and i installed the updated intake manifold. Thats pretty much it......so far. i do my own walnut shell blasting to clean the carbon off the intake valves. works well and is really the only way to clean them. fuel additives wont help and neither does installing a catch can.

Great video bro! They are great cars, the reputation they get is tragic. The issue is people tend to buy the older models without doing proper research, then beat the shit out of them ignoring the maintenance. It’s one of the cars that gets expensive if you don’t take care of issues promptly and if you aren’t able to work on the car yourself. I’m APR stage 2 on my 14 gti. Just recently I replaced the intake manifold, and thermostat. Currently at 107k on the odo. No other issues so far.

@busterlouie6176

2 жыл бұрын

Well I'm no mechanic but I do have one who can work on these cars and hes very affordable

Excellent content, well done. Thank you. Looking to buy one as grocery getter. 115k miles

Very detailed. Thanks for posting this.

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@darrellroireau4061

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I knew of most stuff, but so much detail I learned a couple more bugs. Thx!

Its a preformance sports car, if you bought one (like me) be ready to spend money on it

Most of these vws have similar issues if the car was maintained well before you got it most of the time there aren't many issues.

Great video, I had some problems with my mk6 GTI but for me it's totally worth it. The GTI's are an incredible experience my 2010 GTI drove 10x better than my 2016 Audi.

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

The gti is more engaging than the Audi. What kind of Audi do u have.?

Heads up that they started fitting the revised tensioner halfway through 2012. Mine is a MY12.5 and has the revised tensioner fitted from factory

@riverstump563

3 жыл бұрын

U think a 2013 is good?

@z3non142

3 жыл бұрын

@@riverstump563 yes

@riverstump563

3 жыл бұрын

@@z3non142 I bought one hahaha les go!

@jeffleonard343

3 жыл бұрын

You’ll need to check the manufacture date for your 2013 GTI. From what I could tell mine was manufactured just a few months before the updated tensioner was installed. Otherwise it’s an excellent car!

Thanks great details

Hey man, great video. I own a MK6 GTI 2010 and you nailed it with all the issues and problems with it... do you know the tricks or tips for the carbon buildup without removing the manifold? Seafoam?

@usa5046

2 жыл бұрын

Methanol injection helps also running a 5th injector for extra fueling helps the valves alot cleaner

@mazpr2025

Жыл бұрын

@@usa5046 OCC and Seafoam

Great 👍 video, thank you 😊

excellent clear and precise

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!! 😊

The mk5 has the dsg issues, if you service the dsg on the mk6 every 40k miles it’s bullet proof

this car gets smoker lungs from the carbon buildup faster than any other gdi i've come across. had my intake manifold replaced after 55k under warranty.

@dastimRETRO

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the carbon buildup is a pain. I recently replaced the intake manifold on my 14 I believe it’s on the 2nd one because I was able to see where the previous owner broke a clip on the boost solenoid when THEY replaced it. 😂

Bro thank you

If you don't mod the shit out of it and maintain it it's relaiable. If possible, go for the 35th Edition with it's downtuned Golf R engine with timing belt, enforced rods and bigger turbo. That engine is a recipe for reliability. I daily mine and it purrs like a cat every time. The only negative I can think of is that this engine (EA113) drinks a bit more gas compared to the newer (EA888) engine with the chain. nevertheless that's a small prize to pay if it's reliable in the longterm.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

What years is the 35?

My 2013 mk6 gti my water pump failed and my timing chain stretched do to an oil leak but 4,200 dollars later lol

Thanks

The mk6 gti got ea888 gen 3 engine in the latest models?

The GTI is Best daily you can buy for the money

This is a very useful video. Thanks for making this. Sounds like a typical German nightmare.

Yesterday I blow my Waterpump, I have to replace the it 😢

What about oil burning?

Tell me about it my timing chain tensioner went bad and cause my chain to skip teeth. I think my valves are bent. Gonna open it up on Monday and find out

@jama6705

3 жыл бұрын

This happened to mine and bent all the valves

What's up everyone, looking to buy a 2010 GTI I found from original owner . Carfax checks out on all maintenance done from day one from dealer purchased at. Car currently has 41,270 original miles on it. This will be my first GTI I would own and one of my favorite cars I've wanted since I was in HS. My question is from all the comments I've read up above, should I move forward with the purchase? What should I do to it as soon as I purchase it to avoid any headaches. Thanks in advance on your recommendations.

@busterlouie6176

2 жыл бұрын

Pray

OMG 😱. Somebody call Scotty Kilmer!

i have a full cast aluminium water pump :) . they have been out for a while

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Do they have it for 2.0 cbfa engines?

Does that BFI shift knob pull up to take it out of park?

@Wattis161

4 жыл бұрын

Erich Hasenstab yes.

Ouch Fram filter

Bought mine like 2 weeks ago (used) and I had to get my fuel pump and my injectors fixed 🤦🏾‍♂️

@Wattis161

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Brooks I feel you. My high pressure fuel pump gave out 1 month after I got it.

@noobinvestor

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh same! Thing already stopped working. Seems to be a alternate or fuel pump issue 😭

@shanemitchell5807

3 жыл бұрын

Be ready for other things to fail as well.

@blvcksandblues

Жыл бұрын

what were some of the symptoms that you noticed?

Nice car. I have a 2013, same color and interior. I love it. Why did you get the automatic? This car is beyond fun when it's a manual. I add a bottle of gas treatment (from various manufacturers) with every tank of highest octane gas. This will really help to eliminate carbon build up. Never put cheap gas in that car. It will start to back fire immediately. Peace.

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate that. I got the automatic because here in Atlanta traffic is brutal. As a daily driver I didn’t want to deal with that. Your right!!!! I’ll stay away from cheap gas. I’ll stick to shell or bp gas. But I did a carbon cleaning before, just to make sure. Thanks for the advice.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

Throttle pedal sits further back than the older models and it’s the one that come from the floor so it’s basically impossible to run fast through canyons and such since heal toe in this car is virtually impossible

@bettersteps

2 жыл бұрын

@@HatsuneM1ku01 Heal-toe? >99% of drivers will never even think about heal-toe driving. Also, Most people care less about their driving experience through canyons because most GTI's will never driving through canyons. If they did, it would not be "impossible" to drive fast through them.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

@@bettersteps hence why the dsg is the better option even for enthusiasts and spirited drivers.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

@@bettersteps if they were the case then every sports car would be made the same , and the gti wouldn’t exist as people would just buy the normal golf

Dude if you watch his first video about all his basic ricer mods and look at the quality of that engine bay it’s no surprise it’s got so many issues. My first mk4 gti had 210,000 miles when I got it but I drove it till 270,000 and only ever did oil so if you treat your car like shit and don’t drive stick yeah your car will be shit

@timjeanjaquet5576

3 жыл бұрын

from what I've read regular maintenance on a stock GTI and your basically fine or no major fixes

Something to think about with the timing chain.... if you buy a car with over 100k miles just plan on having the whole chain and tensioner assembly replaced. As the chain wears it stretches out and eventually gets too long for the tensioner and can skip timing. This isn’t a problem that’s unique to the GTI, most timing chain equipped overhead cam cars with really long chains have to deal with this. I bought my mk6 brand new in 2009 and it’s been a great car.

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Do u think the same for 2010 - 2012 Audi s4 ?

@michaelw6277

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 I don’t know a lot about them, but what I’ve heard is that they’re some of the better S4s for reliability. I wouldn’t expect them to hold up as well as a Lexus, but they seem to hold up really well as long as you keep an eye out for certain issues.

@mazpr2025

Жыл бұрын

nahh, I had a V6 Tacoma, timing chain, 240k miles.... I did change the synthetic oil every 4k or 5 months.

So much fun to drive, but it has about 51 million parts and sensors, and after 100k miles, they start failing one by one.

any idea why my 2010 gti dsg lurches and aggresively shifts from park to drive etc.

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

When you shift it from park then to drive and drive to reverse then park you will feel a heavy shift and sometimes a noise under you. Same as my 2011 gti. I went to my friend from VW dealership and he said it the dual mass flywheel. “Worn springs” that are built in. Not a huge issue but annoying. But I’ve read different experience like this one: www.golfmk6.com/forums/index.php?threads/dsg-problems.304537/ Hopefully this will help

@mattmoser6519

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 very interesting forum though I am completely stock beside the factory recall intake manifold and some other very expensive and time consuming repairs only at 74,000 biggest problem is the aggressive jolt when coming to a stop I had contacted multiple places in NY to see if they would do the mechatronic solenoid k1 & k2 but nobody wants to go anywhere near that but suggest it could work but this dual mass fly wheel seems to be something I’m coming across a lot more lately Along with the reset recalibration May fix it then again could just buy a whole new transmission and call it a day

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

I understand the dsg is great but a pain. I’m guessing you’ve changed your dsg fluid every 40k mile or less. And maybe to reduce all the hard shifts, you can keep it in manual mode and find the right rpm to shift so it can be a little smoother. For me I shift Around 3k. But if u decide to replace the whole transmission it’s important to get the updated one 2013+ that’s when they update on those cars. Good luck! 🍀

@mattmoser6519

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 I read up that the mk6 2010 not too sure what other years but this specifically doesn’t have a coolant system directly to the dsg gearbox and when oil is not getting to the dual mass clutch it Bucks or jerks the car saw some cooling systems that could remedy this mind you I bought the car at 67,000 miles so any previous damage is unknown to me and can be solely from aggressive driving vw says it’s a healthy trans but I say other wise

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Noted, learn something new. The fact that you don’t know about the cars past driving habits I’m guessing you also don’t have much on maintenance history either. I would change the DSG fluid as soon as you can. Unfortunately some owners would put universal transmission fluid instead VW DSG fluid. If you already did, at least that's 1 less thing to worry about.

The hose at 7:00 is that suposed to be like that?

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

If your talking about the hose between the pcv and the intake manifold then yes. There’s a styrofoam covering the plastic hose .

@bomanndk4805

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 It just looks like the hose is all ripped

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

The plastic hose itself is fine but I can see what your talking about.

Watch out for oil consumption issue. Run away if it uses any oil.

@arikgoldstein4840

3 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate?? My timing chain tensioner has already gone out and been replaced by warranty around last year. However, the car still drinks up motor oil like crazy I’m always adding oil now to keep the dipstick reading in check

@shanemitchell5807

3 жыл бұрын

@@arikgoldstein4840 Sorry to hear that but typical for VAG products. My GTI MK6 always used oil from day dot. It got progressively worse over the years. In the first year of ownership I took it in for an oil consumption test and the dealer said it was normal for these engines to drink oil and nothing was wrong. As I mentioned it became progressively worse. I did another oil consumption test just out of warranty and it failed, surprise, surprise! The dealer said it needed new pistons, rings and conrods at my cost. I told them to shove it up their arse and traded the shit box for a Hyundai N. I did some research on this oil issue and its a common issue and its an engineering fuck up on the oil ring design. They get blocked and cannot remove the oil from the cylinder walls and it gets burnt. The design of the oil ring and pistons were changed due to the problem being common. Compression test is fine, no scoring on the bores and PCV valve replaced. My advice is to sell it straight away and buy something else other than a VAG product.

@arikgoldstein4840

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanemitchell5807 heartbreaking to hear, Thanks for the advice

@shanemitchell5807

3 жыл бұрын

@@arikgoldstein4840 Yep however, the Hyundai N is twice the car the MK6 was. Not looking back at all.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanemitchell5807 I’m sorry for you that you chose the inferior quality car that will be in a junk yard in 10’years as Hyundais and Kia’s are known not to last long term. Vw is a far superior brand. Learn to take care of your car lol

Probably my eyes are cheating me, but it seems that ur coolant is overfilled.

@bettersteps

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. It's perfect.

from someone who bought one (that had also been quite abused), stay away. MANY better options for more reliable cars. im currently about 2 grand into repairs

@bettersteps

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great car. YOU should have stayed away from one that had been abused.

where are you from?

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Mitton Jamaica 🇯🇲

@jdmkvn

3 жыл бұрын

Cool cool My fam is from Haiti so I realized the Caribbean accent. I have some of the problems you experienced with this car haha thanks for the heads up

@busterlouie6176

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 I'm getting a 2012 GTI tomorrow and im scared shit less

@Wattis161

2 жыл бұрын

@@busterlouie6176 dsg or manual and is this your first VW?

@busterlouie6176

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 dsg 2012 87,000 super clean and it would be my first one the videos are making me nervous

Failed in almost every aspect

I recommend....DON'T buy one.

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

And it’s always people who don’t work on their own cars nor know how they work that way this stuff as well lol

@shanemitchell5807

2 жыл бұрын

@@HatsuneM1ku01 I really enjoy talking to people who make uninformed assumptions, its easy...

@HatsuneM1ku01

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanemitchell5807 yea I’ve been driving vws for the last 10 years lol. I’ve had everything from mk3 Vr6s all the way up to mk6 2.5s . I’ve had a few mk4s a tdi, had a few wagons . Only reason I’ve had so many was I found a better one that was a higher trim with a better engine etc. they’ve all ran damn near flawless. I’m currently sitting in a mk6 Jetta 2.5 with 210k miles, a tdi mk4 wagon pushing 300k, a mk4 vr6 gli, a mk4 tdi 1.8t, boosted mk3 vr6 and been dailying mk6 gti to work for the last 2 years. Please ask me how I know your full of shit and coke talk to me again lol. And I’ve I’ve really dk e is just maintain them, oil changes, brake pads, coil packs, and the worn out control arm bushings. And I run liquid moly on all of them, I’m positive you just got a lemon or just threw the first oil you saw on autozones shelf in it and called it good and ran it to 15k between changes lol

@shanemitchell5807

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha VW fan boy 🤣I can attest that you don't know if I'm talking shit or not. Here's a tip... when presented with tangible evidence of VAG products having poor reliability, look it up, like an intelligent person. Its actual fact that VAG products have less than average reliability, which I experienced first hand. I'm not the only one who experienced this. If you want to stare blankly into the headlights like a stunned rabbit, then knock yourself out.

OMG, NEVER buy a car with DSG. Just say "NO" to DSG. The entire trans can become junk in an instant. EVERYBODY has problems with their DSG trans. It's the most unreliable thing ever.

Hey man, great video. I own a MK6 GTI 2010 and you nailed it with all the issues and problems with it... do you know the tricks or tips for the carbon buildup without removing the manifold? Seafoam?

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Hey man! Thanks. I tried the sea-foam my gti after I notice rough idles, but it only delay the inevitable. It will only get rid of the softer part of the carbon. The hardened and stubborn part is where you have to clean by getting in the valves and clean it. I did a chemical clean where I use valve cleaner to break down the carbon and use a wire brush or a strong pick to remove it. Or you can use the sandblast which is better in my opinion. I’m going to try that on the s4.

@yannzter

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wattis161 Thanks for actually writing back I actually have all the stuff necessary to perform the seafoam cleanup which I’ll do today I’ll let you know how it goes!!

@Wattis161

3 жыл бұрын

Ohh and after you do all of that. Get an oil catch . That should minimize any future buildup.