Under Valve Cover Pics - 2004 VW Beetle TDI

[Nick1994]

Well I've finally gotten around to getting my valve cover off, the Beetle is just shy of 172k miles. These engines are prone to high cam wear and I decided to check out the cam, all looks good to me. Most of its life it's had 10k-12k mile oil changes at the dealership, a couple more than that. I think any dark seen is just the extremely black oil.

 

[SOHCman]

looks nice, definitely a diesel with that sooty oil, lol. I like the tappet design on these.

 

[gregk24]

Looks clean for having 10K OCI's. Thanks for sharing!

 

[WiskyBadger]

What are the recommended oci's on these engines? 10k seems normalish for a diesel.

 

[Nick1994]

Originally Posted By: ChevyBadger
What are the recommended oci's on these engines? 10k seems normalish for a diesel.
It calls for 10k. It usually went a couple thousand more.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Man that's CLEAN! Looks great!

 

[hpb]

Looks good, for a diesel! I really don't miss working on them though, my hands would be stained black for days. Yeah, I could've worn gloves...

 

[supton]

Looks pretty familiar. Post on tdiclub but i doubt there is issue here.

 

[splinter]

Looks to be relatively clean and fresh with minimal wear occurring on its highly loaded cam surfaces. Nice.

Now what's going on with that clutch and flywheel?!