Dear drivers,
I own a mk4 Cupra 1.8 20VT.
Excuse me for making some writing mistakes, I'm from the Netherlands..
Before I went on a holiday to Italy, I did a oilchange.
When driving about 600 miles, I got a check-engine light which stated that the camshaft position was over-retarded (P0012 -"A" camshaft position - Timing over-retarded).
After resetting it, it didn't came back for about 1400miles.
During the trip I heard a rattling sound when making 3k> RPM.
I felt the car haa a struggle when driving away from a stop.
Because of the weight of the car I didn't feel that I had less power.
When coming back to home, the oil light came on with a acoustic sound.
Immediately stopped the car and towed it to the mechanic.
Replaced the oil-sensor and drove it back to home.
The rattling sound still exhisted and the oil light came up twice on a row.
The oil level was perfect so I ignored it and drove a total of 40 miles before I had the car back at the mechanic.
After replacing the pick-up pipe (which was very clean btw) I test drove the car and felt the power was back, but the rattle was still there and the check-engine light once again gave a P0012 camshaft over-retarded warning.
When I came to a stop at the mechanic the car coughs white smoke which gets more intense every second.
Even when I stopped the engine, it puffs out white smoke.
The smoke wasn't coolant because it smelled like oil.
It's possible that the car has been doing this the whole trip to/from italy because the car was filled with dirt which was VERY hard to get rit of, possibly oil.
Please help! I read the worst stories on the web of replacing an engine
I own a mk4 Cupra 1.8 20VT.
Excuse me for making some writing mistakes, I'm from the Netherlands..
Before I went on a holiday to Italy, I did a oilchange.
When driving about 600 miles, I got a check-engine light which stated that the camshaft position was over-retarded (P0012 -"A" camshaft position - Timing over-retarded).
After resetting it, it didn't came back for about 1400miles.
During the trip I heard a rattling sound when making 3k> RPM.
I felt the car haa a struggle when driving away from a stop.
Because of the weight of the car I didn't feel that I had less power.
When coming back to home, the oil light came on with a acoustic sound.
Immediately stopped the car and towed it to the mechanic.
Replaced the oil-sensor and drove it back to home.
The rattling sound still exhisted and the oil light came up twice on a row.
The oil level was perfect so I ignored it and drove a total of 40 miles before I had the car back at the mechanic.
After replacing the pick-up pipe (which was very clean btw) I test drove the car and felt the power was back, but the rattle was still there and the check-engine light once again gave a P0012 camshaft over-retarded warning.
When I came to a stop at the mechanic the car coughs white smoke which gets more intense every second.
Even when I stopped the engine, it puffs out white smoke.
The smoke wasn't coolant because it smelled like oil.
It's possible that the car has been doing this the whole trip to/from italy because the car was filled with dirt which was VERY hard to get rit of, possibly oil.
Please help! I read the worst stories on the web of replacing an engine
