@wolverine5plNo matter how often you ask about 1.4 TSI (Turbo only not Twincharger) reliability or 'carbon build up', the answer will be about as reliable as any engine VW group has manufactured in the past 10 years. There really is no common issue with them. VW Caddy petrol engines. There were no petrol engines at launch, but VW subsequently introduced three options for anti-diesel buyers, or those who mostly drive short distances around town: 1.2 TSI with 84hp / 160Nm; 1.0 TSI with 102hp / 175Nm; 1.4 TSI with 125hp / 220Nm The Smart II has improved 3 cylinder engines with a capacity of 999 cm³, 61/71 HP without supercharging and 84, 98 and 102 HP with turbo. Faults related to the refrigeration system or the EGR valve are most frequently reported. Installed on: Smart I; Smart II; 5. 1.0 MPI / TSI (VW group) Fuelly currently has fuel efficiency data for 2016 thru 2019 1.4 engines. Their data also includes odometer readings since purchase. I've written to several owners who show 60,000 - 70,000 on the odometer. All have indicated very good reliability. My 1.4 - at 30,000 - is without any issues. Volkswagen claims a combined fuel economy figure of just 33.6mpg for the car - which is hardly saving the planet - but even under gentle use we struggled to better 28mpg. The CO2 figure of 199 g A year later, the weaker, 75 hp is the base engine debuting in the fourth generation Vw Golf. Since then, the 1.4 16v has appeared in a wide range of Vw Group models (e.g. in the Audi A2, Seat Leon / Toledo, Škoda Fabia, Vw Lupo, etc.) and soon became one of the Group’s most popular engines. He soon introduced two new variants of 80 and 86 The 1.2 TSI, 1.4 TSI and 1.8 TSI turbocharged petrol engines all use timing chains and the rest have timing belts. How reliable is a 1 4 TSI engine? Volkswagen 1.4 TSI Engine Reliability As with many of Volkswagen’s engines, if you follow the maintenance schedules religiously and use the correct fuel/oil, the 1.4’s are very reliable engines. The gas engines that were featured in the B7 Passat were an EA211 1.4 TSI engine that featured a single turbo that put down 148hp and 184lb-ft of torque. Other gas engines were the 1.8 TSI (160hp/184lb-ft of torque), an EA888 2.0 TSI (207hp/207lb-ft), an EA855 2.5L (170hp/177lb-ft), and an EA390 The 150-hp, 1.4-liter, twin-cam, 16-valve, turbocharged four-cylinder is a member of the EA211 engine family developed for the highly flexible MQB architecture, and it's the new base engine for This Volkswagen Passat 1.4 engine oil type is 5W-30 and oil capacity is 3.8 litres. Volkswagen Passat 2014 1.4 TSI has front wheel drive (FWD) and automatic gearbox with 7 gears. The fuel consumption of this version of Volkswagen Passat 2014 1.4 TSI reported by owners in daily driving mode is 6.9 litres per 100km. tEIHSj.