What is in the motor!! Hot Fudge? Destruction! Experts needed. lol

[ACEdubs]

So my Dad's friend had his 2004 VW Touareg towed into the dealership.

Problem = It wouldn't start.

Look what the hell they found inside! lololol!
Someone has to know what this is!?!

2004 VW Touareg
Original owners
60,000 miles
Always serviced by dealer since day 1.
Price charged by dealer to tear down the motor, clean it up, and put it back together =

$10,000!!!!!!!

[Time for a GTI]

holy jeebus. looks like under cooked brownies

[Merc-MarkO]

wow ........ and people wonder why some folks insist on buying new.

[Beitz DUB]

That is sludge. I'd been questioning the dealer's services...Looks like the oil hasnt been changed in about 60k miles

[EvoIX]

[SVTDanny]

2004 VW Touareg
Original owners
60,000 miles
Always serviced by dealer since day 1.
Price charged by dealer to tear down the motor, clean it up, and put it back together =

$10,000!!!!!!!

Always serviced by the dealer, but they want 10 grand to clean it up? WTF? I'd be on the phone with VWoA with a quickness the second "Ten thousand dollars" left the service manager's tongue.

[stevegolf]

I bet that smelled fantastic when they opened that up

[2000JettaGLXVR6]

That^

[PlatinumGLS]

Bet there are cars with 60,000 miles that have NEVER had an oil change that have had less sludge than that.

[drivrswntd]

Looks a lot like this E46 with no oil change for 40k.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...&highlight=oil

[Smooremin]

That is sludge. I'd been questioning the dealer's services...Looks like the oil hasnt been changed in about 60k miles

Ya, kinda makes you take the OPs statement quite literally...

Always serviced by dealer ON day 1

[eweu]

Are we sure that every scheduled has been performed on this engine?

[JettaGT8V80]

holy sludge batman looks like the head gasket failed and then coolant mixed with the oil and made brownies

that or instead of oil the dealership put in some duncan hines

[EGSEDAN]

I'm speechless. WTF!! Did the oil get contaminated? That is just bizzare.

[WalterSobchack]

That is proof positive that the dealer has not been doing the services. This makes me want to pull the valve cover off of my wifes passat.

[McBanagon]

Always serviced by dealer since day 1.

100% dealer service, including oil changes?

[ATL_Av8r]

Is that the sh|tmonster from Dogma?

[302W]

Hopefully he has proof of every oil change he paid for. If it's at the proper mileage intervals, lawyer time.

[1.8Tquattro]

That's impressive.

[David@vwvortex]

That's worth a call to the regional rep right there in my opinion. If they have all the receipts from the dealership since Day 1, then they need to provide them to VWoA to see what can be done(if anything).

Suffice to say that's not natural. YIKES.

[unimogken]

Holy crap!

It will be interesting to see the outcome on this one.

[abawp]

Always serviced by the dealer, but they want 10 grand to clean it up? WTF? I'd be on the phone with VWoA with a quickness the second "Ten thousand dollars" left the service manager's tongue.

Agreed. Serviced at the dealer since day one, the engine shouldn't look like it's been neglected since day one. Unless there is some other underlying issue, the owner's shouldn't be paying a penny of that $10,000 quote/bill IMO.

[deadguy]

poor VR6
there is no way it would cost 10k to fix.. even if you bought a new longblock it's not $10k
this is the reason they call them "stealerships"

[ACEdubs]

Agreed. Serviced at the dealer since day one, the engine shouldn't look like it's been neglected since day one. Unless there is some other underlying issue, the owner's shouldn't be paying a penny of that $10,000 quote/bill IMO.

A bill! That they've already paid!!

I told my pops to ask about day one oil changes. Lets see...

[Ernie McCracken]

A bill! That they've already paid!!

No amount of facepalms is enough facepalms for this.

[Jman5000]

I predict 20%-50% offered by the regional rep.

Any vagcom'ers know what errors something like this would throw? I mean these cars are awash in sensors now it's strange to think nothing got tripped

[abawp]

No amount of facepalms is enough facepalms for this.

No doubt. As long as there is sufficient prove of maintenance (receipts and dealer logs), I'd be making some phone calls for a refund.

[SSLByron]

Jesus Christ.

What color is the coolant in a VR6 Toe-rag, by the way?

[atomicalex]

Holy crap. In all my years of dealing with the 1.8t issues, I've never seen anything like that. That is *profound*.

[GaTeIg]

+ +
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[benjaminobscene]

HAHAHAHA at seafoam

[MonteCarlo]

Agreed. Serviced at the dealer since day one, the engine shouldn't look like it's been neglected since day one. Unless there is some other underlying issue, the owner's shouldn't be paying a penny of that $10,000 quote/bill IMO.

I'd bet money... that engine has never had an oil change.

[Korfu]

there are no words.... Wow just wow

[Notch__Johnson]

makes me want to open up my valve cover to see if anything that bad is going on!!!! I change my own oil but damn!

no symptoms prior to this other than it not starting?

[GaTeIg]

HAHAHAHA at seafoam

Care to elaborate? I've used to it for this purpose many times with great results.