Ralphch97 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Hello, I have been here for help on my Lupo before and you have been good, I am having a problem with my polo, I put a thread up on club polo but no one replied, i was wondering if you would be able to help me as it has the same engine as the lupo tdi i think. So the other day i bought a polo tdi pd 1.4, The car runs smooth and spot on apart from when in neautral or certain gears the is a noise/vibration, The noise goes if you move the gear lever to the right but once you let go it starts again! Its bugging me as i don't know what it is, its like the gearstick vibrates and increased noise comes from the engine bay and then when you put presure on it and move it to the right it goes. sorry if its not explained well and sorry if i shouldn't be asking on club lupo. please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 you really have my sympathy on this one Ralphch97. I can only give you my experience as its an AMF engine and fitted to numerous cars across the VAG range. that engine was fitted in my Audi A2 TDi and in standard form was around 70 bhp. The Audi A2 sport same capacity but engine code BHC was pushing out around 90 bhp and came with a DMF . My Audi A2 started the gearstick (lets say) shuddering violently, it was towed to Audi who done a compression test and a full computer read out nothing was wrong. they replaced the cam belt and vibration damper for the timing belt and water pump this helped but there was still considerable vibration from the engine but no power loss it could still pull like a train. So 1k miles passed and took it to an audi specialist full service and further checks to the vibration they changed the maf meter and wireing loom inside the cylinder head as this gets brittle and may cause miss fireing.no difference at all still vibration. I was told other than a new engine I would need to live with it. the car was just reaching 90k miles and we had covered all external possibilities. At 91k miles suddenly no oil pressure yes that big red light said stop which i done immediately got it towed to the local garage they new exactly what was wrong stripped the engine and the balancer oil pump chain was worn and broken ..Now it could have been the balancer was out of timing with the loose chain or ( they picked up something else) the crankshaft ring for the crank position sensor was very slack on the crank.. This is a common problem with these engines and one that cost more than the car is worth to fix. The local garage got a 60k engine replaced the balancer sprockets and chain its going ok but not without a price looks like ile need to hang onto the A2 for a while to claw back some money. Good job its an alloy body . I do not want to to burst your bubble on the polo as you have just got it Ralfch97 I hope its not as bad as mine was... but for longevity on a polo you cannot beat an SDi.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphch97 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Thanks for the reply! I don't know what to say other than I hope mine is not that! ? I got the car from a dealer, comes with 3 months warranty and I can take it to any vat registered garage when I rang up to activate it today, I'm taking it my a local mechanic I sometimes use so he can put it on a ramp and check for anything loose or in general! if he can't find anything I will take it straight to a garage! And report the problem! Other than that I don't know what to do apart from keep driving it! When yours started playing up did the noise go when you moved the gear stick atall? thanks again for reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Whatever I did the vibration was still there. The only thing that possibly did help was to accelerate fast through the gears but the vibration would return when driving normal. One possible cause ive since learned was if the camshaft pulley is out of sync with the crank position sensor they confuse each other. this can only happen when the cam toothed pulley has been put on the wrong tooth and has been compensated by the friction fit on the pulley to camshaft. The crank to cam timing is correct but the cam pulley pick up for sensor is out of its limit or just verging on getting the timing right ... I also had 3 months warranty when I bought the Audi A2 my problems started 5 days after I bought the car the warranty company they didnt want to know me as nothing in my case was covered ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I know what you have done, unclip the gear cables from the stupid guides and the vibration will go away. Those three cylinder things aren't exactly the smoothest at idle after a decade and a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 And stop being a homo in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCH Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Sorted! ✌?️ Understood ?? Thanks very much for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCH Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I thought the guides cured it but it didnt, No luck and the noise is still there, i have posted a video so you can hear the noise and see whats happening, I cant hear it from the outside of the car its only the inside, i also got a person to push down on the bracket in the engine bay which does gear linkage and the noise goes if thats pushed down which all it does is move the gear stick, could it be gearbox related or just a cable hitting, i dunno ! VW polo tdi 1.4 gear stick noise - YouTube VW polo gear stick noise #2 - YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphch97 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehey Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mine does the same. It's the gear linkage cables slapping around and vibrating. Nowt to worry about if only a bit annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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