While I was living in the UK back in 2011, my work lent me a 2010 VW CAVD 118. I totally enjoyed every minute. At high speeds over 150km/h (hey, I was living in Europe ), it was absolutely smooth with superb handling. After coming back to Aus (VIC), I wanted to buy one badly but due to bad...

Would walnut blasting to treat carbon build up, be beneficial for my CAVD engine?

My 2012 VW Golf Mk6 1.4TSI Twin-Charger DSG Cabriolet has performed impeccably since I bought it in 2015 at 18k miles (29k km): it now shows 67k miles (108k km). No faults whatsoever - just regular annual...

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to know if anyone has had experience tuning the CAVD engine. I am looking into it, not so much for performance gains, but more so for reliability. Get the car to run richer etc.

Hello, are we sitting comfortably?.....good, then I'll begin.

Back in 2016 I bought, on finance, a rather gorgeous 2010 VW golf 1.4 TSI in silver. By gorgeous I mean low KM's, barely a mark inside or out and not even a kerb scratch on the alloy wheels. It had full service history and only...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a clattering noise coming from my CAVD engine. The noise sounds to be coming from the top left corner of the engine, if facing the engine from the front. Here is a video of the sound I can hear, If anyone can help me out it would be much appreciated....

Hi, I have been recently experiencing a lot of problems with my boost/ boost sensors and need some help pinpointing to the problem. The problem first started out when the interchange between the turbo charger and the superchager the engine would jolt, loosing pressure in the intake. I fixed this problem...

Hi All,

I'm new here and was hoping could get some advice and help from someone.

I recently purchase and MK5 GT 07 and it did came with engine issue with cylinder 1 having no compression at all. I've read that they do have failed piston rings and are very common issues on these...

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I am after information regarding swapping out a blown CAVD to a CTHD engine will the CTHD bolt up to my 7 speed Auto?
my intention is to swap all bolt ons to the later engine if possible, would this allow me to use existing ECU etc
has this been done previously...

Came across this today. Not sure if it's whole or in one piece but looks new and sounds cheap:

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yamb...tor/1105945081...

Does any one no the differences between the CAVD and CTHD 118 TSI engine? My understanding is the CAVD was used in the troubled MK6 Golfs and the improved CTHD 118 TS came out in early 2012 and are currently in use in the Jetta, Tiguan and Beetle. I have a Beetle with the CTHD and love the throttle...

Hi Guys,

Long story short - Dead 2009 118TSi manual with a CAVD engine. Looking at replacing it with a 2012 CTHD with 9,000km.

The above depends on what else I need. So I've been told I need to replace the ECU. To replace the ECU I also need to replace the cluster, lock barrels...