Do SDI engines have any known prolbems. press on and see her indoors Then I went on to drive home in a "spirited" fashion. more in keeping with my car. Despite an enjoyable thrash home over 100+ miles. she was only 10 minutes behind me. And she not one for giving it the beans. performance. For my diesels, both IDI and TDI, which I have re-ringed (never needed pistons), I would not idle the car much, but rather drive it fairly hard, and try to avoid extended times of lower power settings. I would consider a two pronged approach: 1. Review breakin instructions, and 2. compression check and leakdown check the engine on each cylinder. The BEW valves are .5mm shorter for both Exhaust and Intake, compared to virtually all other PD cylinder heads, where valves project. The seats on the BEW appear to simply be cut deeper, recessing about .5mm. All others I am aware of, there are valve pockets in the pistons and valves project. TornadoRed. The life expectancy of a new car can be estimated, but there is no way to tell with a used model. Your '98 Jetta could last 100 miles, 100k miles, or even longer -- and no one here can narrow it down for you. But if you want it to last longer, then you need to get all the deferred maintenance up to date. Meaning the entire bottom end of every 1.9 TDI is almost swappable with each other. We haven't tested this yet so don't quote me. But it would seem from initial inspection that every 1.9 TDI bottom end is practically the same. And for the two point oh, all they changed was the bore. WE CAN UNDERTAKE ENGINE CONVERSIONS AS WELL AS BRAKE UPGRADES. WE REGULARLY INSTALL 1.9 TDI AFN CONVERSIONS USING ULTIMATE ENGINEERING COMPONENTS. FROM £6,950.00 FULLY INSTALLED. GOLF GTI 2.0 (AGG) ENGINES. FROM £4,500.00 FULLY INSTALLED. VW / AUDI 2.5 V6 TDI (MID MOUNTED) TIPTRONIC TRANSMISSION. ONE OF OUR OWN PROJECT VEHICLES. Unlike the 1.9 TDI, the 2.0 TDI is plagued with a laundry list of potential problems, including the oil pump, the injectors, and the dual mass flywheel. If you can live with the lower power output of the 1.9, the 2.0 is best avoided. ***USED TESTED GOOD*** Pre-Owned: Volkswagen. $1,350.00. or Best Offer. New Listing 04 05 06 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GOLF 1.9 TDI TURBO DIESEL BEW ENGINE SWAP PD 178K. The Audi A4 (B7) 1.9 TDI has a Inline 4, Diesel engine with 1896 cm3 / 115.7 cu-in capacity. How many horsepower (hp) does a 2004 Audi A4 (B7) 1.9 TDI have? The 2004 Audi A4 (B7) 1.9 TDI has 115 PS / 113 bhp / 85 kW. When this problem became all too apparent, VW and Associates were likely in the middle of developing the new TDI engine, this used the same block and crank as the 1.9 TD, but different heads and pistons. The engineers looked at this marginal integrated key, and the quarter moon spline on the crank nose and decided to move on to a new sprocket o1iIqB.