Tag: IS20

  • IS20 Turbocharger Shaft Play: What’s Normal and When Should You Worry?

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    You remove the air intake pipe from your Volkswagen Golf GTI, Golf SportWagen, or another EA888-equipped car. Then you gently move the compressor wheel of the IS20 turbocharger and feel the shaft move from side to side. Is the turbocharger worn out? Not necessarily. A journal-bearing turbocharger can show some radial movement when the engine…

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    Karim Gherras
    Side view of an IS20 turbocharger showing aluminum compressor housing, electronic wastegate actuator, linkage rod, and cast turbine housing

  • The Evolution of the EA888: How VW/Audi’s 2.0T Went From Problem Child to Workhorse

    If you have owned more than one Volkswagen or Audi with a 1.8T or 2.0T engine, you may have noticed that they do not all behave the same. One engine may develop excessive oil consumption. Another may have timing-chain problems. A later version may run reliably for well over 200,000 miles. Yet all of them…

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    Karim Gherras