I think it's more due to the unrealistic service intervals set by VW.

What would cause a 1.8T to sludge up more than a VW 16V or ABA motor?
They never had problems.  Of course the recommended oil change interval
wasn't 10k miles either.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Don Hanson
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 5:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1.8T conversion OBDII [was:Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you
like it?]

No, but my 'Pal' at German Auto Salvage says that motor is one of his most
plentiful blown up motors and he thinks it sucks.  FW that Is Worth.
 Don Hanson
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Mark Dearing <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:

> has any of you goggled sluding problems with the 1.8T?  later   mark d
>