_http://www.autosafety.org/oil-sludge-woes-plague-vw_
(http://www.autosafety.org/oil-sludge-woes-plague-vw)

In a message dated 1/6/2012 8:50:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mikes@flatsurface.com writes:

On  1/6/2012 8:19 AM, Mark Dearing wrote:
> that motor has a lot of issues,  google the sludge problems and the
lawsuits
>   against vw for  this motor

That's not true. The sludge issues affected the  _longitudinal_ version
of the 1.8t, which had a different oil system. It's  unlikely that engine
would be used in an application which replaces a  _transverse_ engine.

There are lots of high mileage 1.8T engines out  there, which got there
with no/minimal issues. I've got 204K miles on one  with nothing but
scheduled maintenance, and the only problem is it weeps a  bit of oil.
When I had the oil pan off (to reseal it, during a clutch job)  at ~160k,
not a bit of sludge anywhere. I do 10K oil changes with Shell  Rotella T
5W-40.