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The EA888 is everywhere: Golf GTI, Golf R, S3, Cupra, Octavia RS, A4, Passat, Tiguan. Four generations, heavily overlapping production years, and a reputation that mostly comes from the early ones. We go through the family: where it came from, why the timing chain tensioner and the oil consumption gave it its name, and what the integrated exhaust manifold really changed. Along the way we cover the things that actually land on the workbench – blow-by and crankcase pressure, the PTFE crankshaft seal, the PCV valve, and the timing cover with its integrated oil seal. Plus a look from the...

Elring Garage FM is the podcast for people who work on engines.

In this short first episode, we introduce the show and what it’s all about: separating technical facts from workshop myths, drawing on real workshop experience and OEM sealing expertise.

No script. No marketing talk. Just two people talking about what actually works on the bench – and what doesn’t.

A new episode every month. In English.