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Just a belt replacement? LOL!!!!!! Dude the TDi is a synchro engine. Valves have been bent or damaged beyond repair! If your wanting to fix this on the cheap
Hi Chuck, I had the same thing happen to my wifes 98 Jetta. It would go into limp home mode and then re-set after it was shut off. I took it for a test drive
It depends. The cheapest would be that a roller or tensioner broke and the belt came loose. It goes up from there. The most expensive is that the pistons
Sounds like you may have a faulty vnt actuator getting ready to fail completely. I just replace mine at 180,000 miles. Check out the actuator info at Fred's
VNT-17 vacuum valve for the turbo waste gate. Here is the break down of where it is and how to do it. If you have someone with a lift it is very east to