I have my wife's car scheduled for "Oilhammer" to replace my DMF next Monday. She drives the car all aroung the midwest for her business. The car is an...
Apparently they never truly figured out the issue with the auto transmissions. I got burnt for $4300 on my 2002 transmission and there was a bad string of...
I guess they (VW) don't want to realize this deficiency because they are making a fortune on selling the parts/labor. I feel they are only hurting themselves....
So I just got my car back from the dealership (I know, I know...) and they say that my #3 glow plug is bad, which should be easy enough for me to fix, however...
Probably intake/EGR cleaning. Extremely common TDI problem, and a dealership go-to item if they want to bill you several hundred dollars. I've never done it,...
2001 TDI, 165k, mild loss of power, and only getting about 30 mpg. Not real bad, but I've just never heard of De-Carboning a diesel engine b4. I figure a good...
NOPE injector cleaner won't remove the build up from the intake and EGR. They must be removed and cleaned. Not too bad a job on your model, just tedious....
You can look on tdiclub.com - in the forums there is a list of independent mechanics (many of whom only work on TDI's) You might find one within a reasonable...
2001 TDi, automatic, Yellow, black leather, 6 CD changer in trunk. Sirius satellite mount. 113,000 miles just had timing belt done, (100,000 mile belt/rollers...
... fluid changed. With so many ideas out there on this subject I have to take what is my best feeling and go with it. I hope I have no bad news to report in...
"Life time" means change the fluid at 120,000. I had my fluid replaced with Amsoil transmission fluid at jiffy lube. That was 38,000 miles ago. George 2000...
The courtesy lights no longer go on when I open the driver's door on my '03 Golf TDI 4dr. Passenger and back doors work fine. I would normally look for a...
You're right on, it's one of the microswitches in the door latch. Some people over on TDIClub (or VWVortex maybe) have managed to take off-the-shelf Radio...
I've replaced about 8 of them so far, one of these days we'll get it on video. There is a great write up over on tdiclub.com but it's always nicer to see...
Can someone post a link to the write up on how to fix/replace your switch with one from radio shack??? I searched for it on tdiclub but didn't see it? Thanks! ...
Hi, I've been throwing a CEL lately and based on the harder starting (Canadian winter) of late, I have to assume one of the glow plugs is bad. The car has...
There is a post completely on tdiclub without pictures at http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=77648 Then further down it references a write up with...
My 98 Jetta TDI suddenly started to take a bit longer to fire when I start it in the past few weeks. It's been my experience that that's usually a sign that...
Use an ohm meter to measure resistance of each one. Normal is 1.4 to 1.6 per plug. If any of them is off more than .1 from the others it probably needs...
Last night when I got in my 2002 tdi jetta the gas gauge went from half full to full while driving, after awhile it settled back to "normal". The car had...
Vag Com has found the bad, or marginally bad plug four out of four times for me in the past five years. Each one began with a CEL - hooked up Vag-Com and it...
Older TDI's only have 2 wire GP Harnesses, those are incapable of telling the difference between plugs, harness, or relay. 2002 or 2003 was the change year...
... half full to full while driving, after awhile it settled back to "normal". The car had been sitting for 5 days. Any ideas what going on? ... Windows...
Assuming yours are similar to my 01 Golf - pull the glow plug harness off of the plugs and check with an ohmmeter between the tip of the plug and ground (the...
John - you definitely should get a CEL if one of your plugs go bad... the only caveat for a 98 (and anything pre-03 if I recall correctly) would be if TWO...
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