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Just a funny note, the car I am thinking of getting rid of is a XJR Jag, and my other car is a Ferrari Challenge track car I drive on the street/track. I have often wondered what other folks drive. Often people think these cars are for the first time buyers, or financially prudent. I think the TDI is just fine with me!
This ought to start you off. link title
Pay particular attention to stuff written by Drivbiwire.
Rather than detailing the procedures essentially one wants to work the turbo correctly, stay in the sweet spots of the turbo, torque curve of the diesel, and transmission selection: DSG auto or 5/6 speed manual, as well as fulfill longevity goals of the NON TDI stuff. So to address the break in portion you want to be lightly to fairly aggressive in the rev department from 75 % to REDLINE at 5100 rpms. The other thing to look and feel for is the torque band.
There are multiple things you want to do and also to avoid doing, such as: lugging the engine and since diesels drive differently than gassers you want to drive the diesel as a diesel.
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Whether you have to add oil or not it makes sense to keep a min of 1 quart (in the trunk, for travel) up to the next oil change.
I just picked up an 06 package 2 with 5 speed yesterday and I will soon find out. I do drive a lot of highway so maybe I'll do even better.
Love the Sat radio!!
Thank you.
If it is any concession to you... some folks have had their engine FALL OUT FROM THE CAR shortly after having a Timing-belt replaced. This can be traced directly to the mechanic RE-USING the engine-mount-bolts.
Razz
Of course, you are probably waiting for the explanation.
BTW - where is your oil filter located?
One caveat to all picture posters - please limit the width of the picture to the space between the left and right sidebars. Otherwise all the message text on the page gets pushed out to the right under the sidebar which means the first few messages on the page can't be read.
I was wondering if there are any engine heaters available yet for the new Jetta's (I checked the Frostheater web site,http://www.frostheater.com and they say coming Fall '05, but not available yet).
Also wondering if anyone is using any kind of cover to partially block airflow through the radiator to quicken the warm up time??
Any other ideas welcome too! :confuse:
The ESP light will come on under 3 conditions as follows;
1)TRACTION CONTROL: When traction is low while accellerating and the engine-power is cut to reduce wheel-slippage.
2) ELECTRONIC DIFFERENTIAL LOCK (EDL): During accelleration, the ABS system gently applies the brakes on the wheel that is slipping forcing the differential to send torque to the other drive wheel.
3) ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM (ESP): When the yaw-sensor "feels" that the vehicle is going into skid and the ABS system gently applies the brakes to the approprate wheels to help correct.
ESP is the ABSLOLUTE BEST OPTION to get on VW. (The cost is unbeleivbly low for this option too.)
Also, it is common to use lenghts of slitted 1/2inch pipe insulation on the grille-slats to block the cold air from the radiator. They can be pulled off and tossed in the trunk if the ambient temps. warm up.
DO NOT cover the air inlet for the intercooler!!
It will likely cost you substantial money to trade into another vehicle. I don't think a TDI can run with a 1.8T without some HUGE mods, but with a few performance items it will be much more pleasant to drive and you won't lose the mpg. I'm still averaging 54mpg (manaul tranny) with mine, and I'm approaching 150k miles. A manual tranny TDI is far more pleasant right from the start, but you've got the auto so IMHO you're best to try and work with that.
TOOtight
Your 2005 TDI has the Pumpe Duse engine which REQUIRES a special engine oil lest the camshaft may self-destruct.
To answer your question about other sources of VW505.01 oil, you may need to search the internet. (MOTUL oil is one alternative)
You may not find any cheeper prices for VW505.01 oil. The laws of "supply-n-demand" allow them to charge these prices.
Did you actually purchase a vehicle without researching what it would take to maintin it? Personally, I passed-over several vehicles after looking at the long-term ownership costs. (EXAMPLE... the 1.8T engine REQUIRES hi-octane fuel. That was a reason for me to look elsewhere.)
I researched the drivetrain reliability, long life, and fuel mileage, but maintainance cost seem to be a VW secret.
Do you do your own service work? I had an used early 80s VW Dasher diesel and did all the service myself and got very good service from it. I guess that's where I got hooked on diesels.
Thanks foer the Info
TOOtight
In reality, the cost of the oil is not a big issue. If one considers the 10,000 mile oilchange intervals, the cost impact is reduced.
If you are considering doing your own oil-changes, I STRONGLY recommend you change the oil from under the hood instead of removing the 14 faseners and replacing the oil-plug every time. (I assume you already know that the oil-plug must be REPLACED each time it is removed.)
I do have to admit that I have the PRE pumpe-duse TDI which has less restrictive specifications on the engine oil.
Any ideas?
The car only has about 17K on it, but I do my own maintenance, so I know the dealer would try and screw me out of any warranty coverage if I brought it for that.
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I took it to Autozone for a free engine diagnosis.
Glowplug heater cylinder #2.
How critical is it to have this repaired immeadiately?
It is winter after all, but unless I encounter subzero temps, can I get by without this for awhile?
I was planning a trip to New England this weekend, where temps may dip into the 30s at night.
What is involved in repairing this? In the event that the dealer tries to get out of honoring the warranty, what is the approximate repair cost?
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If the problem is truly a glowplug... then it is simple to uncrew the old one and screw in a new one. (they are very much like sparkplugs in that respect)
HOWEVER! not all of the glowplugs are "monitored" thus without actually pulling off the wires and measuring each of them with an OHMmeter, you cannot really tell what the actual problem is.
It is a very simple task. The glowplugs are on the front of the cylinder head and the wires just pull right off (again -- just like sparkplug wires) Use OHMmeter to measure from engine block to the tip of each glowplug. Any that measure infinate (open) are bad.
A guy I work with told that he didn't have 3 days to have his TDI repaired??
Why would it take 3 days for this?
A good sign for buyers
The TDI engine has one glowplug for each cylinder. Those are the heaters that come on when the indicator is lit on the dashboard.
The TDI engine ALSO has some heaters similar to the glowplugs that screw into the engine and are immersed into the antifreeze. These come on AFTER the engine is running to help speed up engine-warmup. The TDIs with manual xmission have 3 such heaters... the automatic Xmission models do not.
All of the heaters I have mentiond above simple SCREW INTO the engine and are very easy to replace.
I buy this Q oil for under $6.00 a quart from a supplier in Phx AZ