biggy238
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Synthetic doesn't save them. The cams weren't heat treated properly.
When you get it home, pull the valve cover and look at the cam. It will have sharp corners on the edges of the lobes if it's on its way out
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School me on TDI's......
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Synthetic doesn't save them. The cams weren't heat treated properly.
When you get it home, pull the valve cover and look at the cam. It will have sharp corners on the edges of the lobes if it's on its way out
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biggy238
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BEW didn't make it into the A5 body for the most part. I'm sure there are like 5 somewhere to prove me wrong. I'm sorry but I can't tell you how to spot one otherwise.
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biggy238
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The last I read on them was injection pump failures but that has been some time ago.
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biggy238
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In my educated opinion it was a design flaw but VW was throwing it to people. I got pissed and stopped contributing because of the matter.
Cam kit is $730. I'm about to buy mine.
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I wouldn't buy an older 04-05 Passat TDI with the BHW engine. My dad got one with 60K miles. It went through two engines and a tranny in 50K miles. All dealership maintenance too and with the warranty they didn't even want to replace the stuff without weeks of trying to blame it on my dad.
Mr.T
DPF's are gay
I found a 2006 jetta with the TDI 2 package, 5 speed standard, a huge binder full of maintenance records since new, and purchased from the second owner who owns and operates a VW repair shop, he personally did all the maintenance on the car since new and bought it from the original owner to use as his daily driver but decided he'd rather drive his Monte Carlo haha.
Diesel-Dan
Just another Texas Boy...
Ill chime in.....but seems you are getting some good advice....
After pretty much going though my whole car (02 Jetta TDi) Im a huge fan of the ALH engine and manual trans setup in the MK4 body's. EASY as all get out to work on and tough as nails. Also, comparing apples to apples, reacts well to performance upgrades.....its not a PSD, D-Max or Cummins mind you!
I just got done putting ARP studs in mine and a head gasket. Done 2 timing belts as well. Stupid simple suspensions. Also love the fact you can do some minor tweaking and diagnosis with you laptop via Vag-Com. Pm me with any other specific Q's if you want.
After pretty much going though my whole car (02 Jetta TDi) Im a huge fan of the ALH engine and manual trans setup in the MK4 body's. EASY as all get out to work on and tough as nails. Also, comparing apples to apples, reacts well to performance upgrades.....its not a PSD, D-Max or Cummins mind you!
I just got done putting ARP studs in mine and a head gasket. Done 2 timing belts as well. Stupid simple suspensions. Also love the fact you can do some minor tweaking and diagnosis with you laptop via Vag-Com. Pm me with any other specific Q's if you want.
biggy238
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What is involved in getting vag-com? I want it to diagnose an issue with mine but I'm never clear on what to get
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Diesel-Dan
Just another Texas Boy...
Well you can go on eBay and get a generic Vag-Com Cable but from what i hear its hit or miss if it will work or not.
If you want to do it a way that it will work 100% you can buy the cable from Ross-Tech directly:
http://store.ross-tech.com/shop/cat/VCDS.html
As far as the software goes....you can download for free here:
http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/download/
biggy238
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Sounds about right. Better than I expected at you elevation actually.
My best has been 51 across on I74 from Colorado to nebraska
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