Nicrocc
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Hello all, I just joined the site. I am very happy to have found this resource. I wish I would of got on here a lot sooner. I’m hoping that you guys can give me some support here and point me in the right direction.
I have an 03 golf manual TDI. I’ve owned the car for 16 months with no problem s. It has 223k and was running like a dream. Then one day it started losing power in first and second gear. I took the car to a friend of mine who is a mechanic. He found an enormous amount of carbon buildup in the EGR valve. So he replaced the EGR, and then he cleaned out the intake by some mechanical methods to remove as much carbon as he could without removing the intake it self. He use sea foam as well. He said this caused a huge gooey mess. He had to change the oil twice to get the goop out. He gave the car back to me but he was to confident in the job. He said he would probably have to remove the whole intake to get it all out. I needed the car.
When I drove the car there was a slight difference in power but it was about the same, the only real difference was that the engine sounded different. I took the car on the freeway for a 60mile drive one way. The car lacked power, and on the way back the car lost all power and then something broke in the engine I was still able to limp off the freeway despite the huge cloud of smoke behind me.
it seems like a big piece of carbon broke lose and cause damage, but I don’t know? Car still starts but smokes and when this happened it burnt up all the oil.
Does any know what I should do next. I would like to have the motor rebuilt, but I hear that can be pretty expensive to do. Over $2000
I have an 03 golf manual TDI. I’ve owned the car for 16 months with no problem s. It has 223k and was running like a dream. Then one day it started losing power in first and second gear. I took the car to a friend of mine who is a mechanic. He found an enormous amount of carbon buildup in the EGR valve. So he replaced the EGR, and then he cleaned out the intake by some mechanical methods to remove as much carbon as he could without removing the intake it self. He use sea foam as well. He said this caused a huge gooey mess. He had to change the oil twice to get the goop out. He gave the car back to me but he was to confident in the job. He said he would probably have to remove the whole intake to get it all out. I needed the car.
When I drove the car there was a slight difference in power but it was about the same, the only real difference was that the engine sounded different. I took the car on the freeway for a 60mile drive one way. The car lacked power, and on the way back the car lost all power and then something broke in the engine I was still able to limp off the freeway despite the huge cloud of smoke behind me.
it seems like a big piece of carbon broke lose and cause damage, but I don’t know? Car still starts but smokes and when this happened it burnt up all the oil.
Does any know what I should do next. I would like to have the motor rebuilt, but I hear that can be pretty expensive to do. Over $2000