camelman
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I have a 2002 Jetta TDI auto that is confusing me. I recently ran a tank of biodiesel through it from a filling station in Berkeley (first bio diesel I ever ran), and by the time I was at the bottom of the tank it had started to run poorly. I also have a minor growl under the hood that tracks with engine speed. The car has to be under load to hear the growl, and the power loss is only in the range of 20%.
I have the engine apart now, and didn't get around to recording the sound before I did so. The growl becomes very noticeable around 2000 rpm, and the turbo seems to lag until 2300 rpm. It boosts slightly, but I can feel it really start to come on after 2300 rpm or so.
I don't know if the biodiesel caused an issue, if a pulley is going out, turbo... I did spend a few hours of very spirited driving last week, but it ran fine afterwards. I pulled the intake manifold off and cleaned it, but it wasn't in bad shape. The fuel filter has about 15k on it, the intake is clean, oil is only a few thousand miles old (Mobil 1 diesel truck formula). New trans about 40k ago.
Any ideas? Anything I can do to check the turbo while I have the intake off?
I can't tell if any codes have been thrown because my check engine light comes on due to a failing glow plug harness.
Thanks,
Camelman
I have the engine apart now, and didn't get around to recording the sound before I did so. The growl becomes very noticeable around 2000 rpm, and the turbo seems to lag until 2300 rpm. It boosts slightly, but I can feel it really start to come on after 2300 rpm or so.
I don't know if the biodiesel caused an issue, if a pulley is going out, turbo... I did spend a few hours of very spirited driving last week, but it ran fine afterwards. I pulled the intake manifold off and cleaned it, but it wasn't in bad shape. The fuel filter has about 15k on it, the intake is clean, oil is only a few thousand miles old (Mobil 1 diesel truck formula). New trans about 40k ago.
Any ideas? Anything I can do to check the turbo while I have the intake off?
I can't tell if any codes have been thrown because my check engine light comes on due to a failing glow plug harness.
Thanks,
Camelman
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