Good Morning All,
I used Power Service additive in approx (1) tank per month. I know they claim it helps lubricity but that stuff smells like some sort of Solvent! It's possible there is sulfur in it, but who knows?
At every Fuel Filter change i would separate the pleats in the filter looking for anything metalic and it was always clean! When the HPFP failed and the Engine Workshop light turned on the car ran for 10 more minutes TOP and then was down for the count!
I dont get why VW randomly selects who they are going to help with the fuel system replacement? But reading back through the "Sticky" they denied owners coverage even when the car was under 100,000 miles and some even when they were still under the factory warranty! It does not make any sense!! But what does make sense is there is a serious design flaw with the fuel system that allows COMPLETE fuel system failure from one single external component failure and the fact that the HPFP fails at uncertain mileages. Some failures when the car has under 20,000 miles and some with higher miles.
When i visited the VW dealer the week before my HPFP failure to look at new models the salesman first question was "Has the fuel pump failed during my ownership"? The answer was NO, Why? "Because they have had some problems with them" It was evident that they were very cautious because they came back with a $6,000 trade in value for my Jetta! He obviously read my expression and quickly said maybe we can get that up to $7,500.00!! I said I am sorry but thats not even close to where i need to be. Infact i owe more than that on my loan!!! All he said was I am sorry! and i replied yes, I am sorry too and away i went. Not even a "Wait lets talk about this" and not even a follow up call! My car does have 142,000 miles on it and its ALL highway. There is not a single mark on it and i am often told "I cant believe your car has that many miles it" I replaced the front and rear brakes at 100,000 miles just to have then done and there was still pad left on them. At the car wash, the kids ask me if my odometer is in Kilometers?
So yes, the word is out on these cars and there value is in the Toilet!