RedKaotik
Member
Hello all,
*TLDR
Car trashed, brought it back from the dead, Frank TDI shout out for the help.
Minor things left to fix, cant find door handles to replace with.
Question: I have 216 nozzles. is there a specific IQ i should be aiming for?
My IP is timed correctly. IQ was set to default and i hammered it to 5.0 to reduce my coal roll on my onramp takeoffs. I mean i like that people would stop tailgating me but at what cost.
I just recently purchased a dying 2002 Jetta 1.9 TDI that has 180k miles.
this little beast cost me about 400 dollars Plus reg and taxes etc 1k.
But I was hoping the issues would be minor and alas they were not.
This baby needed some work and by some I mean a lot....i mean lets just rebuild the whole car while we are at it.
Budget 1k.
I thank all of you for the amount of time you have spent typing out info guides answering newb questions and providing the incredible amount of details through the years about how to fix known issues and some quirky weird ones.
Here is a list of what I had to do.
1. Engine head failure. PSI 200, 200, 180, 0
2.Timing Belt failure.
3.Serpentine Belt failure(hit the timing belt and broke it)
4. EGR clogged.
5. turbo completely bust and oiled. surprised this thing isnt a runaway.
6. Turbo actuator bust, cant hold a vacuum.
7.injector 4 tip damaged.
8. Glow plugs stuck.
9.vacuum hoses rotted.
10. 4 way cooler tube cracked.
11. Pass engine mount 1 bolt stripped aluminium.
12. well you get the idea this thing needs some love, unfortunately I only had 4 weeks to do this so I had to make some calls and start ordering parts right away.
#1 mention, Frank's VW TDI was a big help, the guy is fantastic, knows his stuff and we were able to work together and come up with a plan on fixing my car.
I'd like to mention that my head was trashed, Maybe fixable if the budget wasn't tight but Frank worked with me and I bought a used head from ebay, sent it directly to him and the work done was phenomenal.
The thing looks brand new and the price was right.
I went slightly over budget to make sure mechanically everything is sound.
I'm not a mechanic, I am a engineer but I do believe with the right tools anything can be fixed.
Things left that i need to budget for....
my taxes... forgot about those.
Suspension, looks like its original 2002.
Tires, good thing I live in California and its 70's
Alignment.
Tail lights, I bought some cheapies but I think im going to go with hella.
If you made it through this post, then i thank you for the read.
Pics to follow soon.
*TLDR
Car trashed, brought it back from the dead, Frank TDI shout out for the help.
Minor things left to fix, cant find door handles to replace with.
Question: I have 216 nozzles. is there a specific IQ i should be aiming for?
My IP is timed correctly. IQ was set to default and i hammered it to 5.0 to reduce my coal roll on my onramp takeoffs. I mean i like that people would stop tailgating me but at what cost.
I just recently purchased a dying 2002 Jetta 1.9 TDI that has 180k miles.
this little beast cost me about 400 dollars Plus reg and taxes etc 1k.
But I was hoping the issues would be minor and alas they were not.
This baby needed some work and by some I mean a lot....i mean lets just rebuild the whole car while we are at it.
Budget 1k.
I thank all of you for the amount of time you have spent typing out info guides answering newb questions and providing the incredible amount of details through the years about how to fix known issues and some quirky weird ones.
Here is a list of what I had to do.
1. Engine head failure. PSI 200, 200, 180, 0
2.Timing Belt failure.
3.Serpentine Belt failure(hit the timing belt and broke it)
4. EGR clogged.
5. turbo completely bust and oiled. surprised this thing isnt a runaway.
6. Turbo actuator bust, cant hold a vacuum.
7.injector 4 tip damaged.
8. Glow plugs stuck.
9.vacuum hoses rotted.
10. 4 way cooler tube cracked.
11. Pass engine mount 1 bolt stripped aluminium.
12. well you get the idea this thing needs some love, unfortunately I only had 4 weeks to do this so I had to make some calls and start ordering parts right away.
#1 mention, Frank's VW TDI was a big help, the guy is fantastic, knows his stuff and we were able to work together and come up with a plan on fixing my car.
I'd like to mention that my head was trashed, Maybe fixable if the budget wasn't tight but Frank worked with me and I bought a used head from ebay, sent it directly to him and the work done was phenomenal.
The thing looks brand new and the price was right.
I went slightly over budget to make sure mechanically everything is sound.
I'm not a mechanic, I am a engineer but I do believe with the right tools anything can be fixed.
Things left that i need to budget for....
my taxes... forgot about those.
Suspension, looks like its original 2002.
Tires, good thing I live in California and its 70's
Alignment.
Tail lights, I bought some cheapies but I think im going to go with hella.
If you made it through this post, then i thank you for the read.
Pics to follow soon.