Rabert
Active member
Yep, keeping my fingers and both hairs on my head crossed
I'm having the EXACT same issue!My 2013 Passat TDI started exhibiting this same noise at about 80k miles. The noise was most obvious first thing in the morning when the engine was cold. As the engine warmed, the noise was reduced. However, over time it seemed that the engine was still noisy, but not as loud. Some mornings, along with the noise, the engine bucked/shuttered along with the noise.
I took the car to the dealer for diagnosis. Of course, no codes were found, so they did not know what to do. They did acknowledge they heard the noise during an evaluation drive. They reached out to VW Technical support and were instructed to replace all of the injectors. After the injectors were replaced, no noise and the engine is running much more smoothly.
BTW, they did not charge me for the repair. They said it was covered by the emissions extended warranty. Bonus! I was really worried it was going to cost me a bundle to repair since I had heard (many times) that VW would only cover repairs when there was a check engine light or code produced. In my case, no check engine light and no codes were found.
Bought the car January not my first 2.0tdibimmerjoe and bboshort, Did you have any Re-Programming due to the cheat modification? I did and we recognized the same thing two yeas ago, directly after flashing the cheat fix. Mine has still to be resolved. Only happens when it has sat cold for a while, not anything above 5 C (40F). I got the exact same BS about dirty fuel and use Shell, Ha. I changed filters every 20K Miles (30K km)