Hello! It's been a while since I visited this wonderful place (according to the forum, since 11-05-08! ) Heck, that was an entire stint in the army ago. What brings me back, you ask?
Well, we have a Ford Fusion Energi lease coming up and my lovely wife asked me to find her a "cheap, fun to drive car that is reliable". So, I bought her a 2004 BEW Jetta, with a hitch! 188k on the clock. Still in remarkably good shape for the most part, very little rust.
I put a delightful carplay enabled stereo with great backup cam for her, made sure it has the heated seats, all the extras so she could feel at home...
Annnnd Taught her to drive stick so she could drive it. What a brave soul learning standard right before winter! I don't deserve her. She's actually damn good at it too, for a beginner.
I've replaced the wheel bearings, an exploded (literally) DMF with an SMF, all braking gear minus calipers, and a few other bits and bobbles. On my own, even (not bad for a moron!). She runs like a champ and actually seems to have a lot of power... although my daily driver makes north of 700lb/ft so it's hard for the butt dyno to tell, but it seems to pull well.
What's got me stuck is likely an injector issue. Before I go throwing money at it, I bought another vagcom (sold my original one years ago, oops). It'll be here soon.
What kind of issue would make the car blow a puff smoke like a 50's movie actor (but start fine) at 70F, but get out of bed like a 90 year old with rheumatism at anything below 40. We're talking 10+ second cranks here, sometimes more than once. It runs great once it's going, and restarts fine in the short term. And another oddity:
If you park it nose up it starts better and smokes less. It's a trick I used to do with a 1982 Chevy Scottsdale 6.2 diesel we had on the farm. It also doesn't seem to be running the GP any significant amount of time, even at 15F. On a whim, I pulled the temp sensor connector and no change. That said, the GP issue is likely just making the other one worse, as my original BEW had a bad relay and still started nicer with no plugs running than this one is in the cold.
So, my questions to you: What should I be looking for in VCDS to help me diagnose this issue? I'm a bit rusty on my TDI knowledge. Ideally I want to make this car so good the beautiful lady I bought it for never wants to get rid of it, so your help is appreciated, and thanks for your time!
Well, we have a Ford Fusion Energi lease coming up and my lovely wife asked me to find her a "cheap, fun to drive car that is reliable". So, I bought her a 2004 BEW Jetta, with a hitch! 188k on the clock. Still in remarkably good shape for the most part, very little rust.
I put a delightful carplay enabled stereo with great backup cam for her, made sure it has the heated seats, all the extras so she could feel at home...
Annnnd Taught her to drive stick so she could drive it. What a brave soul learning standard right before winter! I don't deserve her. She's actually damn good at it too, for a beginner.
I've replaced the wheel bearings, an exploded (literally) DMF with an SMF, all braking gear minus calipers, and a few other bits and bobbles. On my own, even (not bad for a moron!). She runs like a champ and actually seems to have a lot of power... although my daily driver makes north of 700lb/ft so it's hard for the butt dyno to tell, but it seems to pull well.
What's got me stuck is likely an injector issue. Before I go throwing money at it, I bought another vagcom (sold my original one years ago, oops). It'll be here soon.
What kind of issue would make the car blow a puff smoke like a 50's movie actor (but start fine) at 70F, but get out of bed like a 90 year old with rheumatism at anything below 40. We're talking 10+ second cranks here, sometimes more than once. It runs great once it's going, and restarts fine in the short term. And another oddity:
If you park it nose up it starts better and smokes less. It's a trick I used to do with a 1982 Chevy Scottsdale 6.2 diesel we had on the farm. It also doesn't seem to be running the GP any significant amount of time, even at 15F. On a whim, I pulled the temp sensor connector and no change. That said, the GP issue is likely just making the other one worse, as my original BEW had a bad relay and still started nicer with no plugs running than this one is in the cold.
So, my questions to you: What should I be looking for in VCDS to help me diagnose this issue? I'm a bit rusty on my TDI knowledge. Ideally I want to make this car so good the beautiful lady I bought it for never wants to get rid of it, so your help is appreciated, and thanks for your time!