It wouldn't be too hard to clean, the EGR cooler is a bit hard to get off, the one bolt is a bit of a pain to get to... But, I'm going to guess that the problem you are having isn't a dirty EGR valve/manifold. The EGR valve is pretty easy to take off, you can inspect it pretty easily.
What about the intake manifold then is that hard too? I mean, I may as well since the car has over 200,000 km on it. Idk if it's ever been cleaned or not.
The bhw isn't like the alh that had the issues with the intake getting carboned up. Mine has 220k miles and has never had the intake cleaned that I know of, and it's pretty clean still.
Alright thanks. I'll just check the egr first. Tbh I'm just looking for stuff to do cuz I'm bored. I used to have a 98 ahu Jetta TDI which I got pretty knowledgeable about. Now we have this and I don't know much about it
Oh? Why that of all things? Doesn't new fluid ruin a transmission if it's almost never been changed?
No, that's an old Farmers tale...
I'm just thinking that because we used to have a Toyota Highlander. We changed the transmission fluid and reverse gear wouldn't catch properly, it would randomly jerk. However on this Passat, I've noticed in 2nd or third gear, while accelerating, the rpm drops by like 150. And it's just normal city acceleration and it does that. Why? Is it the TC?
The reason that many people say that changing the fluid will damage the transmission is that often it's done just before the transmission goes out and it just goes ahead and finishes up. Either that, or the wrong fluid is used.
Genuine Toyota ATF because he did a complete flush at a Toyota dealership (we have a friend that works there which makes it cheaper for us even tho it's a super long drive). Anyways, can anyone explain the random rpm drops while accelerating in the Passat? Thanks lol
I'm thinking you may be feeling the torque converter locking up, but not sure. Could you describe a bit more?
