flashmayo
Veteran Member
03 Jetta 5 speed. New tires all the way around. 250K miles
1) Occasionally I can feel a tick coming from the suspension in my left foot. It can be felt when the car is making a sweeping right turn, notably on the highway. It may also be brought on by hitting little bumps in the road surface. I also noticed, after not driving the car for a week, that there was a noticible grinding noise when getting into that sweeping right turn position. I don't notice it all the time. Possible left front wheel bearing?
2) The coolant temp light beeps then blinks on first startup in the morning. There is a code, relating to temp not getting into range quickly enough, I forget the actual code.
3) Puff of smoke on startup after sitting for some time. It's grey, and the engine doesn't lose oil.
I'll get the car up on a jack this weekend to check for bearing play. Just wondering if symptom 1 rings a bell for anyone here.
For 2) above, changing the coolant temp sensor again seems like a logical first place to start.
Any chance 2) and 3) are related?
3) seems like it could be incomplete burning up of fuel dribbled into the cylinder(s) while sitting.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
John
1) Occasionally I can feel a tick coming from the suspension in my left foot. It can be felt when the car is making a sweeping right turn, notably on the highway. It may also be brought on by hitting little bumps in the road surface. I also noticed, after not driving the car for a week, that there was a noticible grinding noise when getting into that sweeping right turn position. I don't notice it all the time. Possible left front wheel bearing?
2) The coolant temp light beeps then blinks on first startup in the morning. There is a code, relating to temp not getting into range quickly enough, I forget the actual code.
3) Puff of smoke on startup after sitting for some time. It's grey, and the engine doesn't lose oil.
I'll get the car up on a jack this weekend to check for bearing play. Just wondering if symptom 1 rings a bell for anyone here.
For 2) above, changing the coolant temp sensor again seems like a logical first place to start.
Any chance 2) and 3) are related?
3) seems like it could be incomplete burning up of fuel dribbled into the cylinder(s) while sitting.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
John