Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I now start to understand why you guys love your TDI so much. After the 27 hours non-stop driving from Oklohoma City to Sacramento, I think the TDI exceeded my expectations in many ways.
Thanks Rick for checking out the car, helping me with the express TLC. I could not have done this without your help. The new MAF sensor really made the difference! You gave me the warmest welcome to the club and made me proud to be a member myself.
Our trip back was as smooth as it can get. I took off from Oklahoma City around 3pm on saturday by myself, got to Albuquerque on one tank of fuel, filled up, picked up my brother, then went non-stop from there. Got home around 5pm Sunday. Total distance about 1,600 miles, total time includes stops 27 hours.
I think the car averaged only 38 MPG for this trip, part of the reason was because of our 80-85MPH driving, and the other reason is because two of the four fuel injectors are leaking a little bit. I will have that checked soon, I hope the mileage will improve then. Other than that, the car performed very well.
Again, thanks everyone and looking forward to interacting with you more.