mxracer291
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Long story short. I took the plunge last night and bought my first mk6, my first DSG, and my first Common Rail TDI. I bought a 2011 Jetta TDI with DSG transmission and 111,000 miles. I cannot stress how disappointed and stressed I am right now. I have worked on mk4's forever and loved them, but it's time to learn something new.
Drive home....55mph zones for about an hour and all was fine. Got on the highway and started cruising 75mph and within 10 minutes had a low coolant light. Pulled over, as I pulled over the light went away, but coolant was black. So, I popped the cap loose and coolant boiled and bubbled and spewed out. I let it cool down and filled with distilled water. Took off, did it again about 10 minutes later, same procedure but this time I felt the hose coming out of the thermostat and it was outside temperature, not warm at all. I cranked the heat, set cruise and 50 and milked it home. I assumed that the water pump or thermostat were stuck so I ordered timing belt kit and thermostat today. I later called the dealer and told them what was going on, they said if I fixed it they'd cover parts, and said that the head was replaced on this car. I am now more concerned about the black coolant. was this a cheap Chinese head? (is there an easy way to tell?) is the head gasket leaking? could egr leak be causing the black coolant?
I also noticed an odd vibration while accelerating as I neared home. When I got off work today, I played around with the car a little bit more. If I put the car in drive and try to accelerate it shakes something fierce from a dead stop. if I hold brake and apply some throttle is also shakes very bad. however, if I put it in reverse and do the same it is smooth as glass. I originally thought it would need a DMF, but the reverse thing through me for a big loop.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great, I think I may just pull the engine and transmission out as one unit tonight, pull the head off, inspect everything from the ground up and see what I find. I guess this is one way to learn a new (to me) chassis, engine, and transmission.
Drive home....55mph zones for about an hour and all was fine. Got on the highway and started cruising 75mph and within 10 minutes had a low coolant light. Pulled over, as I pulled over the light went away, but coolant was black. So, I popped the cap loose and coolant boiled and bubbled and spewed out. I let it cool down and filled with distilled water. Took off, did it again about 10 minutes later, same procedure but this time I felt the hose coming out of the thermostat and it was outside temperature, not warm at all. I cranked the heat, set cruise and 50 and milked it home. I assumed that the water pump or thermostat were stuck so I ordered timing belt kit and thermostat today. I later called the dealer and told them what was going on, they said if I fixed it they'd cover parts, and said that the head was replaced on this car. I am now more concerned about the black coolant. was this a cheap Chinese head? (is there an easy way to tell?) is the head gasket leaking? could egr leak be causing the black coolant?
I also noticed an odd vibration while accelerating as I neared home. When I got off work today, I played around with the car a little bit more. If I put the car in drive and try to accelerate it shakes something fierce from a dead stop. if I hold brake and apply some throttle is also shakes very bad. however, if I put it in reverse and do the same it is smooth as glass. I originally thought it would need a DMF, but the reverse thing through me for a big loop.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great, I think I may just pull the engine and transmission out as one unit tonight, pull the head off, inspect everything from the ground up and see what I find. I guess this is one way to learn a new (to me) chassis, engine, and transmission.