Myco
Active member
Hi everyone,
I am going to try to be as delicate with this as possible as I realize there are just a few of you here that actually like your TDI's.
Last week the temp dropped into the zero range here in WI and for the tenth time in two years, and my TDI gelled and left my wife stranded on I-90.
I have been dilligent with following VW recommended maintenance and have been running what we are told has been a 70/30 blend with the stanadyne "one shot" additive religiously October-Late April. Still the gel.
Anyway the car was towed in and dealer checked it out and said that in addition to the gel we had a much larger problem. Turbo was dead.
Still barely under warranty (98,000)so that was covered, but they're talking $600 for de-carbonizing, what ever that means. In addition we are told the MAF is gone too. Will do it for cost, another $296. Dealer service rep acknowledged that this is becoming more common with the 99TDI's with >80,000 miles.
Finally...the question. Anyone else seeing this problem (besides the MAF), and can I expect to have this happen again if I hang onto the car for another couple years? Tips on preventing this? What the heck is de-carbonizing? Sorry this is so long
Myco
I am going to try to be as delicate with this as possible as I realize there are just a few of you here that actually like your TDI's.
Last week the temp dropped into the zero range here in WI and for the tenth time in two years, and my TDI gelled and left my wife stranded on I-90.
I have been dilligent with following VW recommended maintenance and have been running what we are told has been a 70/30 blend with the stanadyne "one shot" additive religiously October-Late April. Still the gel.
Anyway the car was towed in and dealer checked it out and said that in addition to the gel we had a much larger problem. Turbo was dead.
Still barely under warranty (98,000)so that was covered, but they're talking $600 for de-carbonizing, what ever that means. In addition we are told the MAF is gone too. Will do it for cost, another $296. Dealer service rep acknowledged that this is becoming more common with the 99TDI's with >80,000 miles.
Finally...the question. Anyone else seeing this problem (besides the MAF), and can I expect to have this happen again if I hang onto the car for another couple years? Tips on preventing this? What the heck is de-carbonizing? Sorry this is so long
Myco