dr_canak
Well-known member
I have a couple quick questions. I've already posted about a potential bad hazard flasher relay (2000TDI Golf). Now I just got back from a long (2000 mile) trip and had a lot of symptoms reported here in this forum that might indicate an impending failure of the MAF (slight loss of power and acceleration, cruise control can't maintain RPMs on grade, etc...). That looks like yet another repair I can do on my own. So my questions are:
(1) What Bentley manual do people recommend. It seems like there is a cd-rom version and a web version that sounds more comprehensive, and a hard paper manual which may be less so.
For example:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=vya4
this
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=va44
and this
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=vg03
I'd like to have something I could carry around with me and actually read. Which service/repair manual should I get/do people use?
-and-
(2) I know the Vag-Com(sp?) seems to be the most popular diagnostic hardware/software here, but it's a bit pricey. Has anyone ever had experience with:
http://www.obd-2.com/
It's quite a bit less money, runs on older hardware, and it seems to do what is most important to me, read diagnostic codes. I would just need somewhere to lookup what the code means for a VW.
Any help/thoughts would be most appreciated.
Thx in advance,
jeff
(1) What Bentley manual do people recommend. It seems like there is a cd-rom version and a web version that sounds more comprehensive, and a hard paper manual which may be less so.
For example:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=vya4
this
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=va44
and this
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=vg03
I'd like to have something I could carry around with me and actually read. Which service/repair manual should I get/do people use?
-and-
(2) I know the Vag-Com(sp?) seems to be the most popular diagnostic hardware/software here, but it's a bit pricey. Has anyone ever had experience with:
http://www.obd-2.com/
It's quite a bit less money, runs on older hardware, and it seems to do what is most important to me, read diagnostic codes. I would just need somewhere to lookup what the code means for a VW.
Any help/thoughts would be most appreciated.
Thx in advance,
jeff