Oo-v-oO
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2000
- Location
- Live Free or Die, USA
- TDI
- 98 Jetta Expired... Now 2000 Golf & 2002 Golf
About 3 weeks ago, I took a road trip with my truck and tow dolly, from NH to WI to pick up a Golf TDI which was gifted to me by the original owner. I left NH on a Friday at 9 AM and returned on Sunday at about 4:30 PM for a total of 2,120 miles. My '04 Colorado (~255,000 miles, 3.5l 5-cyl, auto, 4wd, 4.11 gears with 31" mud tires) averaged 17.865 mpg for the trip, which all things considered isn't too bad. The Golf has a shade under 409,000 miles (not Km) on it and was taken off the road because the original VNT15 failed.
Needs some work as any car with 400K on it would, but the biggest items that need to be fixed first are the turbo, replacement of the LF fender for typical foam pad rust and the hatch for rust around the handle, patching of a rust hole on the front of the right rocker panel, a windshield replacement, and possibly a set of tires. Once that's done it should pass inspection so I can get it on the road and I can work on the other items later.
Here it is at a rest stop in IL:
Yup, it's still behind me (somewhere on the way home)
I've been pecking away at the problems at my convenience. Fender is off, old turbo is removed.
Yup, it's bad:
Found a used turbo with ~140,000 on it locally for $125 and picked that up last night. Need to get the "late" A4 bracket for it and a new oil supply line. Not sure if my banjo bolt-style return line is going to work with the "late" bracket yet, if not I need to get a new return line as well.
It's a work in progress, but I can't wait to have a TDI on the road again - it has been a while since I had to take my A3 Jetta off the road due to rust.
Needs some work as any car with 400K on it would, but the biggest items that need to be fixed first are the turbo, replacement of the LF fender for typical foam pad rust and the hatch for rust around the handle, patching of a rust hole on the front of the right rocker panel, a windshield replacement, and possibly a set of tires. Once that's done it should pass inspection so I can get it on the road and I can work on the other items later.
Here it is at a rest stop in IL:
Yup, it's still behind me (somewhere on the way home)
I've been pecking away at the problems at my convenience. Fender is off, old turbo is removed.
Yup, it's bad:
Found a used turbo with ~140,000 on it locally for $125 and picked that up last night. Need to get the "late" A4 bracket for it and a new oil supply line. Not sure if my banjo bolt-style return line is going to work with the "late" bracket yet, if not I need to get a new return line as well.
It's a work in progress, but I can't wait to have a TDI on the road again - it has been a while since I had to take my A3 Jetta off the road due to rust.