Danny W
Member
Thanks to TDI Forum Threads for guiding me to solve many major problems. Bought this 1998 Jetta TDI. Basket case. Blue/Black smoke. Black film and oil on rear of car. You said Turbo issue. Your right. New Garret Turbo. No oil but even worse smoke. Took it to a Guru. Bad injection pump. Had a Re-manufactured pump put on and new timing belt. New MAFF sensor, Wastgate unit, new glow plugs and harness, injectors rebuilt and calibrated. Did parts hanging myself where I could. Got car back this winter. Ran great but I had a miserable time getting it started. Glow plugs on, hit ignition, it would start and die immediately. Then it was 10 minutes of cranking to get it started. Even on a 50F day with warm engine its 30 cranks to start. Threads said timing off. Took it back to Guru. Timing spot on. He does not have Vag-com and he suspected the IP was off calibration. I drove three hours today to take it to a Vag-Com Guru. Within seconds, yup, IP High Injection Quantity diagnosis. 45 minutes of hammer mod adjusting the IP and vag-com tweaking, it starts pretty easy. Not perfect, but I need a new ignition tumbler and suspect it's part of the problem. Now on to electrical problems to solve and I have a great little car. Runs like a scalded dog. Thanks for all the help. I would have been lost without you. Hope this helps the next guy.