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1854sailor said:

I'm not questioning Jason's credentials, but Tomo checked his '15 Jetta TDI and there is one in the reservoir. I wish that someone would just post a picture. BTW, the part number for the silicate cartridge is 4E0121176.

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turbobrick240 said:

...I have no dog in this fight either. Just curiosity.

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1854sailor said:

Neither do I, but inquiring minds want to know. I REALLY wish that someone would just post a picture...

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tomo366 said:

your wish is my command after I touched it floating!

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turbobrick240 said:

I think Tomo might have mistaken the baffled sensor area jason spoke of for the silicate repository. I also wouldn't rule out the possibilty that the gassers and tdi's share the same expansion tank, but only the gassers get the silicates. I have no dog in this fight either. Just curiosity.

Edit: VW says that cartridge is for '14-'16 1.8 and 2.0 turbo gassers only.

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tomo366 said:

Take a look at the picture.....my Car is a 2015 Jetta SEL TDI......

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turbobrick240 said:

Ok, that seems convincing enough. I assume that isn't chlorine tablets. I was really saying the part # 1854sailor mentioned is supposedly just for the turbo gassers. Different part #?

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gatz said:

Thanks for the picture. This thread would've been alot less drama had someone simply posted it earlier.

Wiki says the only two plants that make Golf Mk7s are Wolfsburg Germany and Puebla Mexico. Maybe manufacturing origin has something to do with it?

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1854sailor said:

Jason seems to be surprisingly missing here...

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turbobrick240 said:

I think somebody (dealership) may have erroneously put the gasser silicate cartridge in tomo's tank. I don't think it's supposed to just bob around like that. The EA288 workshop manual shows a completely different setup.

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JDSwan87 said:

I see what you did there...

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turbobrick240 said:

I think somebody (dealership) may have erroneously put the gasser silicate cartridge in tomo's tank. I don't think it's supposed to just bob around like that. The EA288 workshop manual shows a completely different setup.

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tomo366 said:

I do not believe that to be the case..... My Salesman (now Deceased) watched my car closely....

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1854sailor said:

Nope, it was there from the factory. Please stop kissing up to Jason. He is, without a doubt, an excellent TDI mechanic, but he does not know everything. Why hasn't he responded??

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turbobrick240 said:

With all due respect, I'm not kissing up to anybody. You say it was there from the factory with a lot of certainty. I know better than to make those assumptions. Maybe it was. But that cartridge/filter/strainer looks to me like it is supposed to fit like a strainer normally would. It wouldn't be the first time a tech has screwed up. Also, not all of us have the time to peruse the forums all day long.

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ZippyNH said:

Why is it so hard for folks to accept that a factory documented item that is found in the car that the books say it should be in is actually there?!
Perhaps folks can debate the need of it....
But the fact it is there....and the documents from VW says it should be should be enough.
I don't get it...
Yes, the 2015 cars with the EA-288 motor is different....it's not just a older motor with a SCR system bolted on like the gen2 Passats had up till 2014, but a mostly new desgin....sure the block is said to be the same, maybe a few items here or there...but it is a new design.
Even the guru's don't know this crap....
He spouts off info about how the tanks are replaced with a 2 year flush....on a car that's only one model years old...it just goes on and on.....
Why is it hard to say the ea-288 is different?!

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