Recent content by foobert

This is the first drain trying out Redline 5W40 oil after using Mobil TDT for the last decade. ~19K miles was not intentional, but, life happened and it is what it is now. It might be time to take a peak at my cam lobes and lifters. The last look was 20K miles ago during timing belt change...

If I can revive an old thread -- what were your thoughts on the drivability of the VNT17? Did you end up needing/wanting a tune afterward due to turbo response?

My BEW shudder was diagnosed to an air leak at the fuel filter. The shudder was most notable at high throttle, but, it also smoothed the idle substantially as well. The leak developed slowly enough that I hadn't realized how bad the idle shudder had gotten. It's easy enough to check -- insert...

For nearly 10 years I've helped buyers and sellers of TDI's find each other across the country. It saddens me to say that I'm now blocked from providing this service. I'm not sure exactly what usage pattern triggered the automated blockage, but, my IP is now useless for even pulling up CL's...

Cam bearings Howdy oil guru's Considering the history of the PD's, it seams inevitable that I'll need a new cam and lifters before I retire the car. The last time I peaked at the cam lobes, they still had a pristine chamfer on them, so, I seem to have a fairly good cam (although, I'm due for...

I'm pleased to report, that I've fixed the parsing again, and it's back online ... for now, anyway. :cool: Firstly, please NEVER email Craigslist about our little community site. At best, they'll ignore you, at worst, they'll may actually take note and send nastygrams. I appreciate the...

OK folks, it's back on-line. Let's hope it stays that way for a long while! Cheers, ~john

Hi all -- Please do NOT email Craigslist. The problem with my scraper has nothing to do with CL attempting to intentional block my activity. Reaching out to CL would only serve to put me on their radar, and nothing good will come of that. My problem stems from CL jazzing up their site with...

Almost 2300 ads posted on today's hunt. For the addicts that regularly look at it, is that normal? I haven't payed any attention to it lately, but, I seem to remember it hovering around maybe ~1500 total. I suppose this is indicative of greater new sales in general?

Well, here it is 6 months later. My stumbling / judder / loss of power problem has ebbed and flowed since it started happening a year ago. Finally got to the bottom of it today: The problem was the O-rings on the fitting for the fuel-return port at the top of the fuel filter. The O-rings...

I would not buy a PD car without first pulling the valve cover and checking the cam and lifters. You are looking for consistent chamfer around the tip of every lobe and smooth lifter faces. Don't want to find out afterward that your cam looks like this (third pic down).

Just thought I'd update all on this post. 20K miles later (99.5K total) and the cam lobes look exactly the same as pictured at the start. No visible change in the chamfer at the tip of each lobe. Same oval color rings on the lobes. Didn't snap any new photos as I didn't see any need since...

Are you referring to 505.01, or ?? What oil do you use?

It's a fair comment. The root cause is due to alphabetizing based on the CL sub-domains which are not always consistent with the area that they represent. I've never been so worried about it to bother an attempt to fix it. :D Please feel free to download the CL sites list here, and re-order it...

Move is done and site is back on-line. Now with a faster net connection. Wooo.