Recent content by GotDiesel?

According to the paper work, there was a blown seal on the pump and the pump could not be refilled. I now wonder if there was something wrong with the original replacement pump as the car has a lot more power than I recall it ever having. I did stress with the mechanic this time around that I...

I may have gone a little long on fuel filters but I would be shocked if filter failure would have caused the 2nd IP to go bad in 40 K miles. As stated earlier, I have never detected any water anywhere in the system. Anti-shudder valve was the first thing I checked. Not stuck. I have a gray...

2001 A4/M5 TDI History: TB replaced at 57K IP replaced first time at 59K Some experimentation with B5-B99 prior to first IP failure. After that, Flying J, Shell, Mobil only. Fuel treated with Primrose 409 when temps drop below 40° F. Fuel filter replacement every 25-30K miles. No water...

Timing belt was replaced at 57K with the 100-120K bits by Drivbiwire. I was at Seatac airport with the no start. I had it towed to Auburn VW. After dealing with a AAA roadside repair guy who insisted it was glow plugs (on a 55-degree day) and a tow truck driver who also insisted on trying to...

Mine acted kind of like that as the injection pump started to fail (the first time). It got progressively worse. And about 2,000 miles after I first noticed it, it was replaced. I hope it's something else for you.

If you listen closely, you'll hear that the glow plugs actually shut off a few seconds after the glow plug light goes out. You can then turn the key off and back on to get a 2nd cycle of the plugs which can help a bit. But I agree that it is most likely slightly retarded injection timing...

Well. There go my fuel savings... My first injection pump failed and was replaced by VW with a remanufactured pump several years ago at 60K miles under warranty. Last week I parked my car at the airport and left it there for four days while out of town on business. Upon my return, the car...

After 6 years, 78,700 miles and 2352 hours on the meter, I finally had a DRL-enabled bulb burn out. I agree with 20IndigoBlue02 that removing the battery cover greatly aids in getting the driver side bulb done. You'll need a 10mm socket with a fairly long extension to get the cover freed up...

I bought some of these about two years ago to replace some OEM plugs that failed. Earlier this summer, I started getting the CEL again. I picked up a scanguage a few weeks ago and it showed that I had a GP issue. I checked the plugs with my multimeter and #2 and #3 were both bad. That's...

I'd like to get in on the intake cleaning and hopefully get my injection timing advanced or at least tested. Hope my schedule continues to permit... Thanks for offering to host the event.

Yeah, I don't see how that's possible. Increased RPMs if nothing else will increase internal friction within the engine. And from what I've read, to a point, these engines are more efficient working harder at lower rpms.

My IP was replaced (under 10-year/100K mile warranty) at 60K and had never seen any biodiesel at the time. They didn't find any evidence of bad fuel or water so it was just one of those things. Yours probably was too. My sympathies.

I always heard it had its origin in the fact that certain Italian sports cars (Ferraris in particular) had a nasty habit of fouling plugs, gumming up valve guides and "carboning" up the combustion chambers up if they weren't exercised hard once in a while. It certainly dates back to carburetor...

Haha. These guys are pretty lame. Yet now that the local NPR station I prefer listening to has dropped them and I miss hearing them. Maybe it was for the involuntary "I'm smarter than these guys" feelings of smugness that I would normally experience. I will say this for them, their show...

You have it easy, Bookworm. At the Flying J in Tacoma, WA, regular gas is $2.129 while diesel is $2.719 and at other Washington Flying Js diesel runs as high as $2.859