Recent content by spanky1

What is a reasonable asking price for this model?

I've attached a few pictures. My phone camera is having some issues, and some are blurry. If there are specific pictures that you'd like to see, let me know, and I'll take more. The back seat photo is blurry, but these seats and floors are perfect(I never haul anyone in the back seats). 2012...

Looking to part with my platinum grey 2012 TDI Jetta with 107k miles. Price $8,500. Located in East Tennessee I bought this in 2018 from the VW dealer that sold it originally. It was included in the dieselgate buyback, and was "corrected" and sold as a VW certified pre-owned. Car hasn't...

His dad passed away a few years ago, so it’s just Daniel now. He’s done a lot of work for me, and although difficult to get in touch with (sometimes) he is very good, honest, and very reasonably priced. It’s worth the drive.

Every time I go to the dealer to pick up an oil filter element, they want the VIN. They say there’s different filters for that car. What is the difference, or was there a manufacture date cut-off point?

I've run across a couple of people wanting a manual TDI, and I've considered selling my 2012 Jetta 6-SP. It was a dieselgate buyback, and has <90k miles. Excellent condition, and all I've had repaired was a clutch master or slave cylinder. I looked at KBB, and it seems that Very Good or...

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A little less than 3 years ago, I purchased a 2012 6-speed manual Jetta that was one of the buyback cars. The car still had the original Hankook tires on it. These were pretty slick, and my friend that owns the tire store told me that the tires still had tread, but they were hard, likely due...

Looks as if that may have been the issue. I removed the assembly, and the o-ring was pushed to the top. I either didn't lubricate the o-ring lubricated completely, or I spun it on too quickly(probably the former). Here's a few things that I've found out/or was reminded of in this whole...

That actually makes a lot of sense. Missing the groove with the O-ring would have allowed the housing to spin on With no resistance along the way. I think you’ve probably identified my issue.

That's what I recall from the '03. I've never used a wrench to put an oil filter back on. That is why I was hesitant to tighten this one too much. I'm absolutely astonished that the oil would blow out around the cap unless it was terribly loose. I'm going to take it off again tomorrow I...

I did replace the o-ring. I don't think I cross threaded it because it spun quite freely for a few turns. My '03 would tighten freely, but once it slowed, I had to turn it a few more rotations. Even if it was not completely tightened, is there enough pressure to blow the oil out?

Been changing my own oil for over 30 years, including the last 15 on a '03 TDi Jetta. Decided to finally change the oil in my '12 TDI Jetta(just got in a few months ago). I have an oil extractor that I occasionally use. I generally use it every other time, so that I can occasionally take a...

Bought a 2012 CPO a few months ago. Trunk lid wouldn't stay open. Had a few other issues, so I took it to the dealer under the new 24-mth CPO warranty. They had to replace the strut. Now, when I pop the trunk, the lid goes open on it's own. Not sure if there's only 1 strut or if there's 2...