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Aaaak. That's right. I have a problem with my 2003 Passat wagon GAS engine trans. Reverse does not work at all. That one was the French transmission methinks. So I have learned to just detest automatic transmissions.

I bought a 2005 Passat TDI wagon w/ auto trans... I didn't realize it was a French (Peugeot) Transmission. Why the Germans would use French engineering, I have no idea. It is stuck in 3rd gear limp mode and to buy a used one would likely put me in the same situation. I HATE automatic...

I had intermittently been getting like a spinning or grinding noise when I would try to start the car. It seemed like the starter plunger was not pushing out or I assumed, as did my mechanic, that one or more teeth on the flywheel were broken off. Could have been both perhaps. (Long...

Sorry for my late response. I ended up buying from RockAuto. I know they are generalist, but I seemed to get overall better prices there and they had everything I wanted to replace.

THANK YOU ALL. I am ordering hoses to preemptively replace all the vacuum hoses. The mechanic finally looked at the car and he said one of the clamps on the turbo he replaced was broken and he replaced the clamp. So she is definitely peppier than before. I think the Diesel Purge may have...

I get so lost in the endless maze of this and similar forums on TDIs. The search returned 25 pages. I stop after 3 pages

I just changed the fuel filter and added the diesel purge directly to the filter. Took me longer to wait for the old filter to drain than it took me to change the filter itself. I think the mechanic is a little passive-aggressive angry w/ me. I dunno. He doesn't speak English and I bought...

Also was looking at fuel pump part prices... more or less $200. Injector pump is like $1600. Is there anything to keep the injector pump lasting longer? That repair would be a biggie. Fuel filter change regularly? Will Diesel Purge keep it from having problems? Anything else?

Wow thx. Several companies make Diesel Purge. Wynn's, Liquid Moly... are they all essentially the same? I see LiquidMoly is put into the fuel filter when it is changed...