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I agree but I have the volkswagen representative on record saying if the check engine light comes on after I drive the car away from the dealership, it will be covered. The problem is that the engine has already gone to 250°+.

I got a call back today from volkswagen customer care. They contacted the dealership and because there was no check engine light, they aren't going to warranty it. I asked if they would warrant it if I would pay the diagnostic fee, drive it around for a little and if the car overheats, and the...

I assumed there were no trapped air pockets based on the work I did. Swapping the engine coolant is pretty simple. Pop off the coolant return line and make sure the reservoir never empties. Sure, I don't know what the prior owner did, but it was a woman who had an extended 3rd party warranty...

When I drained and filled the system with new coolant, I never let the coolant reservoir empty out. I must have put 1200 miles on the car since then. After replacing the fluid, I drove the car around San Diego for about a month. For Thanksgiving I drove to family in the Central California...

It wasn't low on coolant. I replaced all the coolant because I had purchased the car 3 months ago and went through replacing fluids and filters on everything but the brakes. The previous owner was using autozone coolant, that is supposedly equivalent, but just to be sure I swapped it. I ran the...

My 2015 Jetta TDI with 90k miles is overheating. I don't know how high the temp went before the temp indicator on the dash popped up because I pulled over and waited until it cooled down. I drove the car to a VW dealer and on the way I monitored the temperature using an obd2 reader and android...

I used OBD Auto Doctor car scanner with an android to erase the codes. All is working well. Smog passed. Thanks for the solution and ideas.

I erased the codes this morning and I've driven the car 3 times. No codes pop up. I'll continue driving it for a day or 2 before going back to SMOG. I went to get a quote on removing the MAP sensor from the intercooler. The washer fluid reservoir is removed but the screw heads on the...

What do you guys think about a possible faulty MAP sensor? I was reading somewhere that someone had some of the same symptoms and their fix was the MAP. I went to look at the MAP Sensor today and both screws were so rusted the heads popped off before I was able to unscrew them. The MAP...

I forgot to mention, after reattaching the vacuum hose, when the car starts there is sprinkling of carbon that comes out of the exhaust. I assume this normal but I don't remember seeing it when the the vacuum hose was disconnected. Also, the first couple starts of the engine produced more than...

Scanned P0102. MAF signal too low. I swapped the MAF out with a cheapie I purchased on Amazon and unplugged the battery. The code came back on the dash after driving it 20 yards. The EGR has been disabled for 2 years and the vacuum hose has been blocked with a bolt. After plugging in the egr...

I connected the vacuum hose to the EGR today and unplugged the battery to remove the CEL. I started it up and the CEL came back after driving 100 yards. I haven't scanned the computer yet. I'll be doing that tomorrow. Months ago I changed the vacuum hoses to silicone hoses. I see no difference...

My sister has a 2015 Jetta tdi and she's about to order parts for the timing belt change and she asked me to help her. I went to idparts.com and found a kit. The water pump is made by Geba and it says "The Geba water pump is a non-variable pump and does not include the solenoid valve. The...

I forgot about this thread so I thought to give it an update to finish it off. The diesel smell is no longer present. I believe the smell was coming from the injectors and/or the hard lines allowing minute amounts of diesel to come out and vaporize when the engine warms up. The reason I think...

So, the mechanic put the new lines on. They didn't have a tool that could fit to get 25Nm. After he swapped the lines I drove the car for half a mile and popped the hood. They didnt seem to leak from the lines anymore but I did notice something else. At the bottom of the #4 injector, where the...

Update: I found some aftermarket injector pipes from kbdieselperformance.com . I paid under $145 for a full set through Amazon. I received them today and they look identical except for the clamps that hold them in pairs. I spoke with the mechanic today and he said he wasn't sure why 1 and...

I described the leak wrong. It's only coming from the top of 2 of the injectors ; between the hard line and the injector. The mechanic says there is no seal between the hard line pipe and injector. It's a compression clamp.

I assume you mean by the mechanic, not the injector rebuilder?

They were rebuilt by BECs Pacific in Whittier CA. I was told they have the testing equipment to rebuild these injectors by 2 rebuildsrs in my area that I known for 10 years. Install the hard lines correctly? I don't know what that would entail. It doesn't look that complicated. I don't know...

Last week I got the car back with the rebuilt injectors installed and the next day the problem continued. The car started a little rough like before. Small puff of white smoke like before. The smell of raw diesel was in the air. I figured I would get to work on double checking everything...