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Sold! Car was sold today; with trailer, parts, tools, and bentley manual. I hope this buyer has another 225,000 miles, hopefully trouble-free.

Phoenix, AZ area: Affordable German, 1510 W Broadway Affordable German 1510 W Broadway Rd Phoenix, AZ 85041 (602) 253-8889 I took my 2003 Jetta in to verify my injection pump timing. As it turned out, I was very far advanced, even though it ran, it had a loud rattly idle. They were able to...

Full disclosure: This is the same car from this thread: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=481532 Only - I successfully re-registered and passed emissions in Phoenix, AZ. 224,000 miles (last 4000 was towing a loaded trailer on the highway; this was after the head gasket was...

There is one catch to this here; doing a timing belt on this car is more than just spending $300 on the kit. You've got tool rental, and you should probably also get a VCDS to make sure fuel timing and quantity are right. And frankly: depending on where you live, you can "borrow" these things...

I'll chime in as another satisfied customer; bought my flywheel and clutch from him, probably some other bits over the years.

I recently went through this exercise: (ended up being a blown head gasket - but there are different blowout scenarios that behave differently - and I did not have a compression-tester). My ALH never had white smoke coming out of the exhaust. It actually pretty much ran fine, and for several...

This is kinda-sorta a continuation of: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=481319 http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=485199 Long story short: 2003 Jetta 5-speed. Overheated, blown head gasket and warped head. I fixed it. But the California registration expired. And I decided to...

A power brake bleeder (like from Motiv) is also a very handy tool. Connects to the brake reservoir, and pressurizes the system so you don't need someone pumping the brake pedal while you're operating the valves. I believe this negates the need for the VCDS procedure as well, but I could be...

VCDS can definitely run in WINE on both Linux and OS X (under Homebrew). I use winecfg to set it to run in WindowsXP compatibility mode. But I guess that's no longer necessary. You have to find the system file for the interface, when you plug it in, it will be /dev/tty* (something), then...

Got it. Yes, I'm parking uphill on a fairly steep driveway. Also; on the last 1/8 tank. It's also a pretty new fuel-filter. (this is one reason why I was so enthused to rescue this car: new fuel filter, new timing belt, new tires, THEN it overheats and blows a head gasket!). I'm suspecting the...

Not sure about valve leakage. I supposed that's a possibility. The machine shop shaved off .003" from the head, but didn't do any valve work. On the other hand, he said he pressure-tested the head and said it didn't leak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, my other problem is that my mytvac itself is...

(It is true that the dash temp gauge can be way off. I've read 190 at the dash, and 210 from the ECU. . . the BMW guys have a way of re-mapping the dashboard gauge so it reads more accurately; I wonder if the folks at Ross-Tech have looked into that?)

So; the saga continues on this 2003 Jetta. (from here: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=484921 ) (and here: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=481319 ) Since I got the engine back together, I have started it, and taken it for a couple of quick test-drives. The smoking has...

Sorry it took a while to get the pictures uploaded; I was at my mother in law's house, and "good internet connection" is not her biggest priority in life. :D I tried to measure the block as best as I could, and it seemed pretty flat to me. I didn't have a good machinist's ruler though. I...