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  1. Beauji

    '00 ALH Jetta died, won't start, out of ideas.

    i know nothing except that i know nothing, that's outta the way! relay 109, maybe also, i pulled my dash cluster off to see if the car would run, it started and two seconds later it stopped (immobilizer has been immobilized on my 2000 NB tdi), so maybe your cluster needs to be changed. not sure...
  2. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    Keep it up! mine smokes at first start cold, but up north that's old diesel's behavior (six months of the year). re sealed the valve cover, for the fun of it (oil on back of motor) changed the oil cooler, on starting it was spewing oil and i am about to change out the tubing/hoses regards the...
  3. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    Sounds good chief! tanks for the heads up, sounds like those pipes might of had some accumulations in ehm, hence smoke, may have also been an injector issue, ive always a problem determining if its black smoke or blue smoke :) hard to tell when i am driving and not crashing and attempting to...
  4. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    rolling coal me tinks is black smoke, but hard to tell when in the mists of it ;) can't rightly tell if you have custom injectors, how is the power, does it zum zum, pull hard, nice acceleration? may just be unspent fuel, have you noticed better/worse fuel mileage? on the other hand, i just...
  5. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    the oil consumption may be the turbo, but may be other too, if it is smoking different colors, may indicate different problems, not jut turbo, if only smoking during first minutes of cold operations, not constantly, tell tell signs. you need to tell tell what those signs are if want diagnosing...
  6. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    black smoke, blue smoke or white smoke? oil, diesel or preston(water) is being burn't the leak will be easier to find, the smoke may be more difficult/important issue, they may not be from same problem
  7. Beauji

    Turbo shot?

    how-do! When is it smoke-in? Start up cold engine, warm engine, under acceleration up hills, sitting/idling at the drive through...? What color smoke? could be turbo, could be injectors, fuel mixture or bananas in the tail pipe, worse case (me tinks) would be a runaway diesel (oil passing from...
  8. Beauji

    Oxygen sensor?

    you guy's rock!
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