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    Engine miss

    I live in rockford mi.
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    Engine miss

    It has 200,000 on it. Is is a cheap tester and I only took one test. I'll take a another test tomorrow. One friend though it was a glowplug problem. I thought it was losing its fuel prime because the longer it sat,the more you had to roll the engine over to start
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    Engine miss

    I recently bought a 02 TDI Jetta and it doesn't start well. It seems to have a miss in one of the cylinders for 15 to 20 seconds and then it smooths out. It acts like the fuel is losing its prime. I have replaced the fuel filter, checked the fuel lines for leaks, ran a compression test and all...
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    I need help diagnosing a problem

    He didnt run vwo. And I agree, 500 just seems like a number. I'm just not sure about so much white crusty material, if I clean it up, do you think the engine is ok? I wanted to just clean it up and put a new head gasket on without refurbishing the head. Do you think that will be OK
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    I need help diagnosing a problem

    I bought a 2002 TDI a motor from a friend who said it ran fine and had 500 pounds compression on each cylinder. So I was going through the motor and when I took the head off all four cylinders had white crusty crap build up everywhere. Number four cylinder look like it had a half a teaspoon of...
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    When to use gasket sealer?

    I bought a 2003 Jetta TDI with a blown motor for a project. I found a new motor long block with a head on it and that was it, I can use all the other parts from the previous Jetta but my question is I have all new gaskets and wanted to know do I use gasket sealer on everything? I know I don't...
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    Should I change oil pump

    Thanks for the piece of mind
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    Should I change oil pump

    My question is, I bought a 01 with 113000 with a bad motor and I have a good motor from a 01 that I bought from a friend with 255000. So while I have the new motor on a engine stand I thought I would replace the oil pump, and front and rear oil seals. But from all the reading that I have done...
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    turbo doesn't work

    I bought an 02 jetta and the turbo doesn't work at all. I changed all vacumn lines, n75, actuator, mas, turbo lever moves freely, nice range of motion, the one way valve, put vacumn on turbo and holds. winter screen is clean, I'm out of ideas!
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    No turbo boost

    I bought a '02 jetta Tdi, been setting in storage for 6 months. When I got it there is no turbo boost. I replaced all vacumn lines, MAP sensor, N75 valve, and still no turbo boost. It has 3 codes that come up, PO 102, PO 107, and PO 1161. All 3 codes talk about low circuit, low input...
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    Turbo bolt torque

    I took my 02 jetta tdi turbo apart to clean a stuck fin. Now I am putting it back together and I don't know what to torque the inner three brass bolts to
  12. J

    Five-Speen Manual Trans - complete conversion kit

    Are you interested in getting a quote for shipping? I can put it on a pallet
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    Five-Speen Manual Trans - complete conversion kit

    i want to sell everything in a swap kit, not seperate, just yet
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