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I have a 2001 Jetta TDI with the ALH engine in it. It has ~200,000 miles on it. The turbo is original. The car has been sitting, unused for 3 years. I decided that I want to drive my Jetta again and my mechanic is going through it right now. A lot of parts are corroded and frozen from sitting...

So how are you guys who buy online disposing of your old tires? Do you just throw them on the bonfire in the back yard? :rolleyes:

Hi all - My current vehicle is an '01 Jetta TDI and I plan on keeping it for a while. However, for years I have wanted to get a larger vehicle for fun trips and some light off-roading. Light off-roading as in I am not going to modify the vehicle to the point that it can't function well as a...

Hey all, I have a question that has me and my mechanic stumped. There is a loud banging noise coming from the driver's side rear wheel when I go over bumps. I have an '01 TDI, about 170,000 miles. Springs are original, about 15,000 miles ago (maybe less) my mechanic put in Billstein TC...

I'm not sure I get your point. Why shouldn't a mechanic want a shop manual to refer to if there's some sort of confusion? Living where I do I don't have the luxury of driving an hour or so to a guru who knows the car inside and out. Do you think your favorite guru has a copy of the Bentley or...

OK this is what I was wondering about - if it's really only a matter of 10-15 minutes of overlap, then I didn't lose out on much. I like both mechanics. Mechanic #1 is reliable, but I have to go 30 minutes out into the boonies to take him my car which is a hassle when I pester my friends for...

A4 Jetta... OK I just got back from vacation and while I was gone left the car with mechanic #1 to re-do a ton of suspension parts. It started with new shocks and struts, but also I wanted all control arm bushings, sway bar bushings, etc. done. He had me order the parts and ship them to his...

From the TDICLUB FAQ on this site, referring to adding a rear anti-sway bar: Now my first car was a Mercury Cougar, rear wheel drive. In wintertimes, being the dumb teenager I was (actually, I'd probably still do this), I'd often deliberately oversteer to make a "90 degree" turn when going...

OK I'm not the most knowledgeable member on this board. What is the "big RSB?" As for "all the little rubber bits" those would be what? CA bushings Axle bushings What else? Thanks to everyone who has replied so far.

Hi all - I have about 150,000 miles on my '01 Jetta TDI and it's still on its original suspension. I do believe it is dead, especially when I hit a bump in the road and hear "clunk" out of the back. So long as I am replacing it anyways, I figure I'd like to get something a bit better than...

Folks-- A while back my transmission started making a "grinding" noise. It happens when the car is at low RPMs and I hit the accelerator to speed up. It will also happen if, say, I have the car in gear with clutch engaged and I slow down too much, then I hear a "grinding" coming. It will also...

Thanks for the continued replies. I'm learning a lot of things here. To get back to some of your questions: 1. Tires are "Esteem XLE." Size is 195/65R15 91H (anyone know what the "91H" means?) 2. Sidewall Max Pressure is 35 psi 3. I'll take the advice here and go for 85% of sidewall max...

OK It sounds like most of you increase the tire pressure somewhat over what the vehicle sticker says. My main concern is avoiding blowouts and from the responses here, it sounds as if blowouts will happen more when a tire is underinflated vs. overinflated, as long as you don't exceed the...

I've always believed that you should inflate tires to the pressure specified by the sticker inside one of the door frames. On my '01 Jetta, the pressure is specified inside the fuel cap cover (26psi all around). This seems pretty low to me, but I run it at 26 anyways. I recently had my tires...

By the way I think it's hilarious that you pulled the turbo, disassembled and cleaned it as if it's nothing, but you don't know what a MAF is or where it is. No offence, it's just funny because pulling the turbo and dissecting it scares the hell out of me, but I could change a MAF in my sleep.

I wouldn't count on that. I've been having turbo trouble (I think it was the N75 solenoid) but not a lot of smoke. Butter, the MAF is the Mass AirFlow sensor. It is a common weak spot in our cars. To check if yours is bad, unplug the MAF's electrical connector and see if your car performs...

This I will agree with. My car turned 6 this year and I had never changed the fluid until I saw the "How-to" on this site with the Motive bleeder. Sure enough I bled the brakes and the clutch and holy hell there was a big difference in brake pedal response. From here on out I will change it...

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For the past while my car has gone to limp mode - overboost condition. This would occur sporadically. It would be in limp mode for a few days at a time and then the car would "fix itself" and I'd be fine for a couple weeks, then overboost again. I followed the advice in Canadian Grizzly's...

Tire balance fixed it You guys were right. I had the tire shop rotate & balance the tires. They said 2 of the tires were out of balance--one on the front and one on the back. Now the shake is fixed. I would have never guessed a tire balancing issue since if I go 85 with my foot on the...

On Page 15.2 of the Timing Belt PDF it shows them using the 2587 Two Pin Spanner Wrench on the timing belt tensioner. My question: Does the Metalnerd "Compact 3-Way Tensioner Wrench" (MN3333) do the same job? If not, is the "Two Pin Spanner Wrench" a tool that most car / diesel truck...

I noticed this the other day...around 80mph on the highway, my steering wheel shakes back and forth. Initially I thought it may be warped rotors. However, I also notice it only happens when I am accelerating and I'm already at around 80mph. If I take my foot off the go-pedal it stops shaking...

Don't think it's a mount after all I'm pretty sure the rattling is actually coming from the flywheel, and not the mount after all. I'm just writing this in case it comes up in a search for someone down the line. Read about problems with the dualmass flywheel here...

As he said it really isn't that hard when you work with the tutorial on here. It's just a pain in the rear end. Tool's you'll definitely want: Stubby ratchet with a swivelling handle 5 & 6mm allen wrench sockets for the ratchet Plus the usual, ratchets, sockets, wrenches, allen wrenches, etc...

Yeah, same here...I just had a bunch of expensive stuff hit all at once. A few thousand in home repairs, many hundreds in car repairs (timing belt & clutch), my tenants left me so I don't have the rental income right now...why does it seem all this crap happens at the same time? :confused: It...