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Well, he's a 50 year old VW mechanic. He's a Gulf War veteran diesel mechanic. He's a full time preacher and believe me, he took me on as a charity case because he didn't bill me for a fraction of the amount of diagnostic time he put into this car. You have to understand that all of this...

Thanks to TDI Forum Threads for guiding me to solve many major problems. Bought this 1998 Jetta TDI. Basket case. Blue/Black smoke. Black film and oil on rear of car. You said Turbo issue. Your right. New Garret Turbo. No oil but even worse smoke. Took it to a Guru. Bad injection pump...

1998 TDI Jetta Cold Starts and dies 1998 AHU TDI Jetta. I have the exact same problem. Below 30F. Car starts runs 2-3 secs, stalls, then cranks and cranks. Will sputter starting with the start turning the engine. Runs poorly on its' own for 2 seconds and stalls. It can take 5 or 10 minutes...

Does anybody have some links where I can buy an affordable Turbo Boost Hose? The top Rubber hose to the steel pipe on my '98 1.9 AHU TDI is cracked. Causing a screeching noise in my new turbo and a lot of fumes. VW wants $100 for the 8" hose and I can't find any aftermarket.

Do you have any Turbo Boost hoses? I need the top rubber hose about 8" long.

I have done, and paid to have done, a lot of work on my 3rd owner 1998 TDI Jetta 1.9 AHU. I am still getting an unacceptable amount of black smoke and filming on the truck. The MAF sensor is new. After reading this post, I decided to clean the air intake portion out myself just to make sure I...