50harleyrider
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- Joined
- Jun 16, 2007
- Location
- charleston,wv
- TDI
- 2005 B5.5 TDI/geared BSM, BV43A turbo,stage 2 TDTUNING. 2005 5sp manual passat tdi stage 2 tdtuning,BSM delete. 2015 Passat TDI 6sp manual.
I recently purchased an 05 tdi passat cheap and wanted to run the issue by all you trouble shooters. I bought it from a young Lady who doesn't know cars, much less tdi's.Supposedly has a bad engine. I towed it home thinking it was probably a bsm grenade job. The turbo was close to seizing so I pulled it off. I tried to start it and it fires but won't run more than a second. The turbo oil supply line was putting out a good flow as was the cam followers and I didn't hear any other noises other than the loud open exhaust. Cam lobes all look fine as well as the tb. All this tells me the engine is structurally ok. Should the engine start and idle with the turbo off? I figure maybe the HPFP is bad or the fuel filter is clogging although it looks rather shiny and newer. I figured I'd check the cam timing, replace the fuel filter and figure out how to check the HPFP.