DillyG15
Member
Hello I’m a new member here and have never owned a tdi or a diesel for the record.
I recently bought a 2006 Jetta 1.9 with a 5 speed. It has 141k on the vehicle. It’s cosmetically excellent with very little rust. Little bubbling on the front upper fenders and the front rocker panels. I’m not worried about that though I can fix that. I purchased the car for $5500.
I took it for a test drive and it drives excellent. Steering is true and the ride is smooth. Pretty impressive actually for how old the car is and how it spent nearly all of its life in New Hampshire. Has brand new brakes and tires also. The engine sounds good to me. Decently smooth. In the engine bay seems the engine has a shake. I assume it needs an engine mount. No big deal if that’s the case. Idles perfect, didn’t catch any leaks and personally seems like a mechanically sound engine. Also the guy who sold it to me said apparently the previous owner replaced the timing belt and water pump. He said he took pictures of it and to me it looks legit. From my eye it looks like there is in fact new parts in there. Metal looks “newer” on the parts and the belt seems to look fine. Visually it looks like something was replaced.
I got some pics here of what I got.
Okay from the research I’ve done I know these years engines code is called “BRM”. I have done some research and learned that they have actually quite a few issues. Timing belt, high pressure fuel pump and the cam wearing out seem to be the big dollar ones. What should I be looking for with other stuff. Maybe you guys could lead me in a direction for maintenance too and what I should do right now to keep her running good for a while. And maybe some good prices on that stuff. I’m new to the vw game and diesel. Thanks and let me know if I got a good car.
I recently bought a 2006 Jetta 1.9 with a 5 speed. It has 141k on the vehicle. It’s cosmetically excellent with very little rust. Little bubbling on the front upper fenders and the front rocker panels. I’m not worried about that though I can fix that. I purchased the car for $5500.
I took it for a test drive and it drives excellent. Steering is true and the ride is smooth. Pretty impressive actually for how old the car is and how it spent nearly all of its life in New Hampshire. Has brand new brakes and tires also. The engine sounds good to me. Decently smooth. In the engine bay seems the engine has a shake. I assume it needs an engine mount. No big deal if that’s the case. Idles perfect, didn’t catch any leaks and personally seems like a mechanically sound engine. Also the guy who sold it to me said apparently the previous owner replaced the timing belt and water pump. He said he took pictures of it and to me it looks legit. From my eye it looks like there is in fact new parts in there. Metal looks “newer” on the parts and the belt seems to look fine. Visually it looks like something was replaced.
I got some pics here of what I got.
Okay from the research I’ve done I know these years engines code is called “BRM”. I have done some research and learned that they have actually quite a few issues. Timing belt, high pressure fuel pump and the cam wearing out seem to be the big dollar ones. What should I be looking for with other stuff. Maybe you guys could lead me in a direction for maintenance too and what I should do right now to keep her running good for a while. And maybe some good prices on that stuff. I’m new to the vw game and diesel. Thanks and let me know if I got a good car.
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