ssamalin
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They're all not failing, no. And thanks, I'll call Franko6.
thats awesome.. It took me 6 hours to do the TB replacement, WP, pulleys, tensioner, and the cam and lifters.jasonTDI said:It actually took 1:50 min because 20 people had a LOT of questions.
Seriously, I can do the whole TB in 2 hours so when you don't pull the mount, water pump, roller, tensioner etc it's really simple. Lock it, remove valve cover, pull the pulleys, pull the valve train and exchange it. EASY.
But not easy if you haven't done one.I really suggest taking your time and being uber careful, it would take a first timer with no TB experience 7-8 hours.
Wow, man, wow.... lay off the meds. Or take more. Something. Geez.ssamalin said:I love that impeccable data of yours O great superior. The car has a major defect, how major? Only a great one like you can say.
Thanks for your suggestions and your insights. I hope that by the time I need to make any more decisions about my car we will all have a lot more information to go by.oilhammer said:Wow, man, wow.... lay off the meds. Or take more. Something. Geez.
If this gets you so upset, then perhaps selling your car and purchasing something else may be better off for you. Volkswagen won't so much as blow your nose, you can submit and whine and cry all you want there. There is no "defect", it is simply a weak design. And since there have been plenty of cars just like yours without problems....
I would suggest trying a different oil, I prefer 5w40, and doing a UOA to see how that does for you. You should not have to concede to cam replacement every 80k miles. Something is amiss there if that is the case.
That's pretty good.05_new_jetta said:thats awesome.. It took me 6 hours to do the TB replacement, WP, pulleys, tensioner, and the cam and lifters.
as far as going to the fest to get honked at I'll have to pass haha I missed my chance at a close one last year.
The majority of the failures I have seen were 5w30 SLX and/or short trip cars.xracerbob said:I'm just short of 200,000 miles and so far mostly minor things have gone wrong. Still have the original front brakes, clutch, and no cam issues, knock wood. I have used 5w-40 oil, mostly ELF but sometimes Pentosin. I have switched to CJ-4 Rotella 5w-40. I get between 44 and 46 mpg every tank.
That kind of info is good for those (like eddief) who are trying to figure out the cause of PD cam failures.jasonTDI said:The majority of the failures I have seen were 5w30 SLX and/or short trip cars.
Well I guess that sux for me! Mostly short trips and all... But maybe the TDT and DG bypass filter will cut me some slack... I guess we will see...jasonTDI said:The majority of the failures I have seen were 5w30 SLX and/or short trip cars.
jasonTDI said:The majority of the failures I have seen were 5w30 SLX and/or short trip cars.
The dealers originally were selling Castrol TXT 5w40, then later replaced that with Castrol SLX 5w40. From what I have gathered here, the TXT was better than the SLX. That change probably reflects why the BRMs seem to be more problematic than the BEW and BHW...because many of the [earlier] BEW and BHWs got a steady diet of the TXT long before the SLX rolled out, whereas most all the BRMs got SLX from the beginning.ssamalin said:Thats the dealer 505.01 oil? Is TDT 5w40 at 5k oci good?
Worldpac, but www.TDIparts.com carries it as well.Windjammer said:OH, where do you source the Pentosin HP2 5w40?
That should be fine.ssamalin said:Thats the dealer 505.01 oil? Is TDT 5w40 at 5k oci good?
.. I'm tracking Frank06's mod, eddif, and the regrind/parkerize treads on my cam radar so hopefully I'll know what to do when the time comes!2footbraker said:Only 70k miles but running well. Looking forward to sending my first Rotella CJ-4 UOA off but I'm definitely planning on eventually doing the Frank06 mods. I think those will be far more important than oil type or black lifters.
oilhammer said:Why not come to 'fest next year and watch. I'll even honk at you!
Any SOHC VAG engine, even a PD, is really easy to swap a cam/lifters on.
I was looking for short trips/frequent starts info very attentively but didn't find any data on this (in PD cam failure data collection thread). There's some data that people who had their car started only 2 times a day have a cam failure as soon as 90k-110k miles.jasonTDI said:The majority of the failures I have seen were 5w30 SLX and/or short trip cars.
I believe it was 0w30, wasn't it?hutchman said:Used Elf CRV 506.01 5W30 until it started getting hard to find