They had more time than 3 years. They knew these emissions regulations were coming at some point. And I wouldn't say they completely redesigned the engine. Its more or less a 2.0L PD with a different head and fuel system. The emissions components are another story, but again, they had plenty of time and real world test data on other DPF equipped vehicles, so I still don't buy that excuse.
What the hell is that crap one rod. You can't just replace one rod. They still have to pull them all anyway to match the weight of the new one. So tell them you want a match set.Make sure they replace all the TYY bolts for the head and rod caps. Tell them you to see all the used one's.
They put new clean ic , what do you expect? Wait till you go through the winter and then check it out
Well I had my car in for service at the dealer yesterday, and in spite of having the "Quebec kit" (as they call the IC kit at my dealer), the IC hose was FULL OF ICE!!! It had been really cold the few days leading up to the service visit, and I again complained of rough starts.
No it doesn't only occur when parked. If there's sufficient water, and you step on it to pass another vehicle, you can be rewarded by a sudden power loss as the engine swallows a slug of water. It's happened to me several times. It tends to only happen in warmer months though. At this time of the year, mostly it's ice, and that ice typically melts in a heated garage, or if you park the car all day and there's a temperature rise above freezing. So far I haven't heard of ice buildup enough to completely block the hose.
Well F me so that's what that is...I don't know about every 200km, as I usually try to sip as little fuel as possible (reason behind getting a TDI). However it has happened enough that now I make sure to feed in the throttle a bit slower when going to WOT (or close to it).
Makes sense, we had some cold temps (-10C) followed by rapid thaw up to +5C within 24hrs. I imagine that created quite a healthy mouthfull. I can only go by the service rep's description, she said she had photos so I will try to put those up if they are indeed substantial.
Yea, at this point I'm not counting on it, but as I stated in (2) I don't want to decline and have it bite me later. At least if I go ahead with the IC I may have a leg to stand on...maybe not though, who knows. Luckily I stashed away some oil money made in Houston before going back to the meager earnings of a student.
Its like talking to a politician, they hear what they want to hear and don't give a $hit about what you have to say. When (if) I get it back, the first vibration I feel, its going back...
Are you saying my new car did not come with a new clean ic? Why did the original, when new and clean, suffer from the icing affliction last winter far moreso than the upgraded one?
One could easily argue such a design flaw is a defect. Either way, they will continue to play dumb. Its a shame, but that's just the direction VW has gone for a while now.
What exactly do you mean by completely covering the intercooler? We just got the 10c kit put on. We have not driven it much since then but now I am nervous.
The kit does the same thing as blocking the I/C. When the kit opens up it's by passing part of the I/C.Now you have smaller surface area to take the heat out of the air. I hope this helps.
Interested in this as well. Anyone have the full TSB for the 0 degree kit including the part#?
I am definitely interested in seeing both of those items (current TSB and Work Order).
Thanks "DerekG" for the post above showing your Work Order and a link to the full TSB.
Well, I explained to the service guy that I knew of the initial TSB listed in post #1 of this thread and that VW had done a revision to the kit recently and I wanted the newly revised kit. He assured me that they would in fact order the revised version of the intercooler kit, but he didn't literally say it was the "10 degree kit", that was a bit of assumption on my part.