Mozambiquer
Vendor , w/Business number
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2015
- Location
- Versailles Missouri
- TDI
- 2004 VW Touareg V10 TDI, 2012 Audi Q7 V6 TDI, 1998 VW Jetta TDI. 1982 VW Rabbit pickup, 2001 VW Jetta TDI, 2005 VW Passat wagon TDI X3, 2001 VW golf TDI, 1980 VW rabbit pickup,
A few weeks ago I got a message from my dad asking if I would be interested in a TDI Jetta. Someone had called into the shop and asked if someone would be interested in buying it for cheap.
I went out the next day and looked at it. A 2006 BRM with 280k miles, they thought the turbo was bad as its in limp mode. A kid had used it for a target for his pellet gun, so the back window is busted out and the side panels are pelted, but putting a jump pack on, it fired right up, even though it was 10 degrees.
But it wouldn't move, the brakes were stuck. So I winched it up on the bed of the rollback and gave the guy the cash and brought it down to my shop.
I know it needs a battery and the starter, which isn't an issue for me. I could hear the bupbupbup of a likely worn camshaft (no surprise there) and there was a screech sound in the exhaust... its Malone tuned, and appears to have a pd140 turbo. The body isn't terrible, it has the typical foam rust, and the headliner is coming down, but other than that, it seems fairly clean.
I plan to dig in and see if I can determine how much it'll cost to fix up, and considered maybe a ute, as I kinda would like a shop truck for my new shop...
We'll see.
I'll try to document it on here though and see what I am getting into.
I went out the next day and looked at it. A 2006 BRM with 280k miles, they thought the turbo was bad as its in limp mode. A kid had used it for a target for his pellet gun, so the back window is busted out and the side panels are pelted, but putting a jump pack on, it fired right up, even though it was 10 degrees.
But it wouldn't move, the brakes were stuck. So I winched it up on the bed of the rollback and gave the guy the cash and brought it down to my shop.
I know it needs a battery and the starter, which isn't an issue for me. I could hear the bupbupbup of a likely worn camshaft (no surprise there) and there was a screech sound in the exhaust... its Malone tuned, and appears to have a pd140 turbo. The body isn't terrible, it has the typical foam rust, and the headliner is coming down, but other than that, it seems fairly clean.
I plan to dig in and see if I can determine how much it'll cost to fix up, and considered maybe a ute, as I kinda would like a shop truck for my new shop...
We'll see.
I'll try to document it on here though and see what I am getting into.
