Need an opinion

fr33

New member
Joined
Sep 9, 2021
Location
california
TDI
golf
Heloo. I am currently wanting to replace my seals on my injection pump on my 1998 vw tdi I ordered the seals and the special triangle tool. Now my question is to set the IQ INjection quantity which scanner would i buy I have a obd 2 blue driver bluetooth scanner but i know it wont work . I heard of van con or the new version called VCDS but I heard i need a PC and my pc is old and slow well would this scanner work or which one would be recomended thanks.
 

garciapiano

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Joined
Feb 12, 2018
Location
Southern California
TDI
1997 Jetta TDI (1Z)
If you are doing the top seals, you can read injection quantity with basically any scanner. If you wish to do the pump timing (different procedure) you will need to buy or rent the VCDS cable and download and run their software.
 

Steve Addy

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Joined
Aug 7, 2002
Location
Iowa
TDI
97 Mk3
I'm convinced that you'll VCDS after you do the reseal. After you're done with the reseal you will likely have to do several attempts at hammer mod in order to get the car started.

Once it's running then you'll need VCDS to set pump timing and IQ correctly.

My. 02

Steve
 
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