This is NOT eastbay but this mechanic with 12+ years experience with
Sorry guys but Bump
Our trusted shops are nominated by club members who have personal experience with them. We frown upon shops that advertise themselves as "trusted TDI mechanics".
If you want to promote your business, even if you are just an employee, then you need to register as a vendor.
sorry for breaking the rules.
You do not necessarily need a TDI expert for that work, and in fact you can do a lot of it yourself. The DSG servicing may require special equipment, so you may need to find an independent shop specializing in Volkswagens. But the rest can most likely be done in your garage or driveway. It's good to have someone help out the first time, to guide you through each step.
I used to live in Central Iowa, and I planned on going to a neighboring state when my Golf needed a new timing belt. There are TDI gurus in Missouri, or in and around the Twin Cities, or in Madison WI. Sometimes one of the guys in Missouri travels up to Iowa, and that's something that might work out for you.
VV's bread and butter is in modern VW's. They made their name working on the aircooled, back in the day, but in Kansas City, working on aircooleds will not keep you in business. Perhaps this TDI mech considers them a competitor. Whether or not he will "deal with them", as another mechanic is very different than giving them your business if your needing someone you can trust to work on your Diesel, in the greater Kansas City area.
1) Nobody makes it onto the "Trusted Mechanics List" by their own recommendation. Others need to recommend you.
I don't know about you, but my life is insanely busy and the idea of driving to a mechanic a couple hours away or so sounds time-consuming. I would have thought that a relatively major metro area like Tacoma wouldYou have a TDI, you can drive to a mechanic that's a couple hours or so away, you know.
I know there's a couple mechanics (Fix-Um-Haus and oldpoopie) that are well-regarded in the Portland, OR area, don't recognize any of the names in the Seattle area.
I'd guess your problem is related to a bad boost hose in the ECU, though.
"stockdad",
It appears to be a used-car dealership that sells Japanese and European brands. I would be pleasantly surprised to hear that they have a service department, but would not expect them to know much if anything about Volkswagens and certainly not TDIs.
They do have a service department, and I've heard that they do good work.
