where do I find help similar to this group for a gas VW

[cochrank]

I love this site ad have used it many times for assistance with my 2002 Jetta TDI, but I also own a 1995 VW golf that has treated me very well (230,000 miles so far) and now I am having some issues. Just wondering if anybody knew of a group that could help me with the error codes i am getting. Thanks again for all of the help.

 

[ninedee_golf_tdi]

There are bazillions of VW groups, a well known one is vwvortex.com.

 

[jbrone]

Also try:

http://www.mk3love.com/resources.php

http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/forum.jspa?forumName=volkswagen.a.a3

http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/Campingart/jettatech/index.htm

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2702118

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=585949&postid=5141073#5141073

http://www.vwhowto.com/vwhowto/search.cfm/search_word/Golf%20/%20GTI/

http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/Campingart/jettatech/coolingmaint/index.htm

A/C:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2631910
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2052313
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1977858
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2002507

hot start:
http://www.ohiovw.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=26090
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=146475
http://www.genco1.com/newsletter_details.cfm?id=9
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=902505

alarm/battery/electrical http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1950161
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1941636
http://georgejacob.50megs.com/fab.htm
snow screen http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=128966
sunroof http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=126180
timing belt http://www.vwenthusiast.com/technical/TimingBelt/timingbelt.html
throttle/intake/pcv http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/Campingart/jettatech/p1582/index.htm
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1377970
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1976336
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1989804
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=840403
poor performance http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2681996
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1780308
oil/sludge http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?&id=2526976
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1973896
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1548643
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1920514


brakes/suspension/steering/shifting
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=483838
http://bluefox280.tripod.com/id23.html
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1962505
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2124361&page=1
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2458155
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2317117

P.S.: If you have a particular issue I might be able to recall what I did in that experience.

 

[turnmybassup]

yeah those are all good sites, but please post the specific problem, maybe myself or some of the others could help you out

 

[otm646]

All those sites are great but few forums have the technical depth and vast number of members who are experts who are upside down in these cars every day, or night after work.



not to knock the other forums, but plowing the roads for the county with your euro VR6 splitter is not as important fixing that leaking rear main seal or keeping up on your scheduled maintenance.

TDICLUB is really a encyclopedic resource and a maintenance forum. Diesel heads tend to be a little more practical.

There is a general automotive section.

 

[cochrank]

Sorry for the delay, here is what i posted in VW Vortex. So far I have an answer that has to do with spark-plug wires, distributer and rotor. Maybe I can get other answers here. Again thanks for all the help in the past.
I usually find my issues by looking through the other posts. Unfortunately this time i cannot. My issue started when my little Golf with ~200,000 mils on it started to break off the crank pulley and timing belt gear while driving down the road (it didn't like to run after that) It did this three times on me until hopefully i found the issue why (end of crank not true and key slot a little worn) I hopefully fixed this problem by adding a little epoxy to the crank timing gear when I put it on to true it up (we will see). Well after I did this and put the timing belt back on and in time, the car ran fine (before the check engine light would be on and it would spit an sputter going down the road. Well a day after doing this and going to work the car would run fine and then for no reason start to "bog down" a little, the check engine light would come on. After a minute or so it would go away and the car would run fine. This would happen 4 or 5 times during my hour commute. Well I have the VAGCOM program and i ran a diagnostic on it and came up with the following codes. 00518, 00537, 01249, 01250, 01251, 01252, 01257. I know the 01249-52 are the injectors open or ground fault but what could be causing this issue. I know there is a lot of knowledge on this site so hopefully somebody could tell me where to start. I don't want to throw a lot of money into my car but I would like to get a few more years out of it if i could. It has been good to me.