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ALL of the new Diesels are plagued with emissions controls.... DPF, DEF injection, SCR... the 5.0 Cummins won't be any different. I think the LBZ is the last Duramax not saddled with all this, which is why they are still so high priced. I live in a state that does not check emissions on Diesels...

The dealers I have spoken to that attempted to flush one, still had oil seeping into coolant after multiple flushes... not to mention, if oil gets into coolant, coolant probably went the other way. Regardless, I have around 50,000 miles left on the powertrain warranty, I probably won't be in...

Make that May 28, May 30

Hello all, been awhile, thought I'd check in. Mother in law needed a car pretty bad, so the Jetta is in her hands now. (And yes, it's involved in the emissions scandal, we're waiting to see how that turns out.) I don't have a picture handy, but I am in a 2014 Ram EcoDiesel now. Got it late last...

And then what happens? I get truck fever, and it all starts again!!! :mad2: Seriously, I'd like to come and see....... I'll look in the LA section to see when I can make one

Back to Diesel.... :) 2012 Jetta, will post MPGs soon

Sorry, I should have clarified: I was talking about an aftermarket, locking cap... It didn't look like yours

I just took off the O-ring inside the cap

Not giving you a hard time, I have heard a lot of good things about your services. But if he had a completely failed unit, testing it on your truck would be reasonable.... if it's intermittent, it may be 3 or 4 weeks before the problem showed up again, and he'd be without a truck all that...

Your truck will run without the lift pump, but it can prematurely wear the IP... also if you have any tiny leaks between the LP and IP, you could suck in air. Not saying you don't also need a lift pump, but your symptoms point to a failing FSD... it's possible that running it with a loose...

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That's a pretty involved job.... gotta remove intake, turbo, injector lines, exhaust manifolds, probably at least have to move AC compressor.... I'm sure I missed a little. While it's that far, and access is easy, time to change glow plugs and injectors, also may be easy access to the heater...

You can jump the solenoid to see if they will power up.... but there is a lot of current there, be careful if you do.

I never buy new...

Yes.... on mine, with the headlights on, you could see them dim slightly (and see it on the voltage gauge in the cluster) when the relay cycled. When it went bad, wait to start light still worked, but no dimming of headlights.