New diesel TDI added to the stable today

[Crankme69]

1996 Passat. 154K miles NO rust 2 previous owners I am the 3rd. Hoping for 50mpg it's a 5 speed hand shaker.

Needs a through cleaning...and the cruise don't work...yet

I got a lots of reading to do, more stuff to learn. :rolleyes5:

 

[Woody35]

looking good! check out tdiclub and get to reading

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Nice. Pretty low miles for a 1996.

 

[Dieseldad97]

Looks good. Question, why does it have such a big hardon?

 

[btfarm]

Nice grab Greg!

 

[DZZ71]

We just bought a 2006 TDI and we are very happy with it. I posted a video in the peformance section at TDI club of the new exhaust I made if u wanna check it out. Congrats on your car.

 

[CtChevy427]

Good luck with it Greg. Hopefully she treats you well for many more miles?

 

[Crankme69]

Thanks All

MANY new things to learn about...

Not sure why the antenna is so BIG LOL ???

 

[12ga diesel]

That's real nice Greg! Best of luck to you with it!

 

[Crankme69]

A little feed back for ya all.

I topped it off this morning to verify the mpg 2nd time $3.89 for diesel here.

446 miles
9.1 gal to fill to the lip (still had about 1/2 tank left)
49 mpg

Un friggin believable...I should have done this yrs ago :hihi:

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Nice!

 

[NVW]

I've thought about those cars, the mpg is amazing.

 

[Crankme69]

Changed out the Timing belt, new water pump, belts, crank pulley & harmonic balancer, cleaned the intake manifold, was nearly plugged.

The timing belt was not in good shape, so this was money & time well spent...we got real lucky here.

Motor seems very happy on it's 1st trip to work today...what a difference it makes to allow them to breath...

My son did all the work, he really is becoming a very good mechanic, though I wish he would have used safety glasses & gloves for this!
http://youtu.be/d7Bbgbaw51U

 

[GM Guy]

congratulations! hope she serves you well for many years.

oh, and, there is a certain club that you need to join...we will welcome you with a Handshake....

 

[treegump]

What's your son doing with the intake manifold? I recognize the torch, but is that an air hose? I've never seen or heard of this before. (And if he's explaining it, I'm at work, so I don't have the volume turned on)

 

[Crankme69]

Yup that's an air hose Forrest. The muk that builds up in the intake is soot from the EGR along with oil vapor from the engine breathers and as ya can see it will burn. So a little heat from the torch & then chase it with air.... VIOLA you have completed the triangle burn baby burn

In the refinery we call it steam de-air de-coking, we use the same principle to remove coke from furnace tubes & such, though at a much larger scale. :agreed:

 

[treegump]

AWESOME!

 

[deejaaa]

i am flying to san antonio sunday, hopefully, to pick up an 02 jetta tdi hand shaker. 175K. found it on the tdiclub from a member. had a diesel rabbit a few years ago so i belong to a few vw sites. i am planning to get 50 mpg also. i am waiting approval of the credit union tomorrow.

 

[Crankme69]

Awesome! My SO wants to trade her grandprix for one, been looking for one but they are hard to find witH less then 200K on em and we also don't want an auto either.

Post us up some pics if ya get it...

 

[Darkrider]

I had a chance to pick up an MKII Golf TDI a few years back...i seriously regret not getting that car. I had a MKII Jetta Wolfsberg edition at the time. That car was a hoot to drive!