saturday I started up putting most of the car back together.
IM all cleaned
with new gasket
IM bolted up
two nuts to hold a coolant tube were unuseable
so i dug thru my misc honda nuts/bolts and found two that worked lol
old air filter
new pcv in
everything is pretty much buttoned up with the intake system
i got the injector to put in. still need to get coolant and oil. she also has a new fuel filter for me to install
got the new injector and lines ready for install
installed the new fuel pump. it was in the car,in the trunk haha
old one was a little dirty
nick, luke, and ryan helped out a bit today. after i got that stuff addressed.
we then tackled the leaky coolant tube. WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS to remove the damn thing!!!
it was leaking from the o-ring. we cleaned up where it goes in, and cleaned up the tube itself, then sealed it up with some gasket sealer and reinstalled it. we also found a wire to a coolant sensor was hanging by a thread. we soldered that up as well. while trying to remove the tube, i bumped my arm into the dip stick tube…of course, it shatters!
as she sits now, only thing left of the intake is to get the hose for the egr. then i plan on putting a little ATF in the oil and run it for a lil bit before i change the oil to clean it out a bit. fill the coolant. change the dip stick tube. put a little fuel supplement in and then hopefully fire this thing up!
quote of the night:
“By the time we are ready to fill that bitch up, it’ll be hard” - nick Checko
Hahahaha 
CEL-most likely for glow plugs and a glow plug harness. That’s the only code I’ve ever seen a TDi throw, but, I’m not balls deep into them.
first off, IT’S ALIVEEE!!!
my dad came over for a quick min to help crack the fuel lines on the injectors to get the air outta the lines. by the time we got to the 3rd cylinder it was about to start. it runs nice and smooth at an idle. i filled the coolant at start up. i noticed a ticky sound near the alt and the battery light was on. i took the car around the block a few times, it had power compared to the first time i drove it. en route the cel went off and the battery light went out/alt noise stopped. i checked the battery voltage and it was charging again. so i go to drop the car off, and the cel comes back on!! damn you VW!! then we go to the store and the battery light/noise comes back! i decide to keep the car and look into the charging system before i give it back. while I’m at it ill change the ABS sensor haha. i still have to change the oil yet, im gonna run it with the bit of atf in it for another day then drain it. if its not one thing with this car its another…silly VWs! also need to hook it up to scan the codes.
haha danielles poor car, what was that rattling when you left?
That’s the noise from the altenator I think! Haha wtf! The battery light went off, came on and went off on the way home hahaha
Should just convert it to CNG. There will be infrastructure in less than 3 years in NY, realistically 2. paying around $2.15 a gallon is better than paying above $4.15
With that car, all you have to do is turn it off, and then back on again. It fixes itself every time.
I swear that thing is going to live forever
bahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! today i was about to change the oil/abs sensor and i noticed the coolant tube we tried to seal, didn’t seal. time to order a new o-ring for the damn thing! it was such a pain in the ass to R/R the thing, and here we go again. i noticed a little leak after the first day i drove it around, and it seems to be worse now. i also looked more into the charging system issue. first off the belt is cracked and stretched out. the infamous ticking sound is coming from the hydraulic actuator part of the tensioner has play at the end bushing. i found a tensioner for $55, it SEEMS easy to replace, only 2 bolts. haha
so here is the new to do list
-o-ring for the coolant tube
-change oil
-serpentine belt/tensioner
-abs sensor
-pull codes
i was kinda hoping to have this done by now. but i think thats it for the list for now (pending codes) haha
You tried to seal it instead of getting a new o-ring?:fail::fail:
tensioner is 3 bolts. and you should replace the Idler pully while your at it.
finally got the new oring for the coolant tube. got it all tore apart again, come to find out the reason why it didn’t seal is because the crappy ass gasket sealer didn’t dry at all. (the stuff i used luke had sitting in his car, who knows if it was super old or what)
i reinstalled the tube with the new oring and red rtv this time, that will work this time lol
while i was at it i ordered a new oring for a housing thats on the side of the head. im not exactly sure what it is, but the oring looked super beat.
old on the right, new on the left
here’s a pic of the serp belt…
bout time its goin to get changed. i’m still waiting on the new one to come in, i removed it so i can match it to the new one when it comes in. i forgot to check on the idler pulley before i called it a night. the new belt tensioner came in, i just have to get that from my friend. thats all i got done for the day. still gotta change the abs sensor (that will prolly wait for now), change the oil/filter and pull codes.
:tup: doin’ work son!
i HATED cleaning the EGR on my tdi’s
lots of good maint getting done though :tup:
This is one of your old ones! Haha thanks!
if its my old jetta then it has pp520 nozzles and a less than stellar tune which just dumps fuel across the map and thus clogs the EGR pretty quickly.
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also dont mash up that head when youre putting it back together. it was fully rebuilt right after i bought it cause the TB snapped within 30 days of me purchasing the car from autohaus
don’t miss having to tear into my tdi on a regular basis (along with bringing it to badnews on thanksgiving, ha).
don’t get too worried about the CEL, mine was on for 2.5 years, the smallest things (ie: glow plug harness) can set it off.
I’m not super worried about the codes, is just like to know whats throwing them for right now. And walker, it all went back together smoothly. I didn’t mash anything up lol
