Recent content by jyoung8607

Originally Posted by vavavroom Replacing the engine speed sender, VW lingo for crankshaft position sensor, seems to have fixed it. Glad to hear you got it fixed. Also glad to hear it's a long-term keeper for your Dad. It's more collectible than you may know: 2006 was the only year VW imported...

There's a TSB that covers some model years, I don't recall which ones but I know it covered my wife's old '04 TrailBlazer. Google should find it. The short version: not enough airflow over the condenser when stopped or at low speed, due to the old fan clutch design and wear and PCM programming...

Originally Posted By: HerrStig If these tire stores were honest they'd shave the tread for you rather than selling you TWO tires. Tire Rack offers this service for this exact sort of situation. I'm not sure how BITOG feels about direct linking to vendors but plugging "tire rack shaving service"...

Originally Posted By: ExMachina jyoung8607, thanks for the engine porn! nice Thanks. If you'd like some more, and the story behind it, it's up on the Ross-Tech VCDS forum here: http://forums.ross-tech.com/showthread.php?3397-She-s-dead-Jim Long story short, the timing belt tensioner pulley...

Originally Posted By: Quest If you are going to tear down the engine for rebuild, why don't you drop off your cylinder head and/or block to local rebuilder for steam cleaning? A reasonable question. In short, it's a budget sensitive job (my daughter owns it now), it's high mileage/low value...

Originally Posted By: philipp10 if you ask me, it doesn'nt look like enough to worry about. Why bother, the motor won't run better. If the motor was together and running, I'd tweak OCIs or run a maintenance dose of something and not worry about it much. But, the motor is apart. I can't put it...

Hey all, Doing a partial rebuild on my 2004 Passat with the 2.8L 30V V6. It had a timing slip and bent all the center intake valves. I've got parts on the way, but while I'm waiting, I'd like to do some cleanup. I'm not super excited about all that buildup, considering she gets a steady diet...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 The problem is usually at first startup, which can be in the morning or in the afternoon after the car has sat a while ... I got a call an hour ago and they said they've put 80 miles on it and can't replicate the problem and can't find anything wrong. Make sure...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 When I talked to them yesterday they said they didn't see anything and a tech will take it home, that the air temperature was 41 degrees out of the vents (about 90 outside). I told them the problem isn't HOW cold it gets, it just sometimes doesn't even attempt to...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 What it does is when the A/C is turned on, it doesn't cool down at all. It's as if the compressor isn't even kicking in (it is). May I ask how you're sure the compressor is kicking in? I haven't personally worked on the AC system of a 2013 Beetle, but I think most...

Originally Posted By: Astro14 If it really is low pressure, how hard is to replace the oil pump on this engine? That's a very good question. I don't know. On the older BAP W12, the factory repair manual calls out a reasonably easy process where you mainly just pull the lower oil pan. On the...

Originally Posted By: geeman789 Maybe step up to a 50 grade for an experiment... m1 15w50 or similar. The "only when hot ..." suggests a loss of oil pressure somewhere... try cheap first, then go digging It's crossed my mind, but I'm given to understand the heavy stuff tends to come with...

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 Is this a top end noise? I'm not sure... it's a real booger to localize. It's much more recent than the cam adjuster thing, only been happening the last few months. Given the RPM*0.5 frequency, it's either top-end or combustion-triggered bottom-end. I lean toward...

Originally Posted By: robertcope No useful input, but very cool car. I'm jealous. I hope it doesn't have a major issue. Originally Posted By: fdcg27 This is such a rare bird that finding a shop that really knows it would be very difficult. Thank you. I hope it doesn't have a major issue...

Originally Posted By: Astro14 That MMO thinned it out. I don't actually have test results before the MMO, but the problem existed before the MMO. Also, bear in mind this is a ~13qt sump with only 1qt of MMO. It was added as a diagnostic measure, to help clean up anything that might be blocking...