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I'm considering a <a href="http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1196042208.html">'96 passat tdi</a> (with Greasecar kit and add-ons) for sale. It has 217,000mi, but seems like it's probably been well taken care of. How long can one expect a well-maintained tdi to last? How long have some ...

I did the feeler gage method when I first ran into the mark just to make sure I knew what I was looking at. I'd not heard of the other method of finding the exact middle of the two marks. That seems like it might be more accurate than watching a wire bob up and down. Maybe that should be my next thi...

As a PS,
the car ran well for at least 6 months after the IP replacement when I lined everything up with the "little yellow mark."

Yeah. Maybe this is getting at part of the issue. My TDC mark is somewhat homemade. As I think has been mentioned before on the forum, when an engine is rebuilt it is possible to mess things up and make the TDC mark a certain amount off. My engine has been rebuilt, and I found out about my TDC mark ...

I didn't see any valve impressions on the pistons, though I'm not sure I looked very carefully at the ones that weren't at the top of their stroke. All the valves seemed to move pretty freely - I could slide all of them freely by hand anyway.

Dang. :( I set the Cam timing when I put the head back on. (I don't have one of those fancy bolt-on valve spring compressors that let you replace springs without removing the head, so I took it off to replace the springs. I have to admit that's the biggest job I've done to date. Replacing the IP wou...

Ok, Here's a link to the sound file:
<a href="http://freefilehosting.net/download/461h2">audi.wav</a>

I got some time to poke around today. The alternator seems really solid. I recorded a sound clip... but am unsure of how to post it to this forum.

I'd go the route of loosening individual injector pipes so the particular injector is not actuating, and then revving the engine. Re-tighten the pipe to spec and loosen the next, then rev again, and so on. I've tried that... twice (since I'd hoped it might be an injector.) The noise persisted throu...

Sounds somewhat similar, but mine makes the noise every time the rmp's reach a certain range. It acts the same without fail.

I've been trying to figure out an engine noise in my '82 Audi diesel for over a year now, tinkering with it on an off. I posted about it before, but thought that I could condense information into an easier to follow post. It's a metallic ticking/tapping sound that appears around 2500rpm or so and ge...

So I've let this problem "sit" for a while while I work on other stuff... One weird thing that sticks out in my mind that I almost hesitate to mention: I feel like when I did my IP last November, the TDC alignment notch at the end of the cam was level with the top of the head, and when I'v...

I'm kind of new to the WVO world. I bought an already converted car a little over a month ago (and have been slowly working on a fuel leak for the last week or so, but that's another story!). So I'm working on finding & evaluating sources and building a filteration system. Some things that I've ...

I don't know how many miles are on the tensioner. Probably should have changed it when I did my IP last Nov, but didn't.

My noise is pretty bad, if not worse, when cold however.

Thanks for the suggestions. I removed all the accessory belts today (and had some thoughts about why newer cars have a serpentine belt...) and the noise persists. The idea of a broken valve spring seems right to me. So I guess I'll need a valve compressor tool. I'm not in a position right now to be ...