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- Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: Want to Buy - Sell - Trade
- Topic: WTB Pick up
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11282
Re: WTB Pick up
My $0.02 CDN...as a former diesel caddy owner: - they were only made for a couple of years, many decades ago. - they were based on the A1 chassis, which history has shown can rust in some expensive places So: they are rare, which drives up the asking price, and they tend to rust out. This means that...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:06 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
- Views: 907747
Re: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
You should hear a pretty loud "clunk" when the solenoid engages... if not.. drive it directly with a wire from the positive battery terminal. No clunk... solenoid is defective or it is the type that does not ground internally to the frame. Try re-grounding it, as you have done originally, ...
- Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:07 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
- Views: 907747
Re: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
If you look up in this thread about 5 posts you'll see some additional discussion on this. :) Bottom line: many starter solenoids do in fact ground thru their chassis and don't need an additional ground wire, but other's require their own ground, including AFAIK the garden tractor solenoid pictured....
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:43 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
- Views: 907747
Re: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
Very tidy wiring... and of course I love the liberal use of heat-shrink tubing throughout.
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:46 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: New bee here...Need a little guidance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
Re: New bee here...Need a little guidance
Thanks! The foamy black stuff isn't just on the cap, its pretty much coated on the walls of the reservoir and alot on the cap. Ill see if I can post pictures and see what you think. K... that's new information. :) Headgasket...either leaking now, or did so in the past and the PO never quite got all...
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:05 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: New bee here...Need a little guidance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
Re: New bee here...Need a little guidance
White-grey nasty gunk on the oil filler cap could be the sign of a headgasket but more often than not this time of year is just normal condensation if the car hasn't had much highway driving to burn it off.
Fingers crossed!
Fingers crossed!
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:03 pm
- Forum: TDI Only Forum
- Topic: 2003 TDi key door remote stopped working
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7489
Re: 2003 TDi key door remote stopped working
If your car's battery dipped a bit and reset your cluster you may have lost adaptation between the car's comfort module and your particular fob. There's lots of threads on TDIclub about how to sync 'em back up again...a "two key" method and a "using VCDS" method.
- Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:17 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
- Views: 907747
Re: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
Could be... often hard to know exactly without the thing in one's hot little hands. :D And yup, most of the automotive solenoids I've run into ground thru the solenoid body... less wires, less to go wrong, right!? Having said that, I can also tell you, respectfully, that if that's a picture of the g...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:42 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
- Views: 907747
Re: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
Some solenoids are grounded to the solenoid's frame automatically and so will ground if you bolt them to the ground... others need to be grounded deliberately with a separate wire.
To me, the one in your picture looks like it needs a separate wire i.e. two terminals are supplied for the coil.
To me, the one in your picture looks like it needs a separate wire i.e. two terminals are supplied for the coil.
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:56 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Glow Plug Re-Wiring
- Replies: 136
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- Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:43 pm
- Forum: TDI Only Forum
- Topic: Injector location between the IDI and TDI heads
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9878
Re: Injector location between the IDI and TDI heads
That's some good stuff right there.
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:59 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: 1.9 AAZ ticking Noise
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14282
Re: 1.9 AAZ ticking Noise
Another possibility is that you have a clearance issue that's just on the edge when the engine is cold, but shows up once things have expanded a bit with heat. Always hard to diagnose noises over the internet...perhaps you can use an engine stethoscope or the "big screwdriver in the ear" t...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:36 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: pump rebuild now no start
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2084
Re: pump rebuild now no start
The other usual "oops" on the first rebuild is to not get the throttle assembly lever down into the control collar that rides on the plunger... you can check it by pulling the lid. It also sounds like you're guessing about the timing... might make sense to track down someone with the right...
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:08 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: 1.9 AAZ ticking Noise
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14282
Re: 1.9 AAZ ticking Noise
When you measured piston protrusion to select the headgasket what readings did you get... and specifically was the reading for the piston you replaced dramatically different than the other three?
- Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:16 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Oil In Coolant
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9040
Re: Oil In Coolant
You have nothing to lose by trying it... but unfortunately the gasket only squishes once and the headbolts only stretch once... if it's breached now it's very likely to stay breached.