OBDII ?

waynec · Post by **waynec** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:18 pm

I tried asking a ? about a light in my dash alittle while back with no results. Certainly someone has a 2000 t.d.i golf with a owners manual. Any how's i purchased a obd2 reader and every time i plug it in i get a error message and no reading? Would really like to know what the light is and what the problem is. I am a diesel mechanic myself and work on newer Mack and Volvo trucks , but the cars are alittle different, any help would be really appreciated, again the light is in the middle of the dash and kinda looks like a sun? and it's yellow.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:17 pm

I know that diesel OBDII may differ as each manafacture uses a slight differnt system, things to check are:
1. Water in fuel, I owen a older VW diesel but there should be a tank you can drain somewhere

2. PVC sludge in the intake?? I have came across this once on a friends TDI, I had to remove the intake and attack it with carb cleaner

MayorDJQ · Post by **MayorDJQ** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:39 am

Go over to tdiclub.com and check the VAGCOM list to see who in your area has a laptop computer with the VagCom software. Works much better than the generic scanners.

CoolAirVw · Post by **CoolAirVw** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:54 pm

what area are ya in? (fill out your profile)

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