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Replying to: jogousa (Oct 11, 2009 2:56 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 11, 2009 8:20 am) To be technical about it, VW is "Mexican" car and Mann oil filter is actually manufactured in Czech Republic and is put in Skoda's cars - the factory in Mlada Boleslav, whose majority is owned by Germans. Castrol 507 00 (recommended by VW) is made in U.K. Germans don't have their own oil - not that I am aware of. In this day and age when car globalization is wide-spread it's hard to say what is "off brand". My VW Tdi, for example, is 35% German, 30% Mexican, 9% US/Canadian and the rest from elsewhere. It is assembled in Puebla, Mexico and the 35% of German items are mostly engine and a transmission.
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Replying to: jogousa (Oct 11, 2009 8:49 am) Or, to put it another way, if the brand is sold at VW dealers, it's probably fine. |
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Replying to: gcrv44a (Oct 10, 2009 1:28 pm) also i wonder if your insurance company paid beyond-deductible portion of the $3500 in repairs - seems like it should/would be covered under either collision or comprehensive insurance? |
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Anyone have any suggestions for an 02 jetta battery drain. Aftermarket radio installed over three years ago. have the original monsoon amp. Car dies after sitting for more than 2 or 4 days. Recharges and then dies again. Tried alternator and also fuses one by one. Something is still draining a ton of energy from that battery. Any ideas for a fix? Could it be the fuse behind the radio? Heard there is a fuse there but haven't pulled radio yet. Love the car have over 190,000 miles on it. But now this ??
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Replying to: larshagenjr (Nov 11, 2003 1:16 pm) thanks
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Replying to: heather26 (Oct 20, 2009 6:11 pm) |
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99.5 Jetta 2.0L 4-cylinder.....So I stopped to get gas today. I shut the car off and continued around the car to start getting gas and I heard this LOUD noise hoping that it was the car across the street unfortunately it wasn't. Having my key in the off position my engine was still running. I couldn't shut it off. Engine died and so did all the power lights, radio etc. Thought maybe I needed a jump! Nice try. Car started with the NO key in the ignition but didn't stay running for long. Has this every happened to anyone?
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Replying to: heather26 (Oct 20, 2009 6:05 pm) |
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Replying to: amy28 (Oct 20, 2009 7:11 pm) #1 yes i have had car engines continue to run after turning off the ignition. it's called 'dieseling' or 'run-on' when it happens to a gas engine. "backfire" can occur along with it - possibly that was the LOUD noise you heard. i think actual diesel engines have fail-safe to prevent 'run-on' after key turned off (there's no ignition to turn off in a diesel engine). You mentioned that the engine wouldn't stop. Then you said engine died and power/lights etc went off. So it did stop after a bit, eh? (how long?) #2 No I have never seen any of my cars start without a key in the ignition but I understand such a thing is known as "hot wiring". If you have other/followup questions I am happy to consider them. best regards...
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