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#4735 of 4744 Jetta TDI DPF by jim1701

Feb 04, 2013 (8:10 am)

First off, you need to get the car away from the dealer.. Go to WWW.TDICLUB.com.. and look for a trusted guru near you. Second ,NEVER, NEVER let Jiffy Lube service your car. These engines require specific VW 507.0 spec oil.. Nothing else. Other oils will cause DPF problems. If you can't change your own, again find a local Guru on the TDI website. .Read. Read. Read this website. There is a lot to learn here, but the cars can be fantastic if maintained and driven properly. One thing stressed here is don't baby this engine.. it likes to work and work hard. Make it do it. I have 60,000 miles on mine with absolutely no issues. Good luck.

#4736 of 4744 Re: Jetta TDI DPF [jim1701] by alltorque

Feb 04, 2013 (8:30 am)

Replying to: jim1701 (Feb 04, 2013 8:10 am)
Could not agree more. Local guy to me ran a Skoda Octavia 1.9TDi PD 105bhp, (i.e. pre-DPF/Euro III), for 410k miles before handing it over to his wife as the family hack. Still going strong and has had no issues. Timely servicing and correct fluids are the keys to long life. Work 'em hard - they love it.

#4737 of 4744 Sputtering and Acceleration Loss by aeezk

Feb 18, 2013 (6:47 am)

Hi, I have a 2006 Jetta Tdi. Just yesterday, on a 7 1/2 hour drive home, the Jetta started losing the ability to maintain speed and acceleration on steep inclines. Pretty scary when your going 80 on the expressway with traffic behind you and all of the sudden your dropping speed!! Over the past couple of days it has been having an occasional sputter, which initially felt like the back tires were slipping. We were in a very cold area in Norther Michigan. However, the sputters started happening more frequently, then the acceleration loss started happening. The jetta made it home fine, seems to run a little rough. No engine lights or warning have come on. Any suggestions, does this require yet another costly trip to the dealership?? I have 167,000 miles on the vehicle.

#4738 of 4744 Re: Sputtering and Acceleration Loss [aeezk] by gagrice

Feb 18, 2013 (8:12 am)

Replying to: aeezk (Feb 18, 2013 6:47 am)
I would think fuel first off. Are you using Number one diesel in sub zero weather?

#4739 of 4744 Re: Sputtering and Acceleration Loss [aeezk] by 06tdibadcam

Feb 18, 2013 (8:58 am)

Replying to: aeezk (Feb 18, 2013 6:47 am)
My experience for my 2006 Jetta TDI. Faithfully used the VW TDI synthetic oil and changed trans fluid at $450 per change also.
Wife was driving on interstate, experienced loss of power, engine still ran, drove home, could tell power was down........3 of the lifters had holes in top and cam was worn on some lobes at 92,000 miles. Researched and there was an issue with our model '06 Jetta TDI but VW said it ws our problem, not theirs. Was told by many that the cam was a bad design, had narrow lobes?, and did more than just move the lifters?.
You might want to have shop check out the lifters and cams. We found a shop that did cam and lifters and related for $2800. Waiting for recall, but not expecting any money back from VW.
I have photos of lifters and worn cam if interested.

#4740 of 4744 Re: Sputtering and Acceleration Loss [06tdibadcam] by longo2

Feb 18, 2013 (9:50 pm)

Replying to: 06tdibadcam (Feb 18, 2013 8:58 am)
There are many pages of posts regarding the MK5 BRM cam problems and possible solutions. Many creative guys have looked at the design and tried various back engineering tricks to resolve it but there are so many different factors involved it seems there is no 'silver bullet' fix. VW blaming the owners for the problem tho', is just SICK!
 
 The reason the cam lobes are so narrow in the MK5 is because they also have to operate the 4 fuel injectors as well as all the valves. The engine block is short and to make room for the extra 4 lobes they simply made them all narrower. This puts a lot of extra pounds per square inch pressure on the followers and they eventually beat their way through the tops of the cam followers...(but always out of warranty).
 
 The 2006 VW Jetta TDI is an amazing car in many ways, but it is over engineered in places, and built like crap in others. VW knew the top end of the BRM engine was a problem and just dropped that whole design and marched on with the MK6 in the next re-do.
   In fact the whole idea of the diesel engine economy is now a joke. The extra premium for the engine and the sky rocketing price of diesel makes the diesel vehicle ownership either a financial saw off or an outright losing proposition over the more fuel efficient gassers out there now.
 
Pardon me if I sound like a crank, but I think there is a conspiracy to get all the diesel car engines off the road by constantly increasing the emmissions standards and upping the price of the fuel well over that of gasoline.
 
 (after all they can't force us to buy their Govt subsidised Ethenol in our TDI cars can they?)

#4741 of 4744 Re: Bad fuel gives me the Shudders [longo2] by longo2

Mar 31, 2013 (5:32 pm)

Replying to: longo2 (Nov 10, 2012 2:29 pm)
Well, guess what, it WAS the bad alternator pulley that was causing the shuddering problem!
 
Since it was replaced i have driven the car for over 3,000 highway miles and it has never faltered once, even tho I have tried to make it shudder by easing off on the downhill side of the run and then easing back on the engine as it starts to pull again going up the other side.
 
Nope, it won't do it anymore, so that is the end of that little story.

#4742 of 4744 2010 TDI injectors by carp53

Apr 01, 2013 (2:39 pm)

We had an injector fail on a 2010 TDI with 75,000 miles. Has anyone else had this issue and how much should the part cost ?

#4743 of 4744 Re: 2010 TDI injectors [carp53] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 01, 2013 (7:17 pm)

Replying to: carp53 (Apr 01, 2013 2:39 pm)
pricey little devil. The "book" says $337 retail for the part and 1.4 hours labor to install, so in my neck of the woods that's a $500 repair bill.

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