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I just bought a 98 Jetta GL on Saturday for my daughter to drive back and forth to school, the car has 170,000 miles on it! It is in very good shape, and seems to have been well taken care of. I have two issues that I'm dealing with, first, the car stalls. It starts fine and runs well, but stalls freqeuntly. If sitting and idleing it will idle at approx. 1000rpms, and then just shuts down after a few moments!!!! Second issue, low beam headlights won't come on! All dash lights are working, and parking lights are on, high beams will come on, no low beams. I checked the fuses, and they are fine!!!!
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I've had my jetta for almost 2 months now, havent had any problems until about two weeks ago when a friend noticed i needed a new serpentine belt. Well I havent gotten that fixed yet( was supposed to this weekend) and MOnday my left front blinker went out( i dont know if that has anything to do with this) but the side ones still work. This afternoon I go to start my car and it started all sluggish, taking way longer than normal. It did that twice today and I go to get in my car a third time and put the clutch in, turn the key, starts to go again and clicks and stops. Now it wont start at all, but my radio and everything is still going so I know its not my battery. I'm not too fond of cars(typical female) so I have no idea what else it could be.
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Replying to: burton88 (Dec 06, 2007 3:24 pm)
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Replying to: burton88 (Dec 06, 2007 3:24 pm) 1)The Serpentene belt drives the ALTERNATOR... 2)The alternator charges the BATTERY... 3)the battery starts the ENGINE... Does that help you understand? To fix. 1) Charge battery fully (not a quickie 15 minuite) 2) Replace serp. belt. If you have to 2.0L engine, the serp. belt takes about 37 seconds to remove and another 48 seconds to put new one on. To replace blinker bulb, it may take about 4 minutes. |
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Replying to: burton88 (Dec 06, 2007 3:31 pm) First and formost, check the oil to make sure it is not "milky" in apearance. (antifreeze in the oil) After that, you need to determine if it is LEAKING or being burned off as steam out the tailpipe. Also, just incase you were not aware..... use ONLY the VW G12 antifreeze. Mixing in any other type of antifreeze can cause gelling and plugging of the cooling system. |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Dec 06, 2007 6:45 pm) Careful, there...she did not say what year her car is. I don't know when VW started using G12, but my kid's '97 was orginally G11 (not G12). In addition, people have been known to flush out the G12 and put in the green stuff. Adding G12 in that situation would be just as bad as the reverse. |
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Dec 06, 2007 7:23 pm) You are correct that the folks that chose to replace ALL their antifreeze with somthing else REALLY have to be careful about what they are doing. In this situation, an unknowing mechanic may add the wrong stuff. Since virtually ALL of the various automakers specify HOAT antifreeze (or even pure OAT)... it is best to stick with what the manufacturer recommends. Intermixing the "green stuff" with any OAT is asking for trouble. To make matters worse, some automakes OAT is actually green. Given that the G12 has proven itself to be perhaps one of the best antifreeze elixiers on the market.... I fail to see why anyone would chose to change their system over to somthing which protects the engine less or does not last as long as the G12. Indipendant tests have shown that G12 will continue to protect the various engine metals FARRR longer than the "green stuff" which has to be replaced every couple of years to maintain the same level of protection. Antifreeze information OAT = Organic Acid Technology HOAT = Hybred Organic Acid Technology
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| My 1991 jetta gli will not start. It is cranking just fine like it wants to start but with no sputtering. I can hear my fuel pump turn on. Is it a lack of fuel getting to the motor. My the way it is cold because of the snow. | |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Dec 08, 2007 7:19 pm) I agree, yet it does happen. My understanding is G11 is an ethylene glycol based anti-freeze. So G12 is not compatible with it. My son's '97 is labeled G11, but actually has green coolant in it. I believe G11 would be blue in color. I imagine the previous owner switched just because they had coolant changed and that was what the shop they went to used. |
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