TDi Questions??? Ask Away!
Diesel Wrench
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Galway, NY
the bottle does have a small crack in the side of it, lemme know what you find about the shift linkage stuff, ill change the oil in the tranny and see if that helps, also i need ball joints i think there pretty simple to do
Diesel Fan
Joined: May 2007
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Sma't Alec!
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: God's Country
You can't use a generic OBD-II scan tool? I did with our 2002 with a Snap-On Scanner......'98 should be OBD-II compliant (By Law).
BUT Vag-Com is the way to go if you can find someone that has it......do a search on here...i think i posted up a list of folks with Vag-Com....could be one close to you.
EDIT....here is the locator....
VAG Tool Locator
BUT Vag-Com is the way to go if you can find someone that has it......do a search on here...i think i posted up a list of folks with Vag-Com....could be one close to you.
EDIT....here is the locator....
VAG Tool Locator
Diesel Fan
Joined: Mar 2008
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My wifes car is an 02 Beetle Tdi with 165k. Timing belt/waterpump wasn't anymore difficult than any other fwd 4 cylinder engine.
Only issues we have had
25k timing belt tensioner bearing-covered under warranty,new timing belt and fan belt
55k Injector pump-covered under warranty
89k Glow plug harness
Other than those 3 things I have replaced the timing belt,waterpump,tensioners,etc at 100k
Motor mount at 110k(too much dragracing
)
All wheel bearings between 120k and 150k
Brakes at 100K
But all that stuff is std maintenance anyway.
Best car we have ever owned.
Only people that complain about them that I have seen bought used,poorly maintained units or didn't maintain them personally.
Only issues we have had
25k timing belt tensioner bearing-covered under warranty,new timing belt and fan belt
55k Injector pump-covered under warranty
89k Glow plug harness
Other than those 3 things I have replaced the timing belt,waterpump,tensioners,etc at 100k
Motor mount at 110k(too much dragracing
)All wheel bearings between 120k and 150k
Brakes at 100K
But all that stuff is std maintenance anyway.
Best car we have ever owned.
Only people that complain about them that I have seen bought used,poorly maintained units or didn't maintain them personally.
Diesel Fan
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 35
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by law only emmision realted faults have to be viewable to any OB2 scanner law. all other faults and systems can be kept a secret and you will either go to a dealer or get a vag com
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Sma't Alec!
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,522
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From: God's Country
I got a wild hair and decided to put it up for sale for a ridiculous amount of money and somebody gave it to me! 
