That's great news on the Golf!! May it run and run for many trouble free miles to come.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > When we last left our hero the 2005 VW Golf TDI there were no reverse lights. > A trip back to the TDI guru confirmed that the shift linkage in the > transmission was incorrect for that car and would never have worked, > fortunately the old transmission donated its shift tower which works > perfectly. So now we're all inspected and legal. > Driving home from the TDI guru today I was glad for the "ICE COLD AC" in the > car, its hot and sticky today with only the hint of a breeze. > Having put over 100 miles on it now the carbon is starting to burn out of the > engine. When I first got it it would smoke pretty bad on cold start, now it > blows one puff and settles down. It also had "turbo hunt" which I guess is > common on the variable vane turbos but a couple good highway runs has burned > off that carbon and its better. What I was finding was that in 2nd gear at > around 2,000 rpm (quick driving in a parking lot say) the car would surge and > back off, surge and back off. That is completely gone, now the only complaint > is the turbo vanes don't open up completely until around 2,200 rpm so I get a > hard engagement then. Its fun to drive that way but not right. > My '98 is faster until the '05's turbo really kicks in, then it can start to > pull away. I think in the quarter mile the '98 gets the edge, the '05 has 10 > more HP and 30lb/ft of torque but it weighs something like 400# more. In a > mile or longer run I think the '05 would have it. The '05 is quieter and more > refined too. > Last step (for now) is to get a new driver's side front fender. Supposedly a > yard near work has an A+ perfect one, I'll call and see if I can get it > tomorrow. > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
