Right. Ive now done a good 400 miles trundling around locally to work and back and a couple of short bursts on the motorway.
Turbo oil drip/smoke seems to have calmed down.
I do get a puff of smoke on start up, but other than that its no worse than the AAZ that came out.
Main observation afte the first 400 miles or so is how quiet it is.
I put this down to using the JX airbox setup.
Turbo noise is quite loud... sounds kind of like a police car following sometimes :)
No major issues apart from a dodgy N75 valve (see below).
Power and driveability is fantastic. Its so much more driveable than the AAZ.. and that was pretty good if I'm honest.
Cruise control is so much better than the mechanical vacuum operated version, and the first high speed motorway run was great!
This was my first "official" test drive... snowy day in the North... TDI's have a reputation for running cool, and this is no different. Many TDIs have a coolant heater for this reason... something i may look at for next winter!
Oh yeah... as I'm now officially cable free, accelerator cable and cold start cable have both been removed. I now have this nifty panel that replaces the Cold Start Handle :)
Available HERE
Available HERE
After a few test drives I had my first "wobble".
Foot to the floor hard acceleration, always uphill. Power would drop, and it would struggle until I turned off and back on again.
Read the fault codes...
Foot to the floor hard acceleration, always uphill. Power would drop, and it would struggle until I turned off and back on again.
Read the fault codes...
00575 Intake Manifold pressure control difference... points to a faulty N75 valve.
Replaced with a new Pierburg unit and all seems fine.
Replaced with a new Pierburg unit and all seems fine.
No faults since, and no fault codes.
Next was the timing... It was close, but the final adjustment is made with VagCom...
This is as close as my patience would allow to the "optimal".
This is as close as my patience would allow to the "optimal".
First tank of fuel... averaged 26mpg.
On the face of it that doesnt seem that great, but that includes a lot of time idling... warming up to bleed the rad... warming up to do the timing... and generally sitting around just idling.
Also, ive probably driven it a lot harder at times than I would normally, and the N75 fault will ive no doubt have cost a few MPG too.
Second full tank will be a better indication....
