Recent content by ricochet

Thanks again Hubbo....errrr....which is the fuel temp' sensor!!

Any chance of posting a photo with arrow to CTS location please hubbo? Cheers

Cheers for that, though have had the pads out and there looks to be plenty of copper slip on the backs of the pads. Have just been reading a VW forum thread for Passats that says they're well documented at having problems with loose sub frame bolts. Anyone have any experience of this...

Rattle turned out to be the latching bar for the passenger side of the rear seat upright - the bar that holds the seat in the upright position, which was slack. tightened it up and bingo - silence...apart from that brake noise!

OK, had a go at live testing the plugs this morning... Removed valve cover and unplugged glow plugs. Cleaned oil out of the electrical plugs and also found two of the wires had nicks in the insulation, so sealed these with self amalgamating tape - see photo of nick in wire. Checked resistance...

Thnaks for that Steve220. I also tried sucking on the hose sticking out of the cover and it seems blocked that way too. Have noticed air blowing out of the pinhole in the front left of the cover when the car is running - presume it's meant to do that? Do you know what the hose is meant to do...

Thanks very much for reply Chez, I'm all cleaned up now - will attack the beast again first thing tomorrow and post how I get on, thanks again

Is that behind the engine - say, under the wiring plug for the injectors and glow plugs?

anyone know if theres a photo showing location of coolnat temp sensor on 2.0 TDI 170 engine? Thanks

Evening Gents, Just checking the glow plugs on my 2.0 and when I removed the vacuum tube from the side of the valve cover, I could hear air sucking into the tube. This hose connects to the valve cover, but when I try to blow through the tube into the valve cover, it seems blocked. Question...

Hi, Does anyone know how to properly test the glow plugs in a 2.0 TDI engine? Don't know what voltage to expect, but was told that a straight 12v across the glow plugs would ruin them. Its a BRD engine by the way, so has ceramic glow plugs. Also not sure if the coolant temp' sensor affects...

Cheers mike81, did sound like a daft question even from a suck, squeeze, bang, blow fifth year physics (eg, inlet must linked to exhaust)kinda theory, but the way these things are built nowadays, I felt I just had to ask, Thanks again. Does anyone know if the diesel pump is ran from the timing...

Is exhaust cam timing something totally different to valve timing? Also heard that diesel pump timing needs to be correct? Having similar problems with my 170 TDi A4 quattro.

lmao - I had a T4 that used to turn it's radio down and shout 'PUSSY!!' at me if I was doing less than a ton!

The way I feel about it right now, that would be ripping you off!! This is the third (and most definitely last) German car I've had in a row now, and two of them have cost (or are in the process of costing) me a fortune. Swedish cars (the ones that rhyme with Wolvo) are the future - had four of...