The 1998 B5 Passat TDI (one of 2 stateside?)

[JFettig]

Originally Posted by ZoomALH

The easy way to judge collector interest - put it up on ebay. I don't think that even after 20 years the value of this car would go up though. Look at the price of old rabbits and there's your answer.

How many old rabbits are available?

There are only 2 of these.

I don't think it will bring much and I'm definitely not putting it on ebay.

[JFettig]

I've been posting updates here:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=291294

Sorry I haven't been updating here, hard to keep up with 2 forums.

Jon

[chittychittybangbang]

Feel free to just copy/paste the posts. The advantage of a small forum is greater attention/post and organization.

PS, replace the VNT actuator vacuum line and probably many other lines before doing any troubleshooting. It's gone. If you don't mind:

[JFettig]

I was looking at that line, as well as others, I replaced 2 that wouldn't stay on their hose barbs anymore, that one is next. Its actually in tact still, the outside isn't and its likely kinked a little. I took it for a spin today after the EGR delete and it felt really good.

I'll copy and paste a few here and there.

starting here:
I learned a thing or three. After struggling to get my door open again, I crawled in from the passenger side, disassembled the door then popped it open. turns out I could have gotten it open real quick from the outside.
This is how I had the cable hooked up, its too tight, it acted like someone was pulling on the handle while unlocking the door.

This is what it should look like(maybe a hair tighter)


Next, when pulling out or putting the lock cylinder in, try not to knock this piece out like I did.


it rotates with a little screw in the end that allows the lock cylinder to be installed or removed.
I pulled the lock out of the passenger side and put it in the drivers side(someone put a new lock in the drivers side to fix the door latch/lock) and found that there was metal in the way making it only work on the passenger side. There is an easy fix for that.

The door latch just needed to come apart, re-align some levers and put it back together, after the blunders above it appears to work!

I also got my new door installed, the car is starting to look good! those nasty dents really made it look bad.
The back glass is tinted darker than the rest, I'll either swap it or tint the rest to match.



I also did my fourth flush, the 3rd one was still green(supposedly he used green "universal" antifreeze").

Thats all for tonight.


Jon

[JFettig]

well, I decided to do the EGR Delete because I got bored today, I'm glad I did. I haven't tested it yet because all the auto parts stores were closed by the time I got far enough into it to realize that I need to tie those two coolant lines together rather than swap the hose to the block, the one on the block is ~25mm and the EGR cooler are 20mm.
Tomorrow I'll get an elbow or U to tie those together so I can test it out and see if it goes into limp mode.
In the process of doing all of this work, I cleaned up the air box real good, the snow screen was even nastier than I thought, it was probably 50% clogged, even though I sucked all the gunk out of it, the screen itself was clogged.

I also found that the turbo bolts onto the exhaust, I thought the exhaust manifold and the turbine housing on these were 1 piece? Mine has three bolts, it actually looks like a VNT1749VA from a B5.5 will bolt right up.

Here are a few pics:







Coolant has been flushed and now there is G12 in there, all it needs is a timing job and its ready to go.

After stopping at every auto parts store and hardware store in town, none even have a 7/8" hose barb, I made a straight thru 20mm union, I'll chop the hose from the heater core and splice it into the hose that goes to the block. I ran the car without the EGR and it worked great, I had to use the EGR cooler to tie the coolant lines together but will put this guy in soon.


not sure if I'll anodize it yet, I'll see if there is a batch going out tomorrow.

Jon

[chittychittybangbang]

Nice pic of the EGR delete. Can I add it to the EGR FAQ? I am not one to do a EGR delete but it's informative. Any more pics of the EGR delete?

[JFettig]

Sure, its not the prettiest setup, I fabbed up the plates in about half an hour for that one.
The one thing that I've seen missing from any other info that I've found on the subject is what to do with the coolant lines.

I have that picture without the text if you want it.
Mine is a bit different than most, the kits I've seen come with a coolant line to replace. I might do a little more looking to try to find the proper hose, they made this engine without a watercooled EGR.


Jon

[JFettig]

Against my better judgment(needs timing job), I took the TDI for a spin to a friends place. its about a 24 mile trip each way, taking it easy(not ridiculous) I was able to pull off 53.4MPG on the way home, through two cities, probably 3/4 hwy miles.

Just thought I had to report these results
I think I could get 55+ on a longer 55-60mph trip.

I also found that 3 of my 4 glow plugs are bad.. high or infinite resistance.

Jon

[dieselpas]

How did I miss this one? Epic post. Yeah, don't risk the engine if your'e not sure about the TB. How did you calculate the mpg? Scangauge works but the best way is with pen and paper. Bad GP are common but it could be the wiring harness too.

[JFettig]

Originally Posted by dieselpas

How did I miss this one? Epic post. Yeah, don't risk the engine if your'e not sure about the TB. How did you calculate the mpg? Scangauge works but the best way is with pen and paper. Bad GP are common but it could be the wiring harness too.

The MPG I listed is the MPG reported on multifunction display.

The GPs I measured with a multimeter according to the guide on tdiclub.com


Jon