[Vwdiesel] A few TDI followup questions

[slatersfb at aol.com]

Remove equal mass from opposing fan blade to achieve balance. At least as a temporary fix. If there are odd number of blades, you will have to split the wieght between the two opposite your damaged one. 
 
Bob in NY
 
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Now that I have the TDI running, I'm finding all of the other little problems. One is that for some reason, a little section broke off the smaller of the two cooling fan's blades. I had the part, didn't know what it was, and pitched it somewhere. Now, of course, I can't find it to glue back in and the dealer tells me the blades are not sold separately, even though they are the worst plastic part I've seen in a VW. Wouldn't bother me, but the fan runs poorly being imbalanced. Anyone have a mangled fan motor with a separable blade they could be convinced to part with? I'm hoping the part is the same across the A3-A4 so I can maybe get really lucky and find on the a wrecking yard, even though I've never see a VW that new in the yards. I'm also thinking that maybe I can just unhook that fan for a bit. I presume they both run in the same circuit so one should cover the other somewhat.  
The other is that I'm getting an engine code of P3130 19586. Bentley is silent on this one. I searched TDIclub.com and it turned up something about the EGR being out of whack. I do know that the EGR is running like 85%, and the MAF is reading ~500 when it should be at ~250 max at idle. I can't imagine that the MAF died while it was sitting in the garage for several months. I don't know that much about all of these parts yet. I guess I will soon.... 
 
Any help along the way would be greatly appreciated, as always. 
 
-Shalyn 
 
 
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