[Vwdiesel] 1.9 TD

Hicks, Stephen Stephen.Hicks at cna.nl.ca
Mon Jun 4 07:22:13 EDT 2007



Hi everyone, I have been following this list for a while soaking up
information for the ongoing repairs to the number of diesels I have. The
most recent car is a 1.9l td 1994 jetta. The car is smoking bad when
under power and generally not as bad when idling but still smoking. The
engine was rebuilt approximately 20k ago according to the previous
owner. I'm thinking the turbo is causing the problem but I'm not sure.
Does anyone know of some troubleshooting checks for the turbo? I have
heard that these turbo are prone to failure with high kms. The turbo has
probably 300k on it, I'm not sure because the odometer has been reset.
The car starts great and runs smooth, the smoke is a grey colour. I have
been looking around the web for a used turbo but they seem rare. Does
anyone know where to find a turbo if indeed I need one? Thanks for the
help

Steve
  


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