[Vwdiesel] thread about coomon problems per era of tdi

[Patrick Dolan]

Yes, the '96 MkIII cars came with TDIs, but this was full of teething problems - most of which should have been long ago sorted out.  When the comment "sounds terrible" is made, what is meant?  Seal leaks don't make this sound bad.  IIRC, it was plugging of the VNT vanes that plagued the earliest cars - easily fixed.

If you can verify that the engine is fundamentally sound - a car that "sounds terrible" can be a fantastic buy. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Marco <nwmarco at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:22 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] thread about coomon problems per era of tdi

> According to this chart 
> 
> http://www.autoshoppingcenter.com/Volkswagen/vw_enginescode.html
> 
> The Jetta got the TDI engine in 1996 for the US/Canada with the AHU.
> 
> Cheers,
> Marco
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "LBaird119 at aol.com" <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 6:40:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] thread about coomon problems per era of tdi
> 
> In a message dated 7/28/2010 6:24:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> adamanderr at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> > im about to buy a 96 jetta tdi and it sounds terrible.
> 
>  It should sound impossible since the Jetta didn't get the TDI 
> unil 
> 98 or maybe late 97 (don't remember for sure which).  Only the 
> Passat had the TDI in '96 (in the States anyway.)
>    Loren
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