[Vwdiesel] '02 Golf TDI 240,000

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  Sounds like you could probably use a set of injectors.  Should up your mileage, probably fix that puff of smoke and if you don't go with upsized nozzles, you'll lose power (per James, makes sense).
      Loren



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
To: tdi <VW-TDI at yahoogroups.com>; VW Diesel Group <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 3:33 pm
Subject: [Vwdiesel] '02 Golf TDI 240,000


That mileage milestone is approaching.  (current odo reading is 238001.)  I 
ought it in late January with 226,000 ish showing.  

 plan to do the timing belt and clean the intake manifold at that time along 
ith an oil change.  When I bought the car in January the seller said that it 
as a fairly recent timing belt, but I don't know for sure how recent.  I chose 
hat benchmark since it'll be somewhat easy to remember.  
 
hat else should I consider doing at this point?  It didn't come with a lot of 
aintenance history, unfortunately.  However, there aren't any real issues that 
re totally apparent either other than a couple things to also check:  
*There is sometimes a bit of a pulsing in the braking sometimes.  I bought 
pacer rings for the aftermarket rims which helped this quite a bit but still 
here is some pulsing.  The brakes (pads and rotors) were new when I bought the 
ar.  Sometimes when they get warm there is a squeaking.  I bet that they were 
robably less expensive brands.
*There is a chirping when at idle.  I suspect the serpentine belt tensioner.
*A puff of smoke at start up when it has been sitting awhile.  It was suggested 
hat it could be oil leaking past valve seals, though I think it looks more 
lack/fuel related rather than blue-ish.  I think I've added about 1 quart since 
hanging the oil at 230,000.  
*Average mileage since keeping track with an app on my phone in May (Fuel Log) 
s 39.03, with a high of 43.5 and a low of 34.5.  This is a little lower than 
'd like.
*No check engine lights since purchase. (Obviously this is not an issue, but a 
ood thing!)
So, looking for suggestions of things to consider doing along with this 
ood-sized maintanence package.  Especially things that would help with 
ileage/power!

ave Cook
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