Well, I am looking to get out of my mk7 gti in favor of a low miles jetta wagon tdi. I am familiar about GDI and how to safely work on these cars, but diesel operates at 20,000 psi and up compared to 2,500 psi in GDI. My son (5) loves tinkering with me on cars and such. I just want to make sure I understand any safety precautions needed with these things? High pressure fluid injection is scary stuff
Don't mess with the fuel rail while it's running.
I've owned 3 of these now, and haven't maimed myself yet. [knock on wood]
Get a '14 or older to avoid the DEF.
I think the '09-'10 Mk5 is a much nicer car than the Mk6, You could get a TDI in '06 & '07 too but it was PD not CR. Our first TDI was a new '09 Jetta sedan, we test drove several new '14s when the '09 was totaled and were very disappointed, the Mk7s were much cheaper built car than previous gen. The Sportwagens are a lot nicer though, and that's what we bought to replace the '09. We currently have a leftover '15 TDI Golf. VW bought the Sportwagen back during Dieselgate.
I'm looking MY 2011 to 2014 due to the crazy warranty and CPO. Diesel is a new realm to me and I like to get all the info I can at the beginning
And thank you
A friend of mine ended up with a 2014 Golf. He drove 5 of them and said the clutch and shifter felt different on each one. He ended up with the best driving of 5 cars that should have driven the same. I've heard similar experiences from other people, that finding the correct car can be a game.
Don't mess with it while running is key. They have safeties built in.
I own a 2012 Jetta TDI and I liked it from the first day I drove it and still do! It had only one issue since purchased. A CEL came on back in 2015. It was a EGT sensor failure. I ended up getting a Non-DPF turbo down pipe and getting the ECU re-flashed. I did this all about the time the EPA cheating scandal came to light.
I now had the choice of :
Selling the car back to VW. (Est. $17+ against a purchase price of $23.5K)
Getting the car fixed. (Est. $4-5K for lost resale value.)
Or do nothing. ($0K)
I choose to do the latter, as I liked the way the car now ran and the better mpg's.
Low 40's in winter and low 50's in the summer.
Since I'm retired I didn't need the cash the fix would give me and why have to "redo" the mods I did to the car.
I also plan on keeping this car for a long time.
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