Things I Wish I knew Before Buying a VW TDI 

I find it completely insane how precisely VW scheduled maintenance can advise preventive maintenance. "84,000: check rear windshield wiper sprayer" At exactly 84,200, the rear windshield wiper sprayer hose breaks." Now if we could open source the service manuals....

I use AMS oil in my 2003 Jetta TDI Wagon, 5-speed stick. I bought the car new in 2003, and it now has 407000 miles on it. It has been the best, most reliable car I have ever owned. I wish I could buy a new one now.

Hi, this is a really great video and love to see that people use TDI's in the US. One advice that many people give here en Europe is that basically buy a Diesel car if you do long drives and buy gasoline for short drives. Short drives on diesel don't let the engine get to operational temps, and so you get carbon problem on the exhaust and emition systems. So here I have a few tips for diesel cars: - If you do short drives, try to do a longer (20min on highway for example) on the weekends and/or don't be shy on the revs. - For the turbo and engine care, use the specific oil that the manufacturer recommends (referring to viscosity and saps quantity) as a high ashes oil has a negative impact on the DPF (it gets clogged), also waiting for a minute after starting the car and before shutting it off is very good, especially after highway use, as it gives time for the engine to cool down a bit, and the oil flow helps the turbo to cool down, if you don't wait, the oil in the turbo basically gets toasted and carbon gets formed inside the turbo, degrading the engine oil and the turbo quicker than usual. - Do change the diesel filter regularly, generally is done every other oil change, this is very important as injectors are very fragile and the filter cost is like 5 bucks. Keep up the nice content !!!

Good day bro You make a lot of sense about the use and love for TDI👌🏻

Loved the stats at the end!!

Your videos are great bro, Hella info. I've been watching videos on these cats for ever . This is just epic

💯 spot on my TDI brethren! Excellent.

great video brother. im on my 8th tdi rn. porsche cayenne diesel w a big turbo, so much fun while getting great mpg. i would also recommend the m57 in the 335D and x5D

Definitely helped me. I’m going to look at purchasing my first vw, (2012 tdi golf 2 door hatch) I travel 70 miles one way for work and been a die hard ford man, currently in a 08 focus she’s at 233k been a heck of a car but I’ve always wanted a tdi and the 2.0 is getting a little weaker (and burning oil). This one’s an old friend from school that’s a vw fanatic it’s has the “preventive maintenance” items done stuff has fallen off resulting in better fuel economy. Almost a no brainer for what it’s worth.

Bought my mk6 Jetta at 134,000km , she’s currently sitting at 346,000km. At around 202k she needed a replacement emissions system so I did a 3’ turbo back straight pipe with a stage 2 Malone tune. Over the course of 7 years of ownership, she’s costed about 20k in repairs due to my constantly driving like an asshole always rolling coal & stomping on the gas. Granted I always had my work done at the dealership so in reality I’d say it’s only really about 8ish k in repairs the rest being getting the job done. I was doing about 55,000km a year for the first 4 years of ownership then moved closer to the city. Recently did the water pump kit…for the second time & had the mechanic do a full once over for health & he told me I can get another 10 years out of the car. Love it so much. She’s a dsg & the flywheel has rattled for about 3 years now but the mechanic told me It’s common & doesn’t mean bad health. It caused me to love vw so much I’ve added a 16 Touareg to the garage.

I agree they are great cars, only expensive maintenance that you can expect is the turbo and intercooler to fail eventually on the older cars (2010>)

I'm 2 days post pothole on my '12 JSW, and it's so much better, even at stage 0.5. I'm just under 116k, so next up is the timing belt, and CP3 conversion. I plan on driving this car until it turns to dust.

omg ive seen you on the road from my work van hahahaha I remember you from the plate. I love it!!

I need to share this. Have a dpf filling up and not fully clearing during regen. Lucas Oil Diesel Deep Clean. on 1 regen went from 30g of soot load to 0g. Usually ends around 5-9g without Lucas. I would only use it once a month or as needed but if you do a lot of short trip. This is a must every tank to keep it from the soot from plugging the dpf.

I've had a mk1 diesel and 3 TDIs. Great cars. I currently have a mk7 with 110K on it. I purchased my mk4 new in 2001 and sold it with just shy of 400K miles on it. That thing was a tank!

3:13 Another good place to get diesel that is typically cheaper is MFA stations most are card only though but they are usually 5-15 cents cheaper per gallon than in town stations and 15-30 cents cheaper than Truck stops and other highway exit stations. The diesel is typically fresh because farmers go through a lot of diesel

Spot on TDI, I have first gen Tiguan 2.0 TDi. It has 330 000km now 11 years old manual transmission. Not a days problem. Still on original clutch, recently did the 3rd cambelt chsnge. no DPI issues yet. I am happy with the ROI.

I just wish more manufacturers made diesel powered cars because I'd be all over it like flies on shit. But I've got an alh jetta that I just got running right and it's been more enjoyable to drive because of that, but I'm wanting to upgrade to a newer TDI passat just to have something newer and then also, have a 6 speed for the highway driving I do at least a few times a month. In my opinion, TDIs are the perfect blend of efficiency with the fantastic mpg, but also a ton of fun to drive (especially manuals) because either building older ALHs to move or owning a newer car that moves more, it's a blast. Can't forget the great sounds of turbo noises

I run home fuel 289 a gallon its a wagon deleted with stage 2 and intake loves it

Check out Hot Shot Lubricity additive....hopefully will prolong the life of that fuel pump.

I have had a different experience with my CJAA. I have a wagon with a manual transmission and I love it. I have had it for about a year. Has a long cranking issue where sometimes it takes a long time to start. Doesn't seem to matter how hot or cold or if the car has already ran today or anything-just seems to happen whenever. I can not solve it for the life of me. The other issue that I had was one of the bolts on an half shaft came loose a tore a hole in the transmission but that was probably due to shotty repairs from a previous owner and not the fault of the car.

So I recently bought my first tdi (bew). Can you drop more info on that specific model? It’s my forever car. Plan on a full delete and small tune. I have heard the cams are a fail point. You seem pretty knowledgeable and most fb groups are full of asses when you ask any question. Ty for your time and content

My main problem has been running in to bio-diesel (at Calif. pumps) for my cars with common rail injection (2013 Jetta wagon, 2014 Jetta wagon, 2017 328d wagon), as manufacturers warn it will void warranty. My 99 Jetta didn't have this problem (pre-common rail), but otherwise my modern diesels have been awesome and much more reliable than their gas siblings. Now if I can only find a 2018 diesel wagon or sedan, the last year they were made by Euro manufacturers.

Why does everyone call a dpf delete a pothole, just curious.

I needed to replace the clock spring and hatch lock. Not much, but these should never have failed. I rate quality of the diesels as average.

2007 vw caddy with original turbo at 300,000km. EGR and Cat were clogged. I deleted those. Lol

What is your view on the oil pump vibration balancer on an mk6 and downgrading it to the oil pump system from an mk4

What about a Mk6 with 2.0 TDI but 81kw (110 hp)? It has a 5 speed and mine was equiped with a fixed flywheel by someone previous... is it gonna gonna break down soon or it can still be fine since its a weaker engine version?

Was the problem with your brothers o1m, is it was stuck in limp mode

Have a 2014 tdi passat. I can go 1000 miles on the freeway

What years coincide with the various "MK numbers ?) & what years have the dual mass clutch ?

what does potholeing it means? And by short trips, if my tdi gets up to temp in my trip, is that considered a short trip?

5:21 pump deuce 😂

"the pothole" = "the weight loss program"?

How often do you put additive in the fuel tank?

What is the DMF?

i love my 2011 golf tdi, delete it if you want it to be your forever car!

I missed the part where you shared what you wished you know before buying a VW TDI…

What? A modern car breaks easily and you have to maintain it? Say it ain't so!

Become a Volkswagen scumbag like me, do everything for as cheap as possible. When emissions parts fail just delete it and move on with life. Lol

Things I Wish I knew Before Buying a VW...don't buy a VW.