Abbott Martin
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What kind of Cat do you have if any?
Stock - just noticed I am below the a minimum coolant level and my passenger-side radiator fan is not spinning.
What kind of Cat do you have if any?
Stock - just noticed I am below the a minimum coolant level and my passenger-side radiator fan is not spinning.
Have you ever had your water pump replaced via recall?
The rattling at idle sounds like DMF. Usually failing chain tensioner sounds more like a rattle at cold starts. Mine has been making a rattle at warm starts and I even have the updated timing chain tensioner on my 2.0 TSI. heres what mine sounds like at startup, but it makes no sound at idle like yours but the startup sound is kind of similar. I believe its either a loose timing chain or sound of the DMF.
https://vid.me/a75X
It doesnt do that every time though, usually only after I have been driving and let the car sit for an hour. Cold starts sound smooth no rattles.
Took a leap and drove 35 (cautious) miles home.
It's definitely the DMF. Transmission is shifting very harshly for the first time in 89,XXX miles (76K+ under my ownership). The transmission has been going downhill since Nov 2015. In fact I just got three( K1, K2 & pressure control) DSG solenoids in the mail hoping that is the issue & also have a near-new clutch pack to replace my original one. Maybe, due to my procrastination, the problem has progressed to the DMF.
What also is also concerning me is
- coolant reserve tank went from almost full to below "Min." within approx 3 months.
- car failed to start three times today, third time battery was dead & battery has depleted itself twice in a week but the battery tested as all okay (bought in 2013, has 2 yrs of warranty left so nbd if it was failing)
Ugh. Seems like 200 of Benjamin Franklin's cousins may be leaving home soon.
Thank god for the 100k DSG warranty. I got 90k on mine now, hope it shits the bed soon so I can get a new one. Mine doesn't shift weird or anything though yet though. *edit wait do you mk6 guys have the 100k DSG warranty? I know the mk5 TSI cars do
Well it was the dual mass flywheel.
Anyone wanting to know what that sounds like failing now has some videos.
Hopefully it didn't take out the input shaft of the transmission by driving it.
Jeez, I guess that's better than tensioner going but still, what did that cost ya?
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