Well i picked it up today and drove it home from Omaha. It was on ebay last night for an hour and i snatched it up! Its Silver w/ black interior, sunroof.. only 115k!
Guy said it has "electrical problems" but it starts by jumping the glow plugs or something? It was in omaha so i drove up with a tow dolly to get it but since it fired right up i decided to drive it home.
Jumpered a wire from battery to the injection pump and it started up.
None of the gauges work, speedo , tach, gas.. but the check engine light it on... .. odometer reads 115k (there was no fuse in the #21 spot, realized that when i got home and started pokin around)
When i got off interstate after 40 minute or so drive it didnt like rev'n up outta first gear, i really had to give it gas and get turbo to wine before it would really get up and go..
The shop i bought it from replaced timing belt and a piston so thats all new!
After lookin at the fuse box, alot of relays are missing (im not sure the shop knew what he was doing) So i need to look at my old mk3 tdi and see what relays are suppose to go where.
Is there a comon problem with the glow plugs or something?
When i got home i parked it and came home 2 hours later and tried to start it up and it wont start, cranks but wont go and white smoke comes outta tail pipe.. i wonder if leaving that hot wire straight from battery to the injection pump fried that sensor / glow plug thing of a ma jig since it probably has a relay in the fuse box that isnt being used..
Topic: PIcked up a 1998 TDi jetta - some problems (Read 2885 times)
