wilco184
Member of the year 2015
Hello all.
I'm very pleased to say that I have recently purchased a 2001 TDI 75 SE in brilliant black, from a current A2OC forum member. The car has covered a little over 105,000 miles and is in very nice condition. The car has leather/alcantara sports seats with electric lumbar adjustment, the OpenSky sunroof, climate control, all of the SE equipment such as the false floor and fog lights, DIS, winter pack, Timmus cruise, retrofit PDC and Concert II.
I currently have a brilliant black FSI sport, and the TDI will be replacing this as a daily driver. The FSI will be stored in a warm garage for a while, as I plan to keep it.
I have already given the car a good clean and polish with Autoglym, which has brightened up the paintwork nicely. The interior has also had a good clean, and I can highly recommend the Autoglym leather care; the seats now have visibly reduced cracking and feel nice and supple. I have added some pictures to this post, which shows the car after the clean.
Mechanically speaking, the car is pretty close to perfect. The rear left wheel bearing felt rough when the wheel was removed, and although it was not audible when driving, it wouldn't last forever. The wheel bearing was changed and torqued to the correct specifications, and the wheel now feels smooth to rotate like the other side. The rear left wheel brake cylinder was found to have a slight leak, not enough to notice with the drum on, but evident when accessing the wheel bearing. The leak had caused brake dust to stick to the drums internal components. The cylinder was changed and brakes bled, the dust and fluid were then cleaned from the parts, and the wheel assembly was reassembled.
In the near future, there are a few small niggles with the car that I would like to rectify. The first of which is the air conditioning has the infamous G263 sensor fault. I will replace this sensor without taking the dashboard out, when the weather gets a bit warmer by following this thread. (http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthrea...-temperature-sender-without-removing-the-dash). I have checked the sensor resistance from the climate plugs (B5 and B15), and I am measuring a resistance of 97 Ohms, which is well out of tolerance indicating a sensor fault. The second niggle is that a VCDS scan has revealed that the Central Convenience Module (Q unit) is reporting itself as being faulty, with the fault code 01330. The code will not clear and does not change. This is strange because there are no problems with any of the items controlled by the unit as far as I am aware, and the battery drain current is less than 10mA, which is normal. If anyone has any suggestions or advice with how to resolve this code, please let me know? I will most likely leave this until noticeable faults begin to occur with the module, or I am informed that it will certainly cause problems in the future. Both of these niggles are small, and in no way worry me.
With regards to modifications, I will be swapping over my USB interface to connect to the stereo from the FSI, and also hopefully will be putting my refurbished set of the 17" sport alloys on the car when the weather gets better, either in the Spring or Summer.
I am extremely pleased with the car. It has clearly been thoroughly cared for and maintained by the previous owners, and is a great credit to them.
Regards,
Matt.
I'm very pleased to say that I have recently purchased a 2001 TDI 75 SE in brilliant black, from a current A2OC forum member. The car has covered a little over 105,000 miles and is in very nice condition. The car has leather/alcantara sports seats with electric lumbar adjustment, the OpenSky sunroof, climate control, all of the SE equipment such as the false floor and fog lights, DIS, winter pack, Timmus cruise, retrofit PDC and Concert II.
I currently have a brilliant black FSI sport, and the TDI will be replacing this as a daily driver. The FSI will be stored in a warm garage for a while, as I plan to keep it.
I have already given the car a good clean and polish with Autoglym, which has brightened up the paintwork nicely. The interior has also had a good clean, and I can highly recommend the Autoglym leather care; the seats now have visibly reduced cracking and feel nice and supple. I have added some pictures to this post, which shows the car after the clean.
Mechanically speaking, the car is pretty close to perfect. The rear left wheel bearing felt rough when the wheel was removed, and although it was not audible when driving, it wouldn't last forever. The wheel bearing was changed and torqued to the correct specifications, and the wheel now feels smooth to rotate like the other side. The rear left wheel brake cylinder was found to have a slight leak, not enough to notice with the drum on, but evident when accessing the wheel bearing. The leak had caused brake dust to stick to the drums internal components. The cylinder was changed and brakes bled, the dust and fluid were then cleaned from the parts, and the wheel assembly was reassembled.
In the near future, there are a few small niggles with the car that I would like to rectify. The first of which is the air conditioning has the infamous G263 sensor fault. I will replace this sensor without taking the dashboard out, when the weather gets a bit warmer by following this thread. (http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthrea...-temperature-sender-without-removing-the-dash). I have checked the sensor resistance from the climate plugs (B5 and B15), and I am measuring a resistance of 97 Ohms, which is well out of tolerance indicating a sensor fault. The second niggle is that a VCDS scan has revealed that the Central Convenience Module (Q unit) is reporting itself as being faulty, with the fault code 01330. The code will not clear and does not change. This is strange because there are no problems with any of the items controlled by the unit as far as I am aware, and the battery drain current is less than 10mA, which is normal. If anyone has any suggestions or advice with how to resolve this code, please let me know? I will most likely leave this until noticeable faults begin to occur with the module, or I am informed that it will certainly cause problems in the future. Both of these niggles are small, and in no way worry me.
With regards to modifications, I will be swapping over my USB interface to connect to the stereo from the FSI, and also hopefully will be putting my refurbished set of the 17" sport alloys on the car when the weather gets better, either in the Spring or Summer.
I am extremely pleased with the car. It has clearly been thoroughly cared for and maintained by the previous owners, and is a great credit to them.
Regards,
Matt.
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