Hi all
I would first like to introduce my self as a new owner (two weeks now) of a 2002 1.4 se tdi in dark blue which I bought for my wife to do the school runs and get to work which I paid the sum of £1900 for – the car has 100k on the clock and is far from perfect and needs lot’s of little jobs but seems basically sound – last weekend was spent servicing and simply trying to find where the filters and drain plugs were, as well as fixing a strange fuel leak from the oil cooler which was simply weeping fuel through the metal (porous) , it took a long time to remove as someone had tried t o repair thinking it was the pipes and had glued them on .
This weekend I intend to get to work on fixing the more annoying electrical faults – and if time changing the gearbox oil + trying to find the diesel filter which I did not order as there seem to be two types and I just did not find it (although it is supposed to be near the air filter which I did do) – I will look better this weekend although I will probably take my chances and change it next service! During the week I took it to a auto lock specialist (could not find anyone on this site close to me (Norfolk)) to get a second key cut as I hate the idea of having just one key, I wanted another with 3 buttons for the central locking which he supplied but could not get the remote to work (unsurprisingly when you read my fault list below) – he used vagcom but annoyingly did not let me read the fault codes which were probably 2 pages long and simply cleared them.
Fixing the central locking and getting a working odb2 scanner are going to be my priorities this week – hopefully the weather will not hinder me – I have listed below items that I know I will need advise on – if anyone could help it would be helpful
1: I have micro switch problems –the remotes do not work - the back left door does not open at all – others only when they want to - I get the central locking click click when the key goes in the ignition and you only get the door open display when you open the passenger door (I did not think my car model had a display as I have never seen it) + to get into the car you have to turn the key in the door and pull the handle at the same time and you can only leave with the key in the ignition– so does anyone have a door wiring diagram so that I can electrically test the micro switches – also is it possible to take apart the door locking unit once removed from the car (to actually fix the micros) – has anyone done this?
2: vag com – I have a lead which I have used to diagnose a e39 bmw, can I use this or does it have to be a vagcom special lead – is there any other choices of software that works with a2s – if I was to go with the vagcom free version will it tell me what the doors are doing + what are the reasons for upgrading (i.e. what do you need to do that the light version will not let you)
3: tyres 16r – I was hoping to get a spare first but I think I will have to buy a set of 4 now as they are all running low and winter is upon us, does anyone have any budget recommendations – mainly concentrating on a quite ride
4: one last point – the oil filter -the actual paper oil filter seemed rather loose, I had expected the o ring that goes in first to feel like it was making a seal but it just seemed to drop in there – is this normal as I can not see how it could actually work or stop oil going around?
I would first like to introduce my self as a new owner (two weeks now) of a 2002 1.4 se tdi in dark blue which I bought for my wife to do the school runs and get to work which I paid the sum of £1900 for – the car has 100k on the clock and is far from perfect and needs lot’s of little jobs but seems basically sound – last weekend was spent servicing and simply trying to find where the filters and drain plugs were, as well as fixing a strange fuel leak from the oil cooler which was simply weeping fuel through the metal (porous) , it took a long time to remove as someone had tried t o repair thinking it was the pipes and had glued them on .
This weekend I intend to get to work on fixing the more annoying electrical faults – and if time changing the gearbox oil + trying to find the diesel filter which I did not order as there seem to be two types and I just did not find it (although it is supposed to be near the air filter which I did do) – I will look better this weekend although I will probably take my chances and change it next service! During the week I took it to a auto lock specialist (could not find anyone on this site close to me (Norfolk)) to get a second key cut as I hate the idea of having just one key, I wanted another with 3 buttons for the central locking which he supplied but could not get the remote to work (unsurprisingly when you read my fault list below) – he used vagcom but annoyingly did not let me read the fault codes which were probably 2 pages long and simply cleared them.
Fixing the central locking and getting a working odb2 scanner are going to be my priorities this week – hopefully the weather will not hinder me – I have listed below items that I know I will need advise on – if anyone could help it would be helpful
1: I have micro switch problems –the remotes do not work - the back left door does not open at all – others only when they want to - I get the central locking click click when the key goes in the ignition and you only get the door open display when you open the passenger door (I did not think my car model had a display as I have never seen it) + to get into the car you have to turn the key in the door and pull the handle at the same time and you can only leave with the key in the ignition– so does anyone have a door wiring diagram so that I can electrically test the micro switches – also is it possible to take apart the door locking unit once removed from the car (to actually fix the micros) – has anyone done this?
2: vag com – I have a lead which I have used to diagnose a e39 bmw, can I use this or does it have to be a vagcom special lead – is there any other choices of software that works with a2s – if I was to go with the vagcom free version will it tell me what the doors are doing + what are the reasons for upgrading (i.e. what do you need to do that the light version will not let you)
3: tyres 16r – I was hoping to get a spare first but I think I will have to buy a set of 4 now as they are all running low and winter is upon us, does anyone have any budget recommendations – mainly concentrating on a quite ride
4: one last point – the oil filter -the actual paper oil filter seemed rather loose, I had expected the o ring that goes in first to feel like it was making a seal but it just seemed to drop in there – is this normal as I can not see how it could actually work or stop oil going around?