Hello!
After just getting my 1.2TDI back two weeks ago, this morning more bad things happened..:-( (I hope that´ enough for a while..)
This morning, I started up the car and the transmission would not shift into gear. I started the engine several times, finally the first gear clicked in, then it would not shift down while driving, and finally the engine stalled at a red light twice and died the last time at the dealership (I must have looked pretty stupid this morning at the red light...).
The transmission on the 1.2 TDI is powered hydraulically, and there is a pump that starts going for 5 seconds when you open the door first. This pump seems to be responsible for maintaining enough hydraulic pressure for the transmission to shift gears, and somewhere around there fluid leaks out according to the mechanic I talked to.
The only good thing is the courtesy car I got, a A3 130hp TDI, I was on the motorway and it topped out at 220kph, according to the speedometer... but you have to be really careful around 2000 rpm because the turbo kicks in all of a sudden... Now I understand you Golf 130PD owners!
Bye, Frido.
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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver
After just getting my 1.2TDI back two weeks ago, this morning more bad things happened..:-( (I hope that´ enough for a while..)
This morning, I started up the car and the transmission would not shift into gear. I started the engine several times, finally the first gear clicked in, then it would not shift down while driving, and finally the engine stalled at a red light twice and died the last time at the dealership (I must have looked pretty stupid this morning at the red light...).
The transmission on the 1.2 TDI is powered hydraulically, and there is a pump that starts going for 5 seconds when you open the door first. This pump seems to be responsible for maintaining enough hydraulic pressure for the transmission to shift gears, and somewhere around there fluid leaks out according to the mechanic I talked to.
The only good thing is the courtesy car I got, a A3 130hp TDI, I was on the motorway and it topped out at 220kph, according to the speedometer... but you have to be really careful around 2000 rpm because the turbo kicks in all of a sudden... Now I understand you Golf 130PD owners!
Bye, Frido.
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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver