Ken's MKV
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venting: car repair
Rant:
Hey, so I just need to vent. In the past week I have spent over $3k on my 2006 VW Jetta MKV (2.5L with 63k on the clock to be specific). First i got some new summer tires because my old ones were showing the wear indicator. Okay, done!
Then a few days later I noticed my car was idling a little rough but otherwise ran okay. Took it to my local guy who looked at it and came to the conclusion that I needed to feed it better gas; as in higher octane. He also replaced the fuel filter since it was due.
I picked it up the next day and it immediately experienced a loss of power and a nice scraping sound. I took it back so he could look at it again. The next day he told me to take it to the dealer because he did not know what to do with it. I made it about 2 miles until the check engine light was flashing. Pulled over and called AAA for a tow. At this point it was saturday and the car had to sit over the weekend. Now for you VW people you may know that this sophisticated engine used to be in Audi's a few years back. Instead of a timing belt it has a timing chain that is supposed to have less service intervals. Well, that is exactly what broke so it took the VW mechanic about 14 hours to fix it as the chain, pulleys and tensioners had to replaced. The mechanic said that this is something that does not really fail so he does not see many come in at all.
All in all I got my VW back and it purrs like a kitteh. Parts replaced: timing chain, tensioners, VW sparkplugs, fuel filer (from the other guy) and new tires. Total cost: $3500 total and one week without a car. Outch! And as a nursing student it was very hard paying this. At least I love this car and I get a lot of enjoyment out of it so I hope it lasts. Pics below of my saturday morning.
Cliffs notes: cars can be a pita. Thanks for listening
Cheers
Ken
Rant:
Hey, so I just need to vent. In the past week I have spent over $3k on my 2006 VW Jetta MKV (2.5L with 63k on the clock to be specific). First i got some new summer tires because my old ones were showing the wear indicator. Okay, done!
Then a few days later I noticed my car was idling a little rough but otherwise ran okay. Took it to my local guy who looked at it and came to the conclusion that I needed to feed it better gas; as in higher octane. He also replaced the fuel filter since it was due.
I picked it up the next day and it immediately experienced a loss of power and a nice scraping sound. I took it back so he could look at it again. The next day he told me to take it to the dealer because he did not know what to do with it. I made it about 2 miles until the check engine light was flashing. Pulled over and called AAA for a tow. At this point it was saturday and the car had to sit over the weekend. Now for you VW people you may know that this sophisticated engine used to be in Audi's a few years back. Instead of a timing belt it has a timing chain that is supposed to have less service intervals. Well, that is exactly what broke so it took the VW mechanic about 14 hours to fix it as the chain, pulleys and tensioners had to replaced. The mechanic said that this is something that does not really fail so he does not see many come in at all.
All in all I got my VW back and it purrs like a kitteh. Parts replaced: timing chain, tensioners, VW sparkplugs, fuel filer (from the other guy) and new tires. Total cost: $3500 total and one week without a car. Outch! And as a nursing student it was very hard paying this. At least I love this car and I get a lot of enjoyment out of it so I hope it lasts. Pics below of my saturday morning.
Cliffs notes: cars can be a pita. Thanks for listening
Cheers
Ken
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