Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

My Indy did an oil change when he did the transmission and timing belt. Fuchs I 
think...


Speaking of the transmission, the proper vw manual transmission oil is thin 
like ATF, I'm getting a distinct grinding noise when I go into first if the car 
is moving which my '98 with the same trans doesn't do. That has Redline MTL in 
it. I'm thinking I'll put MTL in this car too and see if it clears up.


Curt

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From:"Peter Frederick via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date:Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Subject:Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

A dose of RedLine and an oil change quieted my TDI down quite a bit,  
and smoothed it out, too.  I don't know why better oil would make the  
engine run that much smoother, but I noticed within a dozen miles or so.

I use Mobil 1 T, it's readily available and most of the "rated" oils  
are not.

Peter



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Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

[Peter Frederick via Mercedes]

A dose of RedLine and an oil change quieted my TDI down quite a bit,  
and smoothed it out, too.  I don't know why better oil would make the  
engine run that much smoother, but I noticed within a dozen miles or so.


I use Mobil 1 T, it's readily available and most of the "rated" oils  
are not.


Peter

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Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

[Kevin Kraly via Mercedes]

I noticed that the engine in my 1978 300CD was quieter and ran much smoother 
within a few miles after changing to M1 synthetic.  This was the car that I 
bought in Southern California and drove up to Oregon.  My theory is that the 
engine is noisier since it’s working harder when it isn’t turning as freely.

Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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Re: [MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Yes that was my experience  with my 79 240D 10 years ago when I switched to
M1.
On Sep 24, 2015 11:49 PM, "Kevin Kraly via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> I noticed that the engine in my 1978 300CD was quieter and ran much
> smoother within a few miles after changing to M1 synthetic.  This was the
> car that I bought in Southern California and drove up to Oregon.  My theory
> is that the engine is noisier since it’s working harder when it isn’t
> turning as freely.
>
> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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[MBZ] OT: VW Golf TDI brakes

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

My car is too old ('05) to be in the cheating period...
One of the rear brakes has been sticking a little and as we'd like to take that 
car to Syracuse this weekend (way cheaper than taking the pickup) I figured it 
was time to look at it. 
The car has 4 wheel disks, the rears have the parking brakes which are actuated 
by levers on the inside of the caliper. The driver's side lever was stuck about 
halfway on. I tapped it with a hammer and moved it back to the stop. That 
helped but it still made a noise so I jacked up the car and took the wheel off. 
Had to dig awhile to find the security lock for the one special lug, it was in 
the glove box for some reason...Anyway I got the wheel off and pulled the 
caliper, shot some Kroil on the pivot for the park brake and worked it back and 
forth a bunch until it would spring back to the stop when I released it. I put 
the caliper back on the rotor and gently pried back and forth to open the 
caliper a little. Also tried opening the bleeder valve to see if maybe a 
collapsing hose was the culprit. The brake fluid looked good and I saw no sign 
of a collapsing hose so I buttoned it all back up. With the wheel back on the 
noise is gone, I put the hammer in the back of the car as insurance...
While I was out I took a minute to check tire pressure, interestingly this car 
has a slow leak on the left front while the Jetta has a slow leak at the right 
front. This car leaks slower though. I wrangled the left front mudflap back 
into position, it'd fallen off its clip due to damage to the fender which I 
want to replace. Finally I put a can of Diesel Purge into the 1/4 tank of fuel, 
I know it'd be better if I ran it directly but I don't have time and I've had 
decent luck with this technique.Took the car for a spin to pick up a quart of 
VW 505.01 oil (Valvoline Syn-Power 5w40) apparently many of the TDI folks run 
M1 Turbo Diesel truck which doesn't meet the standard only because Mobil hasn't 
applied for it. I dunno I may switch over to it at the next change. The engine 
did sound quieter on the return trip with the Diesel Purge running through it, 
could be wishful thinking, its pretty quiet car already.
-Curt
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