Aircooled VW South Africa

Which model do you have?

... had a '07 1.9 TDI Polo Highline. Marvelous car. Truly exceptional.

How come?

I got an '03 Golf IV 1.9TDi Highline.... It gets the seatcovers nice and HOT when you crank the electric seats up high....

Just got my first diesel car... 2000 Audi A4 1.9TDi (115hp Pumpe Duse engine)
I'm amazed at the fuel consumption 4,4km /100km (commuting to work through Cheleasa) and the amount of torque these engines have from just over idle.

Only issue I have with it ATM is that its very smoky at cold startup but it disappears as soon as you've driven 200m. Anyone have any tips apart from checking glowplugs?

I have a Jetta 4 Tdi.Best car I ever had.Gets around 18km/l,and goes like hell!

The glow plugs are only there for one reason.... To warm up the combustion chamber on cold starts. Once it has started the glow plugs switch off and it runs on compression ignition....

Remember that after driving it hard you need to let it idle a bit to make sure the turbo is well lubricated before shut down. I've been getting between 880 & 1000km on a 60l tank.... But when I use the cheep diesel 500pspm I get 600km on a tank.

Just think what a 1.9TDi would be like in a bug?!?!!!!!

You get Auto lubrication kits that keep the turbo coolent pumping for a while after you switch off the car, that way you dont need to idle it. but they costly, my friend looked into it for his TDi but decided it wasn't worth it.

I had the Touran TDI...what a car!

Don't worry about the smoke...it's what oil burners do

This is what I bought for £1750:
PHOTOS

Very nice car,and at that price,it's a real bargain.

It's almost better flying to the UK and buying a car there and drive it home.

I have an 02 a4 tdi 1.9 ....now @ 175 000 km and going strong.
great cars. mine is the 130hp common rail
have been thru a clutch and an alternator pulley, serpentine shock absorber else all good, some brakes etc as normal

Eben, That's the same as the A4 I had....best car I have owned! That was watercooled of course

Sold my 2001 with 190,000 miles on the clock for £4,600 - 2 years ago and still crying!

did I miss where you told us what happened to the last one?

Torsen differential packed up in Slovakia

Torsen differential packed up in Slovakia

not fixable? reman box?