200K miles on an inline 6... yah i'd hope so - inherent balance, strong
engine design.

I'd pay for the value of the car with a pump in it, then just subtract the
costs of a new pump and labour at the dealer (then put in the spare pump my
mechanic has lying around for a TDI motor and pay him half the money in
labour to do it :-) ).
"Peter Parker" > wrote in message
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>
> It's been five days since this post and I am wondering if this dude
> ever decided to fix it. What's a good price for the car? If he is
> interested and I'll pick it up with my Jeep and a dolly...
>
> My Jeep almost has 200K miles on it. You just can't kill that straight
> 6 engine...
>
>
>
>
> In article <1110719618.a49294d987a8bc536bacaf4c69bb0674@teran ews>,
> Dave > wrote:
>>Thanks for everyone's input. I changed the fuel filter about 10000
>>miles ago. I'm not quite convinced that it's the injection pump. At
>>least I wan't to check out all options before I sink money into a new
>>pump.
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:16:30 -0500, "Erik Dillenkofer"
> wrote:
>>
>>>How often did you change the fuel filter (routine maintenance)?
>>>
>>>"Dave" > wrote in message
>>>news:1110502015.6683db5bdf67a943c704bab011c4967 0@teranews...
>>>> Has any TDI owners had a problem like this one? Any advice or inputs
>>>> would be most appreciated. Is an injection pump replacement a common
>>>> occurence? The car has 125,000 miles and I changed the fuel filter
>>>> about 10,000 miles ago. If I have no other option but to replace the
>>>> injection pump, is there a good place to get a used pump? Where would
>>>> be the best place to buy a new pump?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Story:
>>>>
>>>> I recently took my 99.5 Jetta TDI on a road trip. Two days driving
>>>> down to FL and two days back to OH.
>>>>
>>>> The trip down was uneventful but the trip back was another story!
>>>>
>>>> The trip back day 1:
>>>> On the way back, after I crossed the GA border (cheaper fuel prices)
>>>> I topped off the tank with diesel. The engine light came on almost
>>>> immediatly after starting the engine and the glo-plug light also
>>>> started blinking. The car was running fine until I stopped for lunch
>>>> in SC. Upon starting the car and leaving the parking lot, it started
>>>> bucking and running like crap. At highway speeds it seemed to do ok
>>>> but I could still feel it "missing" and when I got off the interstate,
>>>> in NC it seemed to run rougher at lower speeds. Finally reached my
>>>> overnight destination.
>>>>
>>>> Day 2:
>>>> I drove to a VW dealer where my brother-in-law works as a mechanic.
>>>> On the way there, the car continued to buck and carry on while at the
>>>> same time sending out a James Bond smoke screen from the tail pipe.
>>>> He hooked up the computer and it had a code for the quantity adjuster.
>>>> The code could not be erased either. He seemed to think it was the
>>>> injection pump going bad. He also said it should make it back to OH.
>>>> To make a long story not as long, the car finally gave out 3 hours
>>>> from home. Just before it died, the idle was very erratic and it
>>>> didn't like the slower stop and go traffic in the small town I was
>>>> passing through. Once it finally decided that it could no longer
>>>> maintain the engine rpm enough to continue, it quit. I couldn't get
>>>> it to start after that. Had a friend pick me up from my home town and
>>>> finally got back. What a long day.
>>>>
>>>> Day 3:
>>>> Let it sit on the side of the road all day in disgust.
>>>>
>>>> Day 4:
>>>> Loaded it on a flat bed trailer. The car actually started and ran
>>>> just enough to get halfway up the ramps onto the trailer and it looked
>>>> like a smoke grenade went off around us. Towed it home and put it in
>>>> the garage where it sits, unable to start.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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