Well I put my fuel tank in, redid some fuel lines, replaced my broken fuel pressure gauge. Put some fuel in it bled the lines and it started right up. So I dont understand where my problem is I guess. The walbro died and I dont know why either.



That's what under the hood looks like.

 

looks good

 

The turbo setup looks nice. What kind of air filter are you running to supply the fresh air to that big turbo?

 

You can kind of see it sitting behind the turbo there. It's an afe dry, I ordered it off summit with the sock to go around it, it's 8" long with a 4" hole to fasten it to the turbo.

 

Nice. I like afe. Its a good filter.

 

Got a pre filter before the pump? pumps don't like chunks looks KILLER

 

Yes there was a 143 micron pre filter, but I think it was the gel and ice that did her on

 

Try making a setup like Racin's. Its pretty cheap and works better anyway. That would be my suggestion.

 

Is there any pics in his thread?

 

Yeah I believe so. NMB2 also did a similar setup as well. I know it is in his thread at PSN as well.

 

Well the truck froze up again, this time only 15 minutes from home and with a quick tow and a roll into the shop we took off both of the fuel filters to find them both full of some kind of pink fluid. It was not clear pink like the farm fuel in the tank but a milky pink that one could not see through. So I got new filters, made sure that the fuel was clear, and it fired right back up. It seems that the condensation from pulling in the 70 degree shop, mixed with Power Service, attacked the water to leave it sitting in my filters, and uncombustible nasty mixture. I also improved my spool up greatly when I cleaned my air filter (duh I know). I had recently had a hose blow off and spray diesel fuel under the hood of my truck, come to find today that the filter that was stock black in color had been coated with grease and dirt and after I got that bad boy cleaned, it was like a new truck again.

All of this didn't come without consequences however, I am headed to the local VW dealer this week to look at a TDI Jetta CleanDiesel, as I am not sure I want to be driving my truck to school every week, and its hard to pass up 45 mpg's. The truck let me down too many times lately and I just am tired of being cold on the side of the road waiting for someone to come rescue me. If it would have been summer it would have been different, but it really opened my eyes when help was 4 hours away and it was 5 degrees with blowing wind. So I can finally have my truck as a toy and not have to bust a** fixing it every time now.

PS- With more HP comes more responsibility, an 84mph speeding ticket(on the toll road, I swear it was the flow of traffic!) and a torched rear end within a week of the turbo kind of set this in to me!

 

my grandfather has a diesel vw its left him on the side of the road twice, now that it's been fixed it's a good car, I would look for a little Toyota, Nissan on a farm auction that looks bad you can pick them up for less than a grand. That would leave more money in the truck fund.
I bought my 92 Toyota for 300 bucks for scrap metal with 250,000 miles on it. I cleaned the dirt out of the tail pipe, put a cap and rotor on it now at 270,000 miles I have less than1500 bucks in it. if it gets scratched or crashed I don't care.

 

What year is his vw? I'm talking a 2011 Jetta, mostly because I want a nice vehicle and a 6.4 is outta the question. The only reason I'm getting something is because of mpgs and reliability. My 1992 ranger with 186000 was always reliable but only averaged 18mpgs highway.

 

My experience would suggest trying a different additive that Power Service such as Stanadyne.

 

It's a 2010 or 2011, it's only had the two hiccups and they do drive it a lot, Have you looked at any gm cars with then 3400 motor, my girlfriends 01 grand am gets 28-30mpg, Those can be picked up for 4000-6000, the few VWs I've see are more than that. And parts for them are easier to find
I know you love diesels, but for a car gas is better because you just jump in and go. I'm suck at home right now because none of my diesels will start, my dad and brother broke my 95 and the gf has the Toyota, because she backed in to my truck with her car