Upcoming Touareg V6 TDI

The upcoming Touareg should be pretty nice and with a price starting at ~$42k it should be a little bit easier on the pocketbook and Fuel than the V10 TDI Touareg of the past. At this price point it looks to be cheaper than the GL Diesel from Mercedes. Read the review here.

My other brother's 06 Cam wear pictures (Scrichy84)

Well we got my other brother (scrichy84)'s car up here and pulled the valve cover on it, another 06 car like mine but his head was cast in Poland instead of Germany like mine. He has been using 507.00 oil since his 20k service. His first 2 services were done by Jack Scoville VW in Corvallis, OR using most likely NOT 505.01 oil (Listed on the invoice as Castrol synthetic oil CW at a cost of $24.70) Most of his cam lobes look good except the #3 exhaust lobe.

Words to remember.

I found a quote today on VWVortex that I really liked.

A fellow Dubber is broken down on the side of the road
MK1: stops and offers to help, and the use of the many tools you carry in the car.
MK2: same offer of help...less tools in the car
MK3: may or may not stop to help, but definitely no tools in the car
MK4: drives by revving the motor and hoping the kapooosh valve makes a cool noise.

My brother's Cam inspection.

At the same time my cam lobe inspection was done we also pulled my brothers valve cover on his 2005.5. His cam lobes were not quite in the pristine condition that mine are.

1st Cam Tower Closest to the T-Belt




Second Cam Tower




Third Cam Tower




4th Cam Tower




5th Cam Tower

43000 Mile Cam lobe inspection on the Jetta

There is a lot of talk going on about issues with the Intake and Exhaust lobes on the camshaft in the 2006 Jetta having very premature wear issues, in light of this I decided to pull my valve cover to inspect my camshaft. I have been using Elf solaris 507.00 oil since my 5k mile service in my car. Here is the link to the Thread over at TDIClub and below are the pics.

Tiguan TDI

I came across this video on YouTube and I thought that I would share. I hope VW decides to bring these to the US sometime in the near future. I wouldn't mind looking into one as my next TDI.

Diesel Roadster anyone?

VW keeps coming out with nice looking diesel concepts like this one the VW BlueSport that made a debut at the Detroit Auto Show, now they need to bring some of them to the US market for VW Diesel fans like us. If you would like read more about this fine looking Eco-roadster Click Here.