lars
September 25th, 2006, 03:26 pm
Read this post on a TDI board:
"We were on an isolated mountain dirt road in my 2005 Jetta TDI (old body style) when I hit a rock. We only went 200 feet down and turned right at a Y in the road. I stopped because we saw some animals down the left portion of the Y in the road. Wondering what kind of animals we were looking at I put the car in reverse and noticed I was leaking oil. We turned around and followed the oil leak back to the rock that cracked the pan. So off we went going at a much higher rate of speed to get back to the main paved road and cell phone access, hoping those cows on the side of the road stay were they are. We had around 12 miles before hitting pavement and the oil light came on and also the buzzer. We made it back to the paved road but still no cell phone access so we tried for the nearest town. Thats is when the battery light came on and the engined just died. The temperture gauge always read normal temp, the needle never moved a bit beyond normal. So did I destroy the engine? When I opened the hood there was nothing to indicate an over heated engine. If the engine is fine then why did it die? Is there an oil sensor that tells the car all oil is lost and to shut down the engine? We hitched a ride back to the nearest town and call some friends to pick us up.Thanks for any info."
Poor bastard. BTW, a replacement motor (TDI PD) is very expensive.
...lars
"We were on an isolated mountain dirt road in my 2005 Jetta TDI (old body style) when I hit a rock. We only went 200 feet down and turned right at a Y in the road. I stopped because we saw some animals down the left portion of the Y in the road. Wondering what kind of animals we were looking at I put the car in reverse and noticed I was leaking oil. We turned around and followed the oil leak back to the rock that cracked the pan. So off we went going at a much higher rate of speed to get back to the main paved road and cell phone access, hoping those cows on the side of the road stay were they are. We had around 12 miles before hitting pavement and the oil light came on and also the buzzer. We made it back to the paved road but still no cell phone access so we tried for the nearest town. Thats is when the battery light came on and the engined just died. The temperture gauge always read normal temp, the needle never moved a bit beyond normal. So did I destroy the engine? When I opened the hood there was nothing to indicate an over heated engine. If the engine is fine then why did it die? Is there an oil sensor that tells the car all oil is lost and to shut down the engine? We hitched a ride back to the nearest town and call some friends to pick us up.Thanks for any info."
Poor bastard. BTW, a replacement motor (TDI PD) is very expensive.
...lars