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    • Tire Rotation: Avoid Uneven Tire Wear
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  • Common Repairs and Services
    • Smog Test: A Necessary Event
    • Brake Repair: Get the Best!
    • Tire Repair: What to do with a flat tire?
    • Tires: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    • Wheel Alignment: Front End or 4 Wheel?
    • Inspections: 3 Different Types
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    • Check Engine Light or MIL: The Yellow Symbol of Trouble
    • Secondary Air Injection: Passing Smog
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    • Timing Chains: Last a Lifetime?
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  • Engines: VW & Audi
    • Gas Engines
      • Gas Engine History: VW & Audi USA Models
      • 1.8T Engine: VW & Audi: 1996 to 2005
      • 2.0 Engine in the Mark IV Volkswagen
      • 2.0T Engine: the TFSI in Audi & VW
        • 2.0T Oil Consumption: PCV Breather Valve
        • 2.0T Timing Chain Tensioner Failure
      • 2.5 VW 5 Cylinder Engine
      • 2.7T Audi V6 Bi Turbo Engine
      • VR6 Engine: A Staggering Technology
      • 4.2 V8 Audi: Race Bred and Road Worthy
    • Diesel Engines
      • Diesel Engine History: VW & Audi USA Models
      • Mark III Tdi: Electronic Diesel Injection
      • VNT Tdi Turbocharger: 1999.5 Mark IV
      • PD Tdi: 2004 Mark IV: Pumpe Duse Injection
      • CR Tdi: VW & Audi Tdi Common Rail Injection
        • CR Diesel Emissions Control
  • Repair Database
    • Brake Fluid Change
    • Coolant Flush: More Than A Change
    • Timing Belt: Why, When & What
    • Cam Chains and Timing Chains: A Replacement Guide
    • Alignment Adjustments: Explanation & Procedures
    • Carbon Cleaning and Diagnosis
    • CV Joints: A Complete Story
    • FSI – TFSI Camshaft Replacement
    • Headlight Lense Polishing
    • Air Conditioning: A Cool Necessity in a Hot World
    • Water Pump Failure
    • Thermostat: Controlling Coolant Temperature
    • Clutch Job
    • Liqui Moly – Lubro Moly – MoS2 Additive
  • Tdi Repair Database
    • Glow Plugs: A Tdi Diesel Problem
    • Tdi Fuel Filter: Frequent Changes?
    • Diesel Fuel Injectors
    • CR Fuel System Replacement
    • Diesel Water Damage: Tdi Death Explained
    • PD Tdi Camshaft Replacement
    • Diesel Head Gaskets
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    • Charging System: Quick Check or Complete Checkup?
    • Check Engine Light: What Went Wrong?
    • Secondary Air Injection System
    • EGR: Exhaust Gas Recirculation System
    • Catalytic Converters
    • Malone Performance Tuning
    • Torque Converter Faults & Diagnostics
    • Turbocharger Problems & Diagnostics
    • Pinging vs Detonation: Knock Sensors
    • Suspension and Steering Technology
  • Fuel Injection System : A Work in Progress
    • FSI Injection
    • Temperature Sensors: Fuel Injection & Coolant
    • Crankshaft Position Sensor Failure
    • Fuel Pump: Intermittent Failure
    • MAF Sensor: Measure the Blow
    • Oxygen Sensors: The Heart of Mixture Control
    • Injectors: Not Many Dire Failures
    • Corrado Fuel Injection
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    • Biodiesel Contamination: ASTM D6751
    • Biodiesel Usage: Our Experience and Precautions
    • Diesel Veggie Oil Conversions
    • Biodiesel: How to Use It Successfully In Your Tdi
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