tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30318884.post2622467153688587373..comments2019-09-19T05:28:20.564-07:00Comments on Jetta TDI Running on WVO: Alternator Pulley Failure & wvo = fix it yourselfJoe Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06001688502312806382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30318884.post-82411702866394917352011-03-28T16:39:04.574-07:002011-03-28T16:39:04.574-07:00Wife's Jetta had same simptoms. Pulley fell of...Wife's Jetta had same simptoms. Pulley fell off.. Thank god you posted this. TYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30318884.post-86150047718534362202008-08-04T23:34:00.000-07:002008-08-04T23:34:00.000-07:00My alternator pulley fell off last Sunday morning ...My alternator pulley fell off last Sunday morning and I am running around with no battery charge. The tdiclub has great pictures on hoe to replace the pulley with a $30 tool. I ordered the tool and am looking at pulleys. Found one for $64 and another for $94. The car is 400 milles short of 100,000.cronmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342187532388531140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30318884.post-79701023364766426072008-08-02T09:04:00.000-07:002008-08-02T09:04:00.000-07:00I think we are dealing with different problems. M...I think we are dealing with different problems. My pulley evidently started to fail several month before it finally gave out. There was a slight jingle I would here at idle all the time, even when the engine was hot - such as at a traffic light when the sound would be reflected back to me off another car. I was in denial.<BR/><BR/>Then the sound got louder and all the time . SO after searching the TDIclub.com forums I realized it was most likely the steering pump or alt. pulley. The pulley actually failed pretty quickly once the sound got loud and you tell something eas wrong<BR/><BR/>I never had a stutter at start or lights dimming. I also didn't push down on the cover you are talking about.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you might have electric issues if the light dim/vegtherm isn't working <I>and </I> a mechanical issue. The squeak noise could be the generator pulley or the idler gear as they tend to fail. <BR/><BR/>sorry not to be of much help. I would definitely search the tdiclub.com forums for squeak soundJoe Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001688502312806382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30318884.post-33790930208917893822008-08-01T20:20:00.000-07:002008-08-01T20:20:00.000-07:00I am wondering what exactly your symptoms were. I...I am wondering what exactly your symptoms were. I have a 2003 TDI Greasecar and now when I make a cold start the engine very lightly studders 2 or 3 times and my lights dim. I get a sqeak only shortly after start-up and it goes away. My vegtherm stopped working, or works less, at the same time this all started. If I push on the plastic shroud over the timing belt area I can make something kinnda knock or stick. The belts were replaced about 10,000 trouble free miles ago, at 92,000 miles. What do you think? Thanks for the video.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029781418557523392noreply@blogger.com