TikTokOddity
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Car(s)
- '06 GTI
Some background. So I bought myself an 06 gti United gray on December 31st. In true shady used dealer. Seems they had cleared the codes as the CEL lit up on the drive home. After reading the codes, I decided to fix it myself. Being my second car I wanted to try my hand at this. I've loved every minute of it. So it hard your typical lean and Underboost. Replaced the DV and PCV, spark plugs, did the oil , and 6mt fluid too. Cleared the codes. Lean returned. Air intake leak. Okay, K&N intake. CEL again, lean at idle. I work at a dealership, smoke the car. Leak from vacuum port, buy gasket kit, rebuild vacuum pump. CEL again. At this point I've gone in circle and at a bit of a loss. So, the pcv I had bought was off of Amazon, cost me about $25, so obviously this is a likely culprit, as I do have oil in the pcv hosing and I am burning oil. Just changed the oil again 2 days ago (about 3k miles since last one) and it was very dark. Black in fact. So, rambling done, in your experience. Should I replace the PCV for an OEM one as this code seems to usually be that component from what I've read. Or could it be worse. RMS? My belly pan always has moist/damp oil/dirt on it.
Thank you for bearing through my incoherence.
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Thank you for bearing through my incoherence.
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