Hello everybody, i got the check engine light a few days ago and the mechanic told me it was from the EGR and suggested me to totally turn off the EGR by programming it. So , i started searching on the internet if its good or bad to turn it off. Some people were saying to turn it off and some...

Hi guys I’m new here and new to Touareg Any suggestions on tune/delete for 2011 TDI Especially on DEF. I’m on the budget and trying to easiest (I guessing that’s most expensive though) route here. any advice is much appreciated Thanks Tim

Hey guys... Looking for some advice here. I have a 2010 tdi reg. Love the regs. So it is the 2nd one I have owned. Currently has stock 20” rim tire setup. But it is time for some new rubber. I ordered a set of 275/55/20 for it that have an impressive amount of meat and are true 10 plys. (Alot...

I've owned a passat(2014 dieselgate) and 2 tdi Jettas (mk4 &5) I wanted to buy a touareg. what is the difference between 2011/12. Vs 13 ? Are the hpfp the same issue for all years? This is for "offroad use" I was going to delete egr and cat..in conjunction with a malone tune.(STAGE 1) Any...

This is just another tutorial for a repair I’ve recently done on my car, to save others time with the research on how to do this. This repair is related to my other topic about the tricky vacuum actuator leak that causes the engine to run roughly right after start and whenever launching from...

Hi Everyone, The past five months I have been running into trouble with the pipe leading to/from the EGR valve. It breaks at the exact same spot in the same manner. The two volkswagen dealers I have brought the car to have been unable/unwilling to do a rootcause analysis and come up with an...

Hello, I was greeted by a couple faults the other day. Luckilly I JUST passed safety/emissions :p I'm pretty confident that the issue is with the MAF or MAF signal. I'm just looking for someone to help me understand the vag-com block readouts. Rig intro: '04 V10 touareg w/ 133k miles...

Hi, I'm just after some advice. We have a 2008 TDI 3.0 V6 touareg which has been a great vehicle until recently. It's just clocked over 200,000km's, in the past 6 months we have had to replace the turbo, DPI sensor and now it's going in on Tuesday for a EGR replacement. This has all...

Aloha, I am in need of replacing my glow plug harnesses and I am replacing all glow plugs 3 have faults. I am told the intake manifolds need to come off of the V10. So I am curious what items should I address while I have them off? Clean the intake manifolds? Clean the EGR? Anything else I...

Hello all, Driving a 2006 R5 TDi @ 128.000kms, and just finished some reworks around the engine after realising heavy oil & soot mixture build up in the intake, with some black smoke which is kind of intolerable at my side. Reworked the turbocharger, cleaned intake, egr components and fixed...

Hello Touareg lovers I have a V10 that has no legal requirement for the EGR system. I have heard of EGR delete on other engines with claimed performance increases and reduced need to clean the intake system. My question to you all is, solely from a performance/economy perspective should I want...

I just had the EGR cooler assembly replaced for $1,799 this week. Also had ad blue heater replaced and exhaust heat sensor within last six months. All totaling over $4,500. This is on a 2012 TDI LUX model with 63,000 miles. Is this normal or expected? Seems like a lot of money at this stage...