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You’re welcome, thanks for checking out my channel :)

Thanks man!

It feels great so far, I’m hoping it doesn’t make the tool weaker.

I find the button on the top of a quick release ratchet gets in the way. In tight spaces I don’t want my ratchet to eject my socket.

Shout out to the homie Jason!

I’m sorry to say I don’t have any advice for you. I’ve never worked in a country outside of canada.

That’s awesome! Thanks for watching my video. I really enjoyed my time with VW and there are definitely aspects of the brand that I miss. The wiring diagrams were the best I’ve ever used!

@@jeremyblatz Thanks you appreciate for my comment ❤️

You’re welcome! Best of luck!

I wasn’t able to find a good explanation when I did my first one so I decided to make the video I would have liked to find. Hope it was informative.

There are a lot of specialty tools that the manufacturers requires the dealer to have but all the general tools we use are purchased by the techs. It’s not hard for a tech to accumulate several thousands of dollars worth of tools in their career. I’m on the lower end still and I’ve easily spent $6,000+ in tools.

Thank you! I think I’ll stop here, I don’t need to work for Bugatti 😂

@@jeremyblatz maybe u do bro how much people can say they work for Bugatti ?

@fb2javii999 I’m sure there aren’t many. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if I join that small group of techs.

Well, I am currently leasing one. I think it’s a good affordable small crossover. It’s a little short on trunk space and rear seat room. But comfortably seats 4 adults. I wish they made a Taos R but I guess I’ll just have to build my own if I want it that bad 😂

@@jeremyblatz I have the SE with the blackout roof, I hope the 1.5 t is a good reliable engine.

@tommyg1814 since they fixed the head gasket issue from the earlier models they seem to be holding up quite well. I’m at 30,000 km on mine with no issues.

@@jeremyblatz one last question, ,,are you using the 0w/20 euro oil or something else.

@tommyg1814 yeah, we use the 0W20 in Canada.

I appreciate the sentiment! I don’t think they were thrilled but they understood I following my dream.

VW doesn’t like good techs. All the people at my dealer are stupid assholes

I’ve decided to start posting as much as I can and see what I can build on this platform. I appreciate the sub! What engine does your Golf have?

@@jeremyblatz It's a '16 Golf TSI 1.8. In Canada. Hoping it's something I can fix in the back yard!

Check the oil cooler area. There’s a few gaskets in there that are a common issue. Cheap fix, just takes a bit of time.

@@jeremyblatz Nothing drastic. It was just the drain plug leaking 😂

@stephenmorrissey1254 I’ve seen that plenty of times lol

Pin 1 on the differential pressure sensor is yellow/green pin 2 is brown and pin 3 is yellow/brown.

In referencing pin layout. Is pin 1 at the top of the sensor towards the flat side of the plug, which would be the topside of harness. Also the wire colors on mine is yellow/grey, brown and yellow brown.

What year and model are you working on? The connector will have 1,2&3 etched into it.

2015 passat tdi. I don't have the replacement plugs yet, so I wasn't sure if the pins will be numbered.

If the connector is OEM it will have the numbers on it. I only have the wiring diagram for one of the dpf sensors through all data for some reason. So if you are dealing with the other one I unfortunately can’t give you that information.

We only got the GTI and R here for mk8 so I can’t speak to the other sub models. I don’t think there’s anything to avoid with the 7.5 though. All three engine options are great and I’m not aware of any major issues with that chassis. The best advice I can give you is buy the cleanest best maintained one you can find. If you buy a 1.4 be aware of timing belt service due date. It may help in a negotiation.

@@jeremyblatz thanks dude

@cheesuskrust7021 you’re welcome. Happy car shopping!

I'd get the best equipped manual 7.5 you can find with the 1.4 turbo petrol. Very reliable with normal maintenance

Definitely a great option!

Thank you so much! I’m going to fix that in my next riding video, I thought I had the angle better adjusted when I set off.

It is a bit of a complicated procedure. I also have a 2024 Taos, and I haven’t heard of anything major going wrong on them.

@@jeremyblatz jeremy thank you for the reply, love your channel.

Thank you so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying my content :)

With how weak the Canadian dollar is it might actually work out in your favour 😂

@@jeremyblatz 🤔🤔

Thank you so much! I appreciate the love. I plan on doing more videos at work when I can. I’m waiting for my 90 days at my new job before I try it also I’m just getting familiar with the processes at stuff with Porsche. I’ll put out what I can. As far as riding in to work and riding home that might have to wait a bit. The Grom isn’t my commuter anymore since I have to take the highway into work now.

Yeah, it was much lower than I thought I had it. If I do another one I’ll be sure to correct that. Thanks for the advice :)

I believe the interval is 200,000 km or something like that. It may differ in different parts of the world though.

There is no interval by this engines. You only get the advice to check the belt by 210k km if its ok by looking at it. The gasoline belt dont get so much torque like the diesel engines.

@tjorven-jornabel6882 it may only be listed as an inspection in the maintenance schedule but I don’t know a tech that wouldn’t replace it at that interval. I wouldn’t want to take that gamble.

Haha they started out small :P

Yep! I’m from Southwestern Ontario.

@@jeremyblatz I am from Europe, Denmark … Its a joy to hear that accent.. btw I am a big Norm MacDonald fan.. and I ride the Honda ST 125 Dax, so we are Honda mini Bike brothers - well, at least until you sell the Grom ..

@bennythomsen5974 that’s a pretty cool looking bike. We only get the monkey, trail and grom here in Canada. I’ll be sad when I have to say goodbye to mine.

It’s pretty wild actually!

How could I have done it differently?

I believe this one was cracked where the hose attaches since there was a break visible. Having that break off allowed all the hot exhaust gases come up the pipe. I’m surprised this was the only damage done.

Yeah, they weren’t too bad! I hadn’t tried doing it in the car before though.

Great idea say it louder so vw can bring the labor time down

@@firstlast--- I doubt they would bring it down because a lot of tech’s complained of the original labor time given for the campaign it went from 105 to 150 TU.

Better safe than sorry. Yeah, I was one of them. They missed a labour op for their own workshop manual stated procedure. Did you guy get back paid as well?

@@unclepeanut15 It is extremely dumb no matter what manufacturer you work for to talk about how you shortcut jobs under warranty. All it takes is one person to say something to get someone's attention. I can't stand when people do that do you really have to be that guy

I’ll probably do mostly shorts for now, there’s a lot to learn with Porsche so that’s going to take most of my mental bandwidth.

I was with VW a total of about 5 years. Unfortunately none of my training carried over so I’m starting from square one.

@@jeremyblatz crazy i had a friend who went to Porsche his ase transferred wit him since it’s standard across the board

In Canada we have to go through a three year apprenticeship program and pass a final exam to get our 310s license. That license allows you to work in the trade anywhere you want. The brands have their own training programs to ensure their technicians are fully versed in the brand. VW training unfortunately doesn’t carry over to Porsche.

​@@jeremyblatz Yeah that alone makes me never want to switch brands. On top of relearning the brand and all the little nuances all the common problems how the manufacturer puts things together. No thanks lol

It’s a lot of work to make the switch. I’ll probably stay with Porsche for the rest of my career, one switch is plenty lol

We’re only seeing thermostat housings on the 2 litre engines in the Tiguan currently…

It’s a pretty common issue on the first year 1.5 in both the Taos and the Jetta. There was a problem with the head gaskets causing a coolant leak on the firewall side of the block. Some of them even had a mount contacting the head preventing it from clamping down properly. I did about 15 or so during my time at VW.

@@jeremyblatzwhat about the 2023 model 🥶

I think they sorted it out for 24. I’m pretty sure I’ve done a few 2023’s though.

VW not reliable anymore

It sure is! I live in Canada and the City Golf was sold here new. But we did see a 2015 or 2016 TDI Passat come from Mexico, that was pretty cool to see. It didn’t have any of the emissions controls that our cars had.

@@jeremyblatz ohhh I didn't notice you were in Canada haha

Yeah, we’ve gotten some slightly different models/options than the U.S.

We didn’t get the Passat with a 1.4 in our market but the 1.4 that we have is much more simple. You can lock the cams in place and there’s a pin for the crank. The cranks can still move backwards as well.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I suggest finding another dealer, their cars are still really good! You can also call corporate to try to get reimbursed.

Hopefully I can share my work on this channel :)

I filmed this a while ago but didn’t get around to editing and posting it. My first day at Porsche is Monday.

That joke totally went over my head at first lol. They do share some parts but they’re quite different.

Yeah, we like to razz each other!

I should have used a bung to cap off the cam adjuster but it drops a decent amount of oil just taking the cover off. Had to clean it off pretty thoroughly.

@@jeremyblatz I'm Italian, I didn't explain myself well. there are 2 engines 1.5 tsi and the 1.5 tsi evo or evo 2 I don't remember, I wanted to know if the timing belt in this video is in contact with the engine oil, or not, because I understand that the 1.5 tsi evo has a timing belt Contact with engine oil such as Peugeot and Ford engines.

Oh I understand now. This one isn’t in contact with oil, it’s sealed off.

@@jeremyblatz Thank you, you were very kind, do you know in which year they started doing it in contact with oil? If you don't know, thanks anyway, what year is this car? Thanks again

@MAIEMI We don’t have the oil contact timing belt on Canada so I can’t answer that question unfortunately. This was either a 2022 or 2023.

I need to up my plier game for sure! A coworker of mine had a pair of snap-on plier wrenches that were a game changer.

@@jeremyblatz I’m not a mechanic and have never used snap on tools. But I can say I will never buy another set of pliers that aren’t knipex. They’re that good

I’ve heard good things about them, I haven’t tried any of their products yet though.

This engine’s code is DNKA.

@@jeremyblatz Thanks!

You’re welcome.

What’s your flashlight of choice? Mine died two days ago 😂

@@jeremyblatz it’s probably obvious stream light not because it’s the best but because it’s just practical

I’ll have to try one out, thanks for the recommendation.

@@jeremyblatz it’s really pricey also I have the shorter one because it’s cheaper 😭but it works as good as the bigger one and it’s fit in my shit pocket best of luck bud

You work for Honda?

@@jeremyblatz VW

Same! I would have expected you to say T30 though in that case 😂

@@jeremyblatz true newer vws use the t30 a lot older ones are almost all 10 and 13. I own newer TDI beetles and older buses and a Dodge Ram 2500 cummings i work on so little i have no idea what size fasteners it uses except maybe 16 or 18

I hardly see anything more than 10 years old at the dealership I’m at. We do have the occasional bus, Beetle, or Thing come by but I don’t typically do any work on those.

That’s definitely more important than my pocket screwdriver.

Your brain is stupid

I’m not even going to pretend I know what that would be used for.

There’s at least a million uses for them.

Modified tools can be some of the most useful, I’ve got a few custom tools as well.

It’s a Rousseau, the built ins are kind of nice but the quality isn’t on par with with my old snap on roll cart.

@@jeremyblatz i like rousseau mostly for the slides, they hold a lot of weight, but the config of drawers placement isnt the best on most of their boxes. I still prefer Mac and Snap on boxes

My biggest gripe is how shallow the top drawer is. I have to lay down so many tools because I don’t have enough depth.

Are you writing notes manually?

@@jeremyblatz I'm a carpenter 😆

@diy-hyrum9842 sweet! Sometimes think I picked the wrong trade lol

Same here im a plumber

The pencil is your most used tool or you picked the wrong trade?

Do you have a good pair? Mine are close to useless 😂