Joe Romas wrote:
If the weather were warm I wouldhook up my vag-com and get you some readings. What is "KPA"?
Joe
Hi Joe,
Kpa is Kilopascal, a metric measure for atmospheric pressure (most of the world uses Hg). My scan tool, for what ever reason is reading the MAP in kpa instead of PSI, Hg or Bar. Actron Chinese crap I guess. But it works.
Thank you for all the good information. This is by far the best forum for tech info I have found. In fact I'm done looking, nobody can come close to what you guys have built. Many thanks for the warm welcome.
According to my local stealership my CRD has had all the recall stuff done (including the F37 castration) and had the latest converter installed when the front pump was changed. They could not tell me if it was the euro one or not. I do have an extended warranty for two years or 24,000 miles from the mileage at time of purchase. All the power train is covered. So if I can swing the GDE eco tune with full torque this coming spring, we'll find out what torque converter I have....

I did drive it the other day with the scan tool plugged in and watched live data. The temp was around 168-179 depending on hills or flat road (I drive through both on the way to work). It's been really cold so I was impressed that it could hold those temps with the heater running. Now, around town it's not keeping heat to well. I think that viscous heater is the only thing keeping it warm enough to be comfortable. I figured that was just a normal diesel in cold weather at low to idle rpm.
So the EVIC lies huh? Does the GDE tune fix any of those lies or is that thing always going to be worthless? Oh yeah, one other thing. How do you fix the

TPM system. The EVIC always says "Check TPM system" for the first minute and the light is always on on the cluster. Any one know how to troubleshoot this thing? It has told me that I had low tire pressure but didn't say which tire. So it is reading something... Any help would be great. The replacement parts are outrageous so I can't just throw parts at it until the light goes out.