Resurrecting the wife's 99 T5

[Auburn T5]

yeah and it's not an OBDII code either I don't think (at least it doesn't show up on my scanner). Isn't the dealer the only one that can scan for that code?

[mecheng]

The flashing lights indicate a fault in the climate system. It can be benign or it might be inhibiting your AC completely - you have to read the codes to learn this.

Only the dealer can read these codes correct? I have no codes showing. I will try cleaning the temp sensor like some have suggested. Both my A/C and heat work perfectly.

[Ozark Lee]

I think VOL-FCR will read climate codes on the S/V series. Cracked versions of the program are all over the P2P sites and the VAG-COM cable is under $20.00 on eBay. For the 850s you need to build a flash code reader.

...Lee

[Auburn T5]

So I need this cable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KKL-409-1-vag-4 ... 1e8c0e68e1

And I need to "acquire" the VOL-FCR software?

[mecheng]

Put a vacuum to the temp sensor to clean out all the dust and it worked! No more blinking lights.
It appears to be a fan I guess to suck air past the probe? Funny thing is it only spins when it's not on auto, I thought it would be the other way around???

[chashiubow]

Thanks for the update.

[Ozark Lee]

So I need this cable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KKL-409-1-vag-4 ... 1e8c0e68e1

And I need to "acquire" the VOL-FCR software?

That is the cable I have. The VOL-FCR program is written for a RS-232 Com port so you will need to set up the USB to emulate a com port (Com 1). On Windows 7 that is easy but it was a bit more of a struggle on my old XP laptop and I had to search for drivers to make that happen.

...Lee

[Auburn T5]

Bump for an update. Couple new parts going in although the manifold will have to wait for a couple of other parts first






I'm getting the manifold ceramic coated but I'm wondering if I should port the main outlet that connects to the turbo?

[mecheng]

How much extra power does the manifold give you

[Auburn T5]

Good question. Not really sure to be honest. All I know is that I have an exhaust gasket that's falling apart resulting in an exhaust leak that I'm going to replace with the stainless ARD gasket

http://www.ardideas.com/Exhaust-manifol ... p_311.html

And if I'm going to be pulling the stock manifold off, for the low cost of an R manifold, I would like to put that back on instead of the factory one.