1999 Volkswagen Jetta

TDI 5 speed Sedan

4 Cylinder 1.9 Liter Diesel

Manual

3VWRF29M8XM044078

Clear

1.9L diesel TDI, 5 speed manual transmission

Biodiesel

Cassette

Re-listed, a 6TH TIME, because people won the auction and did not contact me at all (4 times, be sure to NEVER deal with the following ebay users fandango8691, cactusguy2009, and international.573, superrallyroo) and someone wanted to drive this home (baldguy50-123). Must be towed. Might need a turbo. low compression in one cylinder should eventually be addressed. . For sale again here on Ebay. I know it is long, but please read over the entire listing carefully before bidding. Ask any questions you may have, and good luck! PLEASE DON'T BID UNLESS YOU WANT IT, WILL PICK IT UP, AND PAY FOR IT!! Reserve for car is $2000. This vehicle is for sale with $2000 reserve. it is for sale as-is, where-is, which is in Blacksburg, Va, 24060. Again, PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO PAY FOR AND PICKUP THIS 1999.5 Volkswagon Jetta. I have had to re-list it far too many times now, please don't make me again. Whatever the price is on Saturday night (October 16TH) at 8:40pm Eastern time, 9:40PM central time, that is what it is selling for. If you are seriously interested, I recommend setting a reminder on your phone to check ebay at 7:30pm eastern on Saturday night, October 16th. That is when the auction is ending, selling to the highest bidder. I have a clear title, in my name, which will be handed over to the new buyer after I receive payment, along with a bill of sale. This is a 1999.5 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 1.9L turbo diesel sedan, 4 door, dark green in color as you can see. This is the first model year of the Mark IV body style (99.5).IT IS A MANUAL, 5 speed standard (manual) transmission. This car averages 47-53 miles per gallon of diesel on the highway, and 35-45 mpg in town, depending on how fast you like to accelerate. This vehicle should be picked up at its current location and towed home, it runs and drives, but it needs a little bit of work before you can hit the open highway. One cylinder is a little bit lower on compression, meaning it either needs new piston rings in cylinder #4, or it has a bent rod in cylinder # 4. The compression readings from the bug shop (ph. # 540-552-8800 ask for Greg, reference a green 99.5 tdi with a WVO kit, he will answer any questions for you honestly) are #1-460, #2-460, #3-450, #4-340. I have driven it less then 1000 miles since I purchased it in January of this year. I drove it around for a week, had the compression tested at the local shop, and it has sat since then. It could be driven at present condition, but it puts out extra unburnt fuel and perhaps a little oil which gets past the rings in that one bad cylinder. Do not drive it more until we address the issue, so no more damage is done. Tow this vehicle home. I have a trailer you can borrow if you leave a big deposit or I can help you get the car home if you need, YOU MUST ARRANGE THIS BEFORE BIDDING. This vehicle is sold with NO WARRANTIES. please come test drive/inspect before bidding if you like, it is encouraged. This cars comes with extra fuel filters for both diesel and veggie, as well as an oil filter, as well as EXTENSIVE manuals for the veggie system and huge owners manual and VW repair manual. As you can see from the pictures, the paint's clear coat layer is peeling off of the deck lid, roof, and hood a little. There are also a couple of minor scratches and a very small dent on the passenger's side front fender. ALL of these imperfections were pictured. (I point at the issue in question, all are pretty minor). The exterior is likely a 7.5/10. The interior is closer to a 9/10, in fact, other than the glove box door handle, the interior is about perfect. Under the black plastic floor mats the carpet is perfect. There is one 1/8 inch diameter rust spot on the hood, this is also pictured. The glove box door handle fell off, but it still opens, closes, locks w/ key, etc. it functions fine. All accessories, lights, cruise control, AC, dual airbags, heat, etc etc work. The sound system is very very nice, I believe its a BOSE. The interior is suede, the windows are manual roll up. This car comes with one perfectly functioning key, with key-less entry, trunk pop, lock/unlock, etc. This car is equipped with a 100% waste vegetable oil conversion system. The make is Elsbett (http://www.elsbett.com/us/about-us/introduction.html) The receipt for this system is from "fossil free fuel" vegetable oil systems, 301 S. Carlisle St, Allentown, Pa 18109 and the date on the receipt is 10/19/2006. The total for the WVO conversion is $3200.00. This receipt is included in the sale of the car, as are a WHOLE LOT OF receipts. I have personally converted 3 cars to run on waste vegetable oil, this system is by far most superior to any system I have seen or used. The receipt: solenoid valvex2=$160, flate plate heat exchanger-$200, aux. moon shaped fuel tank for diesel-$225, A4 drop in heat exchanger-$300, controller-$500, fuel level sender-$40, hose-in-hose lines-$85, tubing, clamps, fittings-$230, fff fuel filter-$300, brackets-$45, fuel filler assembly-$65, and $1,450.00 worth of labor. There is $3200 worth of vegetable oil system components on this vehicle. If you ARE NOT INTERESTED in this stuff, I will take it off and hold onto it for another project down the road. IF THE JETTA SELLS HERE ON EBAY FOR LESS THAN $2,750.00, I WILL NOT INCLUDE THE VEGETABLE OIL FUEL SYSTEM. If the Jetta goes for $2750.01 or more, I will include the WVO system if the buyer wants it. The flat plate heat exchanger and custom moon tank, along with the controller are the best parts of the system. The half moon tank does not take up any trunk space. This tanks holds petrodiesel from the pump, and it is a 5 gallon capacity. The controller will automatically switch between diesel and veggie when the system is ready if you program it to do so. Also, if you like, you can turn off the Jetta while running on already heated WVO, and the controller will automatically switch the vehicle to run on diesel and the car will stay running and flush the diesel out of the block for you, then the car will shut itself off at the proper time and you can walk away from you car while its locked, and purging itself of veggie oil. The flat plate heat exchanger and heated fuel lines and filter heat up the veggie oil for you, so after a couple minutes of running on the fuel you have to pay for (diesel), the controller will switch to veggie and you can go anywhere you want on free fuel (vegetable oil), so long as you flush the engine of the veggie with diesel before shutting down. The car also has a "tdi frost heater" which is a custom heater. If you plug this in the night before a road trip or when it's -20 degrees out, it will heat up your engine coolant and veggie oil to allow you to switch to free fuel faster! The veggie system: in short, it is pretty easy to collect free used veggie oil from restaurants and put it through filter socks. Some people clean it with blue jeans, other use a centrifuge and paper filter, others let gravity "settle out" heavy food particles and water and only use oil off the top of a 55 gallon drum, leaving the water/food in the bottom of the drum. step 1: filter the oil. step 2: put it in car. There are exterior fills for WVO and diesel, so don't worry about your trunk smelling, doesn't happen with this tdi. step 3: start your vehicle on diesel. The heat exchangers use 12V power and coolant from the engine to heat the veggie oil to approx. 180F, this is the temp at which the veggie is as thin (has the same viscosity) as diesel. switch the vehicle over to grease (this car can do it automatically at the critical temp :) veggie controller is nice). Then you drive on free fuel. At the end of your trip, switch back to diesel to flush the veggie out of the motor. If you leave veggie in the motor and cut it off, the veggie congeals when it reaches ambient temperature, so always flush the motor of the alternative fuel. The veggie controller on this vehicle does that automatically if you set it to. (google VO Controller deluxe). There is an exterior location to fill the car with diesel (goes into the conical 5 gallon tank in the trunk, behind the spare tire). The fill hole for diesel is right next to the stock fuel tank door. The stock fuel tank has a heat exchanger in it and the stock VW fuel tank holds Vegetable oil, Biodiesel, or regular diesel. When both tanks are filled, the car has a range of OVER 800 miles!!! The long and short of it: I REALLY, REALLY regret having to sell this vehicle. I purchased 2 year license plates for it and was planning on keeping it for many many years, but I have too many vehicles and not enough time to fix this one. Receipts: I have every single receipt and thing which was EVER done to this car. To say that the previous two owners maintained it meticulously would be an understatement. The veggie oil system receipt 10/19/2006-$3200. 3/24/99 receipt for oil change with 5000, 10k miles, and 15kmiles N/C, 20k service again no charge for oil change, alignment, at 36k miles the oil was changed to synthetic. the windshield was replaced 3/08/02 for $463.10, 5/20/2002 receipts for tires and alignment at 57k miles-$228.Then on 3/22/02 I also have receipts for dampeners and cover plates-$74, rear two tires $159, and a timing belt change at 65k miles for $221.73. I also have a receipt from 6/2/03 $2,378.75, which is for a serp belt, timing belt, motor oil, filter, coolant, air filter, water pump, new sensa-trac struts, new tires, and new shock absorbers. new antenna 6/5/03-$31.96, receipt for new tires 12/3/07-$474, shifter pin for trans in 07-$48.15, in 4/11/2008, receipt for check engine light being on- a new EGR straight pipe was installed here-$412.34. 9/26/07 receipt for new turbo charger, fuel injectors, starter, intake manifold gasket, etc $1410.44, 8/23/07 VEM pump calibrate-$340.42, then from 1/19/07 $862.81 receipt for entire front strut assembly, oil filt, bump stops, strut mounts, rear calipers. $134 receipt for pipe and gasket, 8/23/08 receipt for 4 tires, $285.60, 3/13/07-starter, door handle $130.74, 3/13/08 glow plugs and controller, and fuel injection pump work $848.32, oil, filter 10/4/08 $38, 5/26/06 receipt for oil, tires $230.56, 10/7/09 work on brakes all around new $273.14, electrical and suspension work in 8/7/08 $358.50, 8/24/06-$476.08 glow plug light, coolant, fuel filt, oil filt, cabin filt, synth oil, wheel well liners and front end parts replaced, battery waste gate actuator, washer fluid reservoir receipts on 1/24/07-$275.08, 7/31/2007 receipts for machine shop, valve job, mill head, oil filter, timing belt, head gasket set, at 123,918 miles, 7/18/09 receipt for injectors, brake work-$128.59. Another new windshield 12/10/09 for $235.50, 10/9/09 receipt for air mass sensor, windshield wiper motor assembly $419.50. ALL OF THE RECEIPTS COME WITH CAR. I am sorry if you were frustrated reading through all of that, but I simply want to make sure the buyer knows this car was extremely well cared for, and all records are available and come with it. All-in-all, this car needs a hint of work. If the head were to be removed, you could tell if the rod is bent or if the lower compression in the one cylinder is due it needing new rings. Address that and you have a 35-55 mile per gallon car which runs perfectly on diesel or free vegetable oil, or biodiesel. Car is sold as it, where it, with no warranties. If you need more pictures, would like to see receipts, have any more questions, please ask. Auction ends on October 16th at 8:40 PM Eastern time, celllular device number = (847)361-638sevoon, don't call me before 9:30am or after 11pm.