orion4048
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Hi everyone,
I'm having a problem with my TDI that I would like some input on. It's a 2006 with about 105,000 miles on the clock, bought used. A while back soon after I bought the car, we were coming off the highway and slowing down for a light. All of a sudden the car just shut off as if someone had turned the key off. Put it back in park, started right back up like nothing ever happened. Didn't have the problem for a while, and sometimes it would happen here and there, always starting back up. Sometimes it would happen every time I get in the car and sometimes it would run like a beast with no problems.
Last time I brought it to the shop, they cleaned the ASV / throttle body because it was making a rapid clicking noise when you shut the car off. Car was fine after the cleaning, but the check engine light was always on. Recently it started "stumbling" (for lack of a better term) as I drive, so I brought it back to the shop where they replaced the ASV / throttle body that it was throwing a code for. Now the car is back to doing the same stalling at a light and stumbling issue, and it's gotten quite a bit worse. Still intermittent, but it happens much more often than ever. It has not thrown any codes since I got it back last Monday from the shop.
I checked the air filter and it looks fine. I've got a fuel filter on order and will replace that within the next couple days. Yesterday I noticed that it was stumbling as I was trying to pass someone, and the glow plug light flashed really quick and went right off. There is still no check engine or other idiot light on. I've seen posts about the crankshaft position sensor causing a similar problem, but a lot of people say that the car will have a lot of trouble starting back up and it has to sit a while before they can get it back running.
I was thinking a fuel problem (filter or pump), but I wonder if it was a fuel problem if it would start back up as quick as it does. The timing belt was changed about 10k ago, DMF within the last 10k also.
Anyone have any other possible insight that could maybe point me in the right direction?? I'm a little hesitant to bring it straight back to the shop and would like to try to do a little self diagnosing if possible. I'm no mechanic, but I'm also not afraid to take things apart and fix stuff either. Any thoughts would be appreciated, as I really don't want to pay another high repair bill if possible!! And I certainly don't want to get rear ended because my car craps out at a light!
Thanks,
Christy
I'm having a problem with my TDI that I would like some input on. It's a 2006 with about 105,000 miles on the clock, bought used. A while back soon after I bought the car, we were coming off the highway and slowing down for a light. All of a sudden the car just shut off as if someone had turned the key off. Put it back in park, started right back up like nothing ever happened. Didn't have the problem for a while, and sometimes it would happen here and there, always starting back up. Sometimes it would happen every time I get in the car and sometimes it would run like a beast with no problems.
Last time I brought it to the shop, they cleaned the ASV / throttle body because it was making a rapid clicking noise when you shut the car off. Car was fine after the cleaning, but the check engine light was always on. Recently it started "stumbling" (for lack of a better term) as I drive, so I brought it back to the shop where they replaced the ASV / throttle body that it was throwing a code for. Now the car is back to doing the same stalling at a light and stumbling issue, and it's gotten quite a bit worse. Still intermittent, but it happens much more often than ever. It has not thrown any codes since I got it back last Monday from the shop.
I checked the air filter and it looks fine. I've got a fuel filter on order and will replace that within the next couple days. Yesterday I noticed that it was stumbling as I was trying to pass someone, and the glow plug light flashed really quick and went right off. There is still no check engine or other idiot light on. I've seen posts about the crankshaft position sensor causing a similar problem, but a lot of people say that the car will have a lot of trouble starting back up and it has to sit a while before they can get it back running.
I was thinking a fuel problem (filter or pump), but I wonder if it was a fuel problem if it would start back up as quick as it does. The timing belt was changed about 10k ago, DMF within the last 10k also.
Anyone have any other possible insight that could maybe point me in the right direction?? I'm a little hesitant to bring it straight back to the shop and would like to try to do a little self diagnosing if possible. I'm no mechanic, but I'm also not afraid to take things apart and fix stuff either. Any thoughts would be appreciated, as I really don't want to pay another high repair bill if possible!! And I certainly don't want to get rear ended because my car craps out at a light!
Thanks,
Christy