Hi,
I guess my 98 A3 Golf TDI is at last striked by the infamous fuel cut-off valve O-ring problem. The symptoms were as described:
Monday: Driving home from work. After 2-3 km engine stopped for a short moment and started up again automatically. I was driving in 3rd gear, 40-50 km/h.
Thursday: Driving home from work. 5th gear, 80 km/h. Engine stopped. Car stopped. Engine started normally when using startermotor.
Tuesday: 10 min after a 30 km trip engine reved up to 2000 rpm during a restart.
I haven't noticed any powerloss. Car runs normally otherwise.
Can anybody that has experienced the o-ring problem confirm these symptoms?
I took a look at the fuel cut-off valve at the end of the fuel pump yesterday. The valve has a black-white wire attached with a nut on the "dome-shaped" top of it, right?
Do we have pictures of the fuel cut-off valve?
Is there differences in behaviour between the fuel cut-off valve O-ring and the 109-relay issues?
After 3 years with the TDI, maybe I should start driving around with a spare 109-relay in the glovebox...
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Tin Nguyen
1998 Golf GL TDI Variant
Visit TDIwagon's homepage: http://home.no.net/thng/
I guess my 98 A3 Golf TDI is at last striked by the infamous fuel cut-off valve O-ring problem. The symptoms were as described:
Monday: Driving home from work. After 2-3 km engine stopped for a short moment and started up again automatically. I was driving in 3rd gear, 40-50 km/h.
Thursday: Driving home from work. 5th gear, 80 km/h. Engine stopped. Car stopped. Engine started normally when using startermotor.
Tuesday: 10 min after a 30 km trip engine reved up to 2000 rpm during a restart.
I haven't noticed any powerloss. Car runs normally otherwise.
Can anybody that has experienced the o-ring problem confirm these symptoms?
I took a look at the fuel cut-off valve at the end of the fuel pump yesterday. The valve has a black-white wire attached with a nut on the "dome-shaped" top of it, right?
Do we have pictures of the fuel cut-off valve?
Is there differences in behaviour between the fuel cut-off valve O-ring and the 109-relay issues?
After 3 years with the TDI, maybe I should start driving around with a spare 109-relay in the glovebox...
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Tin Nguyen
1998 Golf GL TDI Variant
Visit TDIwagon's homepage: http://home.no.net/thng/