Got a knock on my buildings door at work from the woman I performed her 40k mile maintenance on last week for her 09 JSW TDi. She didn't seem happy.... car would not start.
I tried starting it. Acted like battery was dead, cranked 1/2 a rev, then stopped with all lights going out. Felt like when I hydrolocked my Jeep and had to blow water out of the spark plug holes.
Anyway, I thought I had heard of this intercooler icing issue. I offered her my car since I was paranoid somehow this was my fault. Tried to start my car.... same thing. At least I was off the hook for messing up her car, but now I have 2 TDi's to get running.
Dropped her belly pan and saw lots of oily watery liquid on the belly pan right under the intercooler that was NOT there last week when I did the maintenance. Removed her intercooler and found evidence of water/oil, but it had been sucked up already. A few drops came out, but most of it was elsewhere. We kept trying.... engine came to a stand still and would not rotate anymore. Wait for 1 minute and it would rotate another revolution or so... I'm assuming it was hydrolocked and the water was bleeding past the valves, or worst: past the rings into the oil sump!
Anyway. Got hers going, and started working on mine.... Dealership was called and was told since I was at 47,000 miles that this was not a warranty item! Apparently I have to take care of this myself. Any tricks? I already have pipe insulation on the lower section of the grill. This infuriates me that the dealership thinks that an engine full of water is not a power train item? Apparently I must throw a rod before they care? Any tips to make that happen?
Seriously, any tips to help the icing issue. I am NOT buying a part from VW to fix their own design flaw. This is the only intercooled turbo diesel I've experienced this with!!
I tried starting it. Acted like battery was dead, cranked 1/2 a rev, then stopped with all lights going out. Felt like when I hydrolocked my Jeep and had to blow water out of the spark plug holes.
Anyway, I thought I had heard of this intercooler icing issue. I offered her my car since I was paranoid somehow this was my fault. Tried to start my car.... same thing. At least I was off the hook for messing up her car, but now I have 2 TDi's to get running.
Dropped her belly pan and saw lots of oily watery liquid on the belly pan right under the intercooler that was NOT there last week when I did the maintenance. Removed her intercooler and found evidence of water/oil, but it had been sucked up already. A few drops came out, but most of it was elsewhere. We kept trying.... engine came to a stand still and would not rotate anymore. Wait for 1 minute and it would rotate another revolution or so... I'm assuming it was hydrolocked and the water was bleeding past the valves, or worst: past the rings into the oil sump!
Anyway. Got hers going, and started working on mine.... Dealership was called and was told since I was at 47,000 miles that this was not a warranty item! Apparently I have to take care of this myself. Any tricks? I already have pipe insulation on the lower section of the grill. This infuriates me that the dealership thinks that an engine full of water is not a power train item? Apparently I must throw a rod before they care? Any tips to make that happen?
Seriously, any tips to help the icing issue. I am NOT buying a part from VW to fix their own design flaw. This is the only intercooled turbo diesel I've experienced this with!!