freedomlives
Veteran Member
Hi,
We got a 2005 Transporter T5 this summer, 9 seater, with the AXD engine (which i understand is used in the Touareg as well).
Last week, driving home, the low fuel light came on. I figured that as it should come on with 10 liters still in the tank, I wouldn't have a problem to drive to town, which is just 15km / 10 miles away and fill up the next time we were going somewhere. Well, instead, yesterday it died just a mile from our house. I called a neighbor, got a can of diesel fuel I had for my tractor, filled her up and tried starting twice. No luck, realized it would be best to check the internet, and found I should use VCDS to prime the pump, which I tried, no luck, neighbor pulled her home with a tractor, and looking on ELSA software, it said in certain instances 3 minutes of priming was needed. Did that, battery was too low to start, tried again today, no luck.
Code was thrown for the G28 speed sensor, but I read that can come on when starting the engine for a long time. I checked already that fuel comes out of the fuel filter on the line to the tandem pump, so I think all that's left is the tandem pump itself.
Can it get screwed up from being cranked dry a bit? And is the level of screwing up that might occur such that it isn't possible to repair with the kits for repairing tandem pumps? Is there anything else I should still try and/or way to make sure its that pump?
We got a 2005 Transporter T5 this summer, 9 seater, with the AXD engine (which i understand is used in the Touareg as well).
Last week, driving home, the low fuel light came on. I figured that as it should come on with 10 liters still in the tank, I wouldn't have a problem to drive to town, which is just 15km / 10 miles away and fill up the next time we were going somewhere. Well, instead, yesterday it died just a mile from our house. I called a neighbor, got a can of diesel fuel I had for my tractor, filled her up and tried starting twice. No luck, realized it would be best to check the internet, and found I should use VCDS to prime the pump, which I tried, no luck, neighbor pulled her home with a tractor, and looking on ELSA software, it said in certain instances 3 minutes of priming was needed. Did that, battery was too low to start, tried again today, no luck.
Code was thrown for the G28 speed sensor, but I read that can come on when starting the engine for a long time. I checked already that fuel comes out of the fuel filter on the line to the tandem pump, so I think all that's left is the tandem pump itself.
Can it get screwed up from being cranked dry a bit? And is the level of screwing up that might occur such that it isn't possible to repair with the kits for repairing tandem pumps? Is there anything else I should still try and/or way to make sure its that pump?
