Silvertdi01
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Hi guys,
I recently picked up an 01 VW Jetta TDI auto. Car only has 154k on it. I had shopping around for one for months and this appeared to be incredibly solid and had receipts for everything. When I went to see car it started a bit slow, I figured it had been from sitting for a week. Bought car after reviewing receipts and driving. Car ran perfectly the whole hour drive home.
A few days later the starter completely failed. Month old Bosch reman starter, seemed odd to me. Replaced starter with another Bosch reman, and drove for a couple days. About 5 days after replacing starter the car wouldn't start on a cold morning. I checked everything and charged battery. I came to the conclusion of glow plugs, but later the next day I got it running without replacing them. Car had a rougher idle than usual that I attributed to the failing belt tensioner. Drove car down the road for 5-10 miles and it dies. I was going 60 mph at the time. Came back later to two home and I got it to run for 10 seconds and sounded like death, then proceeded to die.
Fuel gauge was at 1/2 so i figured that wasn't it. Had a code reader with me and pulled a P1248 code for Injection Pump Timing. Injection pump was replaced around 2 years ago so hoping that isn't the issue. Brought it home and tried to start and next day burnt up the 2nd Bosch starter. I was not hard on it at all bc I have been very nervous after first starter burning up.
Replaced starter again with a Carquest, added some fuel, reset code, and tried cranking. 1 click and nothing. I'm at a complete loss at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I recently picked up an 01 VW Jetta TDI auto. Car only has 154k on it. I had shopping around for one for months and this appeared to be incredibly solid and had receipts for everything. When I went to see car it started a bit slow, I figured it had been from sitting for a week. Bought car after reviewing receipts and driving. Car ran perfectly the whole hour drive home.
A few days later the starter completely failed. Month old Bosch reman starter, seemed odd to me. Replaced starter with another Bosch reman, and drove for a couple days. About 5 days after replacing starter the car wouldn't start on a cold morning. I checked everything and charged battery. I came to the conclusion of glow plugs, but later the next day I got it running without replacing them. Car had a rougher idle than usual that I attributed to the failing belt tensioner. Drove car down the road for 5-10 miles and it dies. I was going 60 mph at the time. Came back later to two home and I got it to run for 10 seconds and sounded like death, then proceeded to die.
Fuel gauge was at 1/2 so i figured that wasn't it. Had a code reader with me and pulled a P1248 code for Injection Pump Timing. Injection pump was replaced around 2 years ago so hoping that isn't the issue. Brought it home and tried to start and next day burnt up the 2nd Bosch starter. I was not hard on it at all bc I have been very nervous after first starter burning up.
Replaced starter again with a Carquest, added some fuel, reset code, and tried cranking. 1 click and nothing. I'm at a complete loss at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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