newfrijo
Veteran Member
Well, the dealer's had my newfrijo for two days trying to solve my '98 TDI NB starting problem. For details of my original problem, pls see http://forums.tdiclub.com/NonCGI/Forum3/HTML/001163.html (basically, TDI would start first time, then if engine stopped after one minute driving/idling, I couldn't restart the engine for 10-15 minutes).
I went in armed with about 20 pages of printouts from various NB lists and forums on the Net...previously, they had looked at it twice, and not been able to pinpoint any problems. They told me to "wait until it got worse"! That was back in August 1999.
Dealer claims the problem's been solved. He replaced:
-the "engine coolant sensor" (the part that tells the engine that it's still cold)
-the glow plug relay, even though it was already replaced a year ago per the VW bulletin
-the power supply relay #109
The dealer felt the engine coolant sensor was the main reason for my starting problems (ie. faulty coolant sensor told the glow plugs that the engine was warm, when really it wasn't. Result was that the glow plugs did NOT light up when needed, when I started the engine that second time, when the engine was still cold).
He said it was NOT the fuel cut off valve, because when the engine did finally start up, there was a lot of smoke, and very strong diesel smell, which meant that the engine was flooded with diesel. Sorry, GaryB, I know you wanted that to be the problem ;-)))
I'm so happy that the problem seems to be solved. I'll let you all know if I have any further problems.
btw, the dealer gave me a '99 Jetta to drive during the two days, which was really great of them! It was weird to see the gas needle move so fast, though ;-))
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Bill
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Bill - '98 NB TDI
I went in armed with about 20 pages of printouts from various NB lists and forums on the Net...previously, they had looked at it twice, and not been able to pinpoint any problems. They told me to "wait until it got worse"! That was back in August 1999.
Dealer claims the problem's been solved. He replaced:
-the "engine coolant sensor" (the part that tells the engine that it's still cold)
-the glow plug relay, even though it was already replaced a year ago per the VW bulletin
-the power supply relay #109
The dealer felt the engine coolant sensor was the main reason for my starting problems (ie. faulty coolant sensor told the glow plugs that the engine was warm, when really it wasn't. Result was that the glow plugs did NOT light up when needed, when I started the engine that second time, when the engine was still cold).
He said it was NOT the fuel cut off valve, because when the engine did finally start up, there was a lot of smoke, and very strong diesel smell, which meant that the engine was flooded with diesel. Sorry, GaryB, I know you wanted that to be the problem ;-)))
I'm so happy that the problem seems to be solved. I'll let you all know if I have any further problems.
btw, the dealer gave me a '99 Jetta to drive during the two days, which was really great of them! It was weird to see the gas needle move so fast, though ;-))
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Bill
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Bill - '98 NB TDI