Hi guys,
Just took posession of my 2000 TDI yesterday. I drove it home over 100 miles altogether, and everything was perfect. It was ready for the 40K oil change, which I did last night, and did not attempt to restart it afterwards.
This morning I was looking forward to a road trip to a family reunion, but the car would not start. The engine would turn over and sound like a successful start, and it would run for about one second, then shut off.
I called the local dealer, who kept saying "you must have a dead battery". I insisted that the battery was good, so they said "it's probably the theft detterent system, bring it in and we'll reset the code."
Once I got there, they said "Oh, we thought it was a dead battery, which results in the theft detterent code. If that's not it, then we can't look at it until August 16th because our schedule is full."
So once again, the stealer was incompetent on the phone, so I towed it in for nothing. It is still sitting there, but they can't look at it for three more weeks anyway. I might bring it back home just to keep it in my garage in the meantime, I don't trust it sitting in their lot.
Anyway, the real reason for my post is: What could have gone wrong to keep the car from running? Why would it run for a second then quit?
I put exxon diesel fuel in it - does this sound like a clogged fuel filter? It would be odd, since I drove 30 miles after buying the fuel, and everything worked great.
Could I have installed the filter incorrectly? The oil light does not come on, so I assume it has pressure.
Is there anything else under there that I might have bumped loose?
Please help!
Thanks,
Aaron
Just took posession of my 2000 TDI yesterday. I drove it home over 100 miles altogether, and everything was perfect. It was ready for the 40K oil change, which I did last night, and did not attempt to restart it afterwards.
This morning I was looking forward to a road trip to a family reunion, but the car would not start. The engine would turn over and sound like a successful start, and it would run for about one second, then shut off.
I called the local dealer, who kept saying "you must have a dead battery". I insisted that the battery was good, so they said "it's probably the theft detterent system, bring it in and we'll reset the code."
Once I got there, they said "Oh, we thought it was a dead battery, which results in the theft detterent code. If that's not it, then we can't look at it until August 16th because our schedule is full."
So once again, the stealer was incompetent on the phone, so I towed it in for nothing. It is still sitting there, but they can't look at it for three more weeks anyway. I might bring it back home just to keep it in my garage in the meantime, I don't trust it sitting in their lot.
Anyway, the real reason for my post is: What could have gone wrong to keep the car from running? Why would it run for a second then quit?
I put exxon diesel fuel in it - does this sound like a clogged fuel filter? It would be odd, since I drove 30 miles after buying the fuel, and everything worked great.
Could I have installed the filter incorrectly? The oil light does not come on, so I assume it has pressure.
Is there anything else under there that I might have bumped loose?
Please help!
Thanks,
Aaron