Bill1975
Active member
Im a new TDI owner, so I'm still learning the ropes. I have a 2011 A3 with 89000 miles, I just purchased it two days ago.
So far the car is great, however this morning I started the car after it sat over night. The motor cranked for 2-3 seconds before starting. Not terribly long, but longer than I'm used to. I then saw the "Diagnose Dan" video where he replaced a faulty VVT unit that was causing a long crank time on a cold start. I'm not sure if this is the same issue, or just a glitch. I occasionally got random, long ish cranks on my gas cars even with a good battery. It's hard for me to know how long a long crank is.
Also, according the the manual, I need to turn the key without starting the car and letting the glow plug light go out before starting. I generally forget to do this as I'm not used to it. Not sure how critical it is since temperature is here are in the 60s or 70s.
So far the car is great, however this morning I started the car after it sat over night. The motor cranked for 2-3 seconds before starting. Not terribly long, but longer than I'm used to. I then saw the "Diagnose Dan" video where he replaced a faulty VVT unit that was causing a long crank time on a cold start. I'm not sure if this is the same issue, or just a glitch. I occasionally got random, long ish cranks on my gas cars even with a good battery. It's hard for me to know how long a long crank is.
Also, according the the manual, I need to turn the key without starting the car and letting the glow plug light go out before starting. I generally forget to do this as I'm not used to it. Not sure how critical it is since temperature is here are in the 60s or 70s.