chrisjc
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My 03 Jetta died on me going down the highway about 70mph. It lost power and at first I thought the turbo went into limp mode so I downshifted into 4th and it boiled out black smoke so I pulled over. Wouldn't restart. Glow plug light is comes on, but I replace relay 109 just in case. Still no start. I checked fuse 32 and it was ok but replaced anyway. Still no start. I cracked the line from the IP to an injector and I know fuel is being delivered.
A little history. Car is at 349k miles. I just did a timing belt change at 347k (my third one with this car). I also replaced the two large O-rings in the injection pump about 1k miles prior to timing belt because the IP was leaking. I was getting a little shutter/rough idle intermittently and some shutter when downshifting after doing the seals. I tried the "JB Weld" method but the weld didn't stick to the stack as I had hoped. Luckily I had lines drawn to get it close. I've used this forum to do the timing belt, IP timing, and the injection pump seals. Somehow I missed the "hammer mod" to fix the shutter issue.
So I'm not sure what my next step should be. I don't think its a grounding issue as it was smooth road, not like I hit a bump and car died. And all of the other electrical is working fine. Car cranks over strong but doesn't even attempt to fire. I made the mistake the first time I did the timing belt and put the IP pin in the wrong slot. When you turn the motor then it sounds like it wants to crank. My issue now is that it just turns and doesn't attempt to start.
All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
A little history. Car is at 349k miles. I just did a timing belt change at 347k (my third one with this car). I also replaced the two large O-rings in the injection pump about 1k miles prior to timing belt because the IP was leaking. I was getting a little shutter/rough idle intermittently and some shutter when downshifting after doing the seals. I tried the "JB Weld" method but the weld didn't stick to the stack as I had hoped. Luckily I had lines drawn to get it close. I've used this forum to do the timing belt, IP timing, and the injection pump seals. Somehow I missed the "hammer mod" to fix the shutter issue.
So I'm not sure what my next step should be. I don't think its a grounding issue as it was smooth road, not like I hit a bump and car died. And all of the other electrical is working fine. Car cranks over strong but doesn't even attempt to fire. I made the mistake the first time I did the timing belt and put the IP pin in the wrong slot. When you turn the motor then it sounds like it wants to crank. My issue now is that it just turns and doesn't attempt to start.
All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.