Car dies, then starts, glow plug light flashing?

James Carroll

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Sep 19, 2001
Location
Golden, CO
Wanted to get some input before I dug into it. On my 2000 Beetle TDI, every once in a while, when I start the car, it fires up, then dies immediately. Then when I try to start it, it's hard to start, but does, but the glow plug light starts flashing. The next time I go to start it, it fires right up with no glow plug light flashing. I've checked and it's not throwing any codes in the ECU that I can find. Any suggestions?
 
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