KITEWAGON
Veteran Member
I got a call from my wife today about 3 miles from home. 2014 Touareg was losing power, bucking and finally died as she was trying to get off the road. Flashing glow plug light. It was about 5 F outside at the time.
Was able to start again and get it off the road. Fuel had Standyne additive. I dumped in some more Optilube winter when I got to it. It started up and idled okay and I drove it home very slowly keeping RPM's below 1500. When running I heard a fairly high pitched whine that sounded like it was coming from under the car. I was guessing maybe the lift pump at the tank. But who knows, its hard to pinpoint noises like this and I didn't want to keep it running any longer than necessary to try to pinpoint it.
The car had about 1/2 tank and we've driven it on this fuel at temps colder than what we had this morning in the past week.
This car has the fix and the extended warranty thank goodness. The fix was withing the last 1000 miles. It has 126k on it right now. I am using the VW goodwill roadside assistance to have it towed to the dealer. I assume that best case scenario is gelled fuel. However, my guess is that gelled fuel may have led the fuel system to be starved for fuel which could have killed the HPFP.
I'm 99% sure that its related to the fuel system and since the entire fuel system is covered by the extended warranty, I expect it to be fully covered by warranty. I will update this thread when I know more.
Was able to start again and get it off the road. Fuel had Standyne additive. I dumped in some more Optilube winter when I got to it. It started up and idled okay and I drove it home very slowly keeping RPM's below 1500. When running I heard a fairly high pitched whine that sounded like it was coming from under the car. I was guessing maybe the lift pump at the tank. But who knows, its hard to pinpoint noises like this and I didn't want to keep it running any longer than necessary to try to pinpoint it.
The car had about 1/2 tank and we've driven it on this fuel at temps colder than what we had this morning in the past week.
This car has the fix and the extended warranty thank goodness. The fix was withing the last 1000 miles. It has 126k on it right now. I am using the VW goodwill roadside assistance to have it towed to the dealer. I assume that best case scenario is gelled fuel. However, my guess is that gelled fuel may have led the fuel system to be starved for fuel which could have killed the HPFP.
I'm 99% sure that its related to the fuel system and since the entire fuel system is covered by the extended warranty, I expect it to be fully covered by warranty. I will update this thread when I know more.