Fixmy59bug
Veteran Member
Oh boy.....
So to it coming home from the nascar truck race, my glow plug light started flashing. No immediate sudden loss of power, at first. After about 500 feet, engine sputtered to a stop, battery light came on, check engine light came on. I'm thinking, crap. I know Passat HPFP failures aren't too common, am I going to be one of the treasured few? But I've got over 300 miles since the last fill up. If it were going to fail, it would have done so before now.
So I get it to the shoulder and I try to restart it. Starts right up with no lights or warnings. That's odd. If it were HPFP, I know it wouldn't be running right now. So I blip the throttle, and there they are... The lights are back. The engine shuts off.
Is that diesel fuel I smell? Is that steam (or smoke) coming from under the hood? Sure enough the answer to both is yes. But because I am on the side of the freeway where Las Vegas drivers are inconsiderate a**holes, no one is giving me room and buzzing past my door. So I am staying inside the car.
AAA shows up, and suddenly with flashing yellows, drivers are giving room. So I get out, and sure enough there is a wet spot on the ground the size of a basketball. So he tows me to my dealership and he leaves. I pop the hood and take off the engine cover and see the sound insulation is damp about the size of a grapefruit. Looking over the fuel lines, it looks it is leaking from the hardline where it attaches to the fuel rail.
This is going to be interesting.
So to it coming home from the nascar truck race, my glow plug light started flashing. No immediate sudden loss of power, at first. After about 500 feet, engine sputtered to a stop, battery light came on, check engine light came on. I'm thinking, crap. I know Passat HPFP failures aren't too common, am I going to be one of the treasured few? But I've got over 300 miles since the last fill up. If it were going to fail, it would have done so before now.
So I get it to the shoulder and I try to restart it. Starts right up with no lights or warnings. That's odd. If it were HPFP, I know it wouldn't be running right now. So I blip the throttle, and there they are... The lights are back. The engine shuts off.
Is that diesel fuel I smell? Is that steam (or smoke) coming from under the hood? Sure enough the answer to both is yes. But because I am on the side of the freeway where Las Vegas drivers are inconsiderate a**holes, no one is giving me room and buzzing past my door. So I am staying inside the car.
AAA shows up, and suddenly with flashing yellows, drivers are giving room. So I get out, and sure enough there is a wet spot on the ground the size of a basketball. So he tows me to my dealership and he leaves. I pop the hood and take off the engine cover and see the sound insulation is damp about the size of a grapefruit. Looking over the fuel lines, it looks it is leaking from the hardline where it attaches to the fuel rail.
This is going to be interesting.