bookdiva
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Okay, here is what I posted last night:
I have been having trouble with stalling. Car starts fine (garage heated to 50 degrees) and then when I drive for a few minutes car stalls and has to be cranked for 20 - 30 seconds to restart, then immediately stalls again when shift is moved. Last time this happened I spent 20 minutes trying to restart car. I use Stanadyne and this is my first winter with this car, which I bought used in March. Changed the fuel filter today and the deisel looked clear. Sometimes the car drives fine and then I have trouble with the next restart. After reading on this forum I decided to listen for the lift pump. I flipped the seat up, took off the cover and turned the key so that the glowplug light comes on-heard nothing.
I should also mention that the local (Warsaw, Indiana) hot shot foreign car repair shop in the area replaced my glowplugs right after I got the car because it threw the code for faulty 2 and 4 plugs. A week later when I discovered the glowplug recall mess on this forum and my car blinked the check engine light again, I returned to hot shot repair and they said. lets replace wiring harness and you need new programing for the glowplugs. $200 for harness and $300 for new program. I asked, "What glowplugs did you install in my car-ceramic or metal?" Service manager tells me he does not know and can't find out. When I say, "Without knowing the type of plug how are you going to give me the right program?" He tells me he doesn't need to know the type of plug to install the program. I never darkened their door again. I sprayed some decorrosion stuff in the #2 glowplug harnes spot and put some di-electric (spelling?) grease in there and no more check engine light for 7 months.
But back to the stalling. I am not a mechanic, but I am game, if I have good instructions. I can replace some parts. I've done a water pump and windshield wiper motor on an 1990 s-10; rebuilt the carberator on my Volare station wagon. Is this a job for a rookie? And also, is there a mechanic this forum trusts within a 1.5 hour drive from me?
I should also mention that the stalling seems to start when the tank is 1/3 to 1/2 empty.
Now for the real bad news. I asked my dear husband (dh) to got get me a fuel filter and a quart of oil at NAPA. He went to Autozone to save time and brought back the wrong oil (told by Autozone liar that this was the sam stuff--Castrol Syntec) and placed it in the back of my car (I always carry an extra quart no matter what car I drive.)
Wnen the car stalled at the end of my street the oil light came on and dinged. I walked home and got my dh he pulled the quart of oil and asked how much and I replied the whole quart, so in it went. Later realized I should have checked level. Now there is WAY to much oil in my car. The car has not been started since extra oil was added although I did ONE ATTEMPT TO START ENGINE AND CRANKED IT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
So, here are the questions:
I want to drain the oil, but I dont have a torque wrench for the engine cover.
Would draining the oil and changing the filter be enough?
Was the attempt to start the engine a problem?
Is shooting the liar at Autozone ladylike behavior?
Is there anyone out there who makes emergency tdi housecalls.
Where is a good mechanic this forum trusts that is within 1.5 hours of me in Warsaw, IN.
I have been having trouble with stalling. Car starts fine (garage heated to 50 degrees) and then when I drive for a few minutes car stalls and has to be cranked for 20 - 30 seconds to restart, then immediately stalls again when shift is moved. Last time this happened I spent 20 minutes trying to restart car. I use Stanadyne and this is my first winter with this car, which I bought used in March. Changed the fuel filter today and the deisel looked clear. Sometimes the car drives fine and then I have trouble with the next restart. After reading on this forum I decided to listen for the lift pump. I flipped the seat up, took off the cover and turned the key so that the glowplug light comes on-heard nothing.
I should also mention that the local (Warsaw, Indiana) hot shot foreign car repair shop in the area replaced my glowplugs right after I got the car because it threw the code for faulty 2 and 4 plugs. A week later when I discovered the glowplug recall mess on this forum and my car blinked the check engine light again, I returned to hot shot repair and they said. lets replace wiring harness and you need new programing for the glowplugs. $200 for harness and $300 for new program. I asked, "What glowplugs did you install in my car-ceramic or metal?" Service manager tells me he does not know and can't find out. When I say, "Without knowing the type of plug how are you going to give me the right program?" He tells me he doesn't need to know the type of plug to install the program. I never darkened their door again. I sprayed some decorrosion stuff in the #2 glowplug harnes spot and put some di-electric (spelling?) grease in there and no more check engine light for 7 months.
But back to the stalling. I am not a mechanic, but I am game, if I have good instructions. I can replace some parts. I've done a water pump and windshield wiper motor on an 1990 s-10; rebuilt the carberator on my Volare station wagon. Is this a job for a rookie? And also, is there a mechanic this forum trusts within a 1.5 hour drive from me?
I should also mention that the stalling seems to start when the tank is 1/3 to 1/2 empty.
Now for the real bad news. I asked my dear husband (dh) to got get me a fuel filter and a quart of oil at NAPA. He went to Autozone to save time and brought back the wrong oil (told by Autozone liar that this was the sam stuff--Castrol Syntec) and placed it in the back of my car (I always carry an extra quart no matter what car I drive.)
Wnen the car stalled at the end of my street the oil light came on and dinged. I walked home and got my dh he pulled the quart of oil and asked how much and I replied the whole quart, so in it went. Later realized I should have checked level. Now there is WAY to much oil in my car. The car has not been started since extra oil was added although I did ONE ATTEMPT TO START ENGINE AND CRANKED IT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
So, here are the questions:
I want to drain the oil, but I dont have a torque wrench for the engine cover.
Would draining the oil and changing the filter be enough?
Was the attempt to start the engine a problem?
Is shooting the liar at Autozone ladylike behavior?
Is there anyone out there who makes emergency tdi housecalls.
Where is a good mechanic this forum trusts that is within 1.5 hours of me in Warsaw, IN.