Angry Squirrel + Irma = No Start

I parked my car Sunday morning and sat through Hurricane Irma at work. Monday after the storm, my car would not start. Took a couple of days to find the problem, but it turns out that something (I am blaming squirrels since they were seen fleeing the scene) went to town on my wiring harness. I spliced the harness back together, but still got the same faults through VAG-COM.


Address 01: Engine
Control Module Part Number: 03L 906 022 KB
Component and/or Version: R4 2, 0L EDC G000SG 7972

Faults Found:
000145 - Valve for Fuel Metering (N290)
P0091 - 000 - Short to Ground - Intermittent
Fault Status: 00100000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset Counter: 255
Mileage: 248403 km

008852 - Fuel Pressure Regulator Valve (N276)
P2294 - 000 - Open Circuit - MIL ON
Fault Status: 00100000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset Counter: 255
Mileage: 248403 km

000280 - Engine Coolant Temp. Sensor (G62)
P0118 - 000 - Signal too High
Fault Status: 01100000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset Counter: 255
Mileage: 248403 km

000144 - Valve for Fuel Metering (N290)
P0090 - 000 - Open Circuit - MIL ON
Fault Status: 01100000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset Counter: 255
Mileage: 248403 km



Car will turn over, but will not start. The fans come on about 15 to 20 seconds after I turn the key. They run constantly.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Car is 2011 Jetta TDI - DPF delete, Malone Stage 2 tune

Link to squirrel harness mod:
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showphoto.php?photo=124768&title=irma&cat=6856

Link to VCDS screen shots:
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showphoto.php?photo=124769&title=irma&cat=6856
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showphoto.php?photo=124770&title=irma&cat=6856

I resolved P0090 and P2294 by replacing a blown fuse. It must have popped when I tried to start the car the first time after the chewing incident. P0118 turned out to be a couple of wires that I missed.

Now I am getting TPS fault codes intermittently.

This is turning out to be quite an adventure.

I fixed most of the issues, but now I have an intermittent limp mode issue. Going to look at the codes on VAGCOM tonight when I get home.

The limp mode is not consistent. Sometimes, the car starts and drives normally. CEL is on, but does not appear to affect performance. Other times, the glow plug light will flash and power falls off at about 1900RPM immediately upon starting the car. Today, the car started and the glow plug light was flashing, but went away after a re-start 10 miles down the road. The light came back on about 40 miles later. I re-started the car and it went away, but it came back almost immediately.

When the car goes into limp mode, the A/C compressor kicks out and I got hot air out the vents.

Any ideas?

more wiring issues

Update: All fixed

I fixed the problem. It turns out that one of the connections in the main wiring harness had been opened a bit when someone tested it. It was just enough that it would disconnect when the engine bay got warm.

Anyway, I hope these pics help anyone else that may run into a similar issue.


You can download the file at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RcE3vtDZg8Xgbuu49lunZE_2X58RfCYK