NickWa
Member
My car is a recently purchased 2002 1.9l tdi beetle. My problem is the car is alway hard to start (warm or cold) it takes ~5-10 seconds of cranking.
-per previous owner after MANY trips to dealership she was told "it is just always hard to start, thats how the car is".
-I cannot accept this so I took the car to a local "bavarian auto shop" and the got the code P0128 (coolant temp sensor).
-I unplugged the coolant temp sensor (green sensor) to find that it fired up beautifully! So i installed a new temp sensor and the problem returned. (unless temp sensor is unplugged)
-I know this has happened to many others but am having a hard time finding any fixes posted.
Please if anyone has fixed this respond to my pm's or this thread!
Thanks in advance! Nick
further info
-87,000 miles on odo
-ambient temp 50f+
-timing is good
-timing belt is good
-no other codes thrown on check
-just cleaned MAF
-this has been a long term problem
-per previous owner after MANY trips to dealership she was told "it is just always hard to start, thats how the car is".
-I cannot accept this so I took the car to a local "bavarian auto shop" and the got the code P0128 (coolant temp sensor).
-I unplugged the coolant temp sensor (green sensor) to find that it fired up beautifully! So i installed a new temp sensor and the problem returned. (unless temp sensor is unplugged)
-I know this has happened to many others but am having a hard time finding any fixes posted.
Please if anyone has fixed this respond to my pm's or this thread!
Thanks in advance! Nick
further info
-87,000 miles on odo
-ambient temp 50f+
-timing is good
-timing belt is good
-no other codes thrown on check
-just cleaned MAF
-this has been a long term problem