Recent content by KeithOfOhio

Have a VagCom and good with tools. Recent replacement of the 10mm IP means settings are no longer dialed in for optimum operation. Have a standard 2001 turbocharged Golf 1.9TDI manual shift with no chip modifications done nor wanted. The intake is clean, the EGR disabled, and the injectors...

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PROBLEM SOLVED - Failing to find out if there was any way to test for a good crankcase speed sensor, sometimes called a crankcase position sensor, I purchased a new one and my car now starts again. I also now have a test to offer to others. Symptoms: Go to start the car and it sputters for...

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Understand there is a way to jumper the pins on the IP in order to be able to start up a car; essentially bypassing any harness and computer caused issues. Understand it will only run at idle; but, that would be a good start since my car won't start with new commercially-rebuilt IP and...

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I do get around. Looking for someone with a VCDS near Crawfordville Florida. Even more valuable would be what the initial engine start up computer sequence is as it appears to be checking sensors and acting accordingly. Once the operating temperature on the dash reads 180F, the computer seems...

Brother's 200K ALH engine VW Jetta automatic will start and run for a few seconds before it quits. He can restart the engine over and over again with it staying on by a few more seconds each time. It runs longer if he can keep the RPM above idle while allowing it to reach idle means dead...