jessw5891
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PLEASE PLEASE help?? And please bare with me here..this might be a long post. I want to be THOROUGH because you never know. SO here goes:
2000 Jetta Tdi 1.9L (5 speed MT)
Started acting up a few months ago...been having trouble Starting in warm weather, So I went to autozone and Tested the battery and the alternator. I was told that they were both fine. But I needed A glow plug relay.
Next day..... Completely dead can't even jump it.
I decided to start where autozone told me to and I:
•changed relay 180 (glow plug relay)
. **Nothing happened**
•installed 4 new glow plugs. 2 were burnt up
•replaced harness as well
•checked the ecm
•friend of mine tried starter fluid he said it was a fuel issue?
• I ordered relay 109 ecm relay.
•my ex decided to "Bypass" relay 109
• ex fried the terminal for relay 109
•friend of mine fixed The terminal
Installed relay
*** yay glow plug light is working now!!!!****
But car doesn't start.
•my friend said that Starter is out.
•I got a new starter and put it in.
**old one looked fine btw**
• new starter is in and the battery is back in. NOW all the dash lights come on..yes even the glow plug light. But the Car still does NOTHING!!! No clicking noise...no cranking. Nothing. What the heck?
•and the trunk stopped opening even with a key.
Any ideas???
2000 Jetta Tdi 1.9L (5 speed MT)
Started acting up a few months ago...been having trouble Starting in warm weather, So I went to autozone and Tested the battery and the alternator. I was told that they were both fine. But I needed A glow plug relay.
Next day..... Completely dead can't even jump it.
I decided to start where autozone told me to and I:
•changed relay 180 (glow plug relay)
. **Nothing happened**
•installed 4 new glow plugs. 2 were burnt up
•replaced harness as well
•checked the ecm
•friend of mine tried starter fluid he said it was a fuel issue?
• I ordered relay 109 ecm relay.
•my ex decided to "Bypass" relay 109
• ex fried the terminal for relay 109
•friend of mine fixed The terminal
Installed relay
*** yay glow plug light is working now!!!!****
But car doesn't start.
•my friend said that Starter is out.
•I got a new starter and put it in.
**old one looked fine btw**
• new starter is in and the battery is back in. NOW all the dash lights come on..yes even the glow plug light. But the Car still does NOTHING!!! No clicking noise...no cranking. Nothing. What the heck?
•and the trunk stopped opening even with a key.
Any ideas???
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