Bshank91
Member
HOPING SOME OF YOU TDI EXPERTS CAN SHINE A LIGHT ON MY ISSUE..I HAVE A MANUAL 2001 JETTA TDI WITH 250K MILES..MY ISSUE STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, WAS COMIN HOME FROM WORK WENT TO PASS SOMEONE SO I GOT ON THE GO PEDAL AND IT DIES....NO BANG,POP ETC JUST DIED SO PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE KEY IT JUST SPUN N SPUN BUT WOULDNT FIRE UP SO TURNED KEY OFF AND BACK ON AND THE GLOW PLUG ICON FLASHES..RAN A SCAN AND GOT A CODE FOR QUANTITY ADJUSTER PLUS MY INJ PUMP HAD A SMALL LEAK ON TOP TO BEGIN WITH..I HAVE PLENTY OF WRENCH TIME ON CARS BUT THIS IS MY FIRST VW/DIESEL, FOUND A SHOP AND GUY SAYS THE INJ PUMP WAS BAD SO IT WAS REPLACED AND SET BACK UP..SO SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO RIGHT..?? APPARENTLY NOT, THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T FIRE UP..AFTER CHECKING SEEN THAT THE INJ PUMP PLUG ON HARNESS SIDE HAD SOME FRAYED WIRES AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ISSUE AND REPLACED THAT...NOW IT WILL START BUT WHEN IT STARTS IT INSTANTLY SCREAMS TO 3K RPM AND WILL NOT COME DOWN UNLESS YOU LET CLUTCH GO EVEN THEN ITS STILL SCREMING THE MECHANIC "SAYS" THEY TRIED A DIFFERENT PUMP THAT THEY KNEW WORKED AND NOTHING CHANGED STILL SKY ROCKETS...AT THE POINT I AM LOST AND NOT SURE WHERE TO TURN.!! SO ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.!! ITS A GREAT CAR AND MADE ME LOVE TDI'S SO DONT WANT TO GIVE UP BUT I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP THROWING MONEY AT IT SO ANY IDEAS..?????