Leopard
Member
Good morning fellow TDI'ers! New to the forum and only now starting to explore it, but what a great resource it is.
Well, this is my issue and from what I'm seeing it has not been covered here yet... I own a Jetta TDI Sportwagen 2011 that has been very reliable up until it recently reached 135K miles and problems started happening. After a replacement of the second fuel injector and after having all fuel seals redone at my local trusted mechanic, I was able to drive it only for another 1000 miles before the engine completely downgraded with heavy white smoke. The car can only do 3mph these days and is barely moving.
All current engine codes relate to cylinder 3 misfiring (P0303), injection timing (P020C) and torque difference (P1006). My mechanic, trying to get to the cause of it all, switched fuel injector #3 with #2 and the faults remain. He has also checked wiring to fuel injector #3, no issues. He is convinced the car will need a reprogramming of its ECM
Has anyone had any luck with ECM reprogramming? Any tech savvy diesel gurus out there? I have tried to take car to the local dealership and after they did a compression test they told me it is not worth figuring out what is wrong with cylinder #3, it will need a new engine. Price tag $6,000 out the door. Yeah, right.
Any advice much appreciated!
Well, this is my issue and from what I'm seeing it has not been covered here yet... I own a Jetta TDI Sportwagen 2011 that has been very reliable up until it recently reached 135K miles and problems started happening. After a replacement of the second fuel injector and after having all fuel seals redone at my local trusted mechanic, I was able to drive it only for another 1000 miles before the engine completely downgraded with heavy white smoke. The car can only do 3mph these days and is barely moving.
All current engine codes relate to cylinder 3 misfiring (P0303), injection timing (P020C) and torque difference (P1006). My mechanic, trying to get to the cause of it all, switched fuel injector #3 with #2 and the faults remain. He has also checked wiring to fuel injector #3, no issues. He is convinced the car will need a reprogramming of its ECM
Has anyone had any luck with ECM reprogramming? Any tech savvy diesel gurus out there? I have tried to take car to the local dealership and after they did a compression test they told me it is not worth figuring out what is wrong with cylinder #3, it will need a new engine. Price tag $6,000 out the door. Yeah, right.
Any advice much appreciated!