jkowalski
Veteran Member
So, a little background:
The last time I drove my TDI was about 5 or 6 days ago, just to move it around the driveway (it had been my DD for a week or two prior to that).
The temperature went from decent (highs in the 50's) when I parked it, to highs hovering around freezing/lows in the singles.
I go out to the garage this morning, temp readout was 30*F per the instrument cluster. Try to start it, turns over and sputters to death. Try again, turns over, and sputters to death.
I hop in my other car to drive into work.
Come home a few hours later, temp readout now about 41*F. Figure "if this is a case of intercooler icing, if I have it towed to the dealer, they're going to try to start it anyway, so might as well try." It turned over, run really rough and almost died out for the first few seconds, had a few small hiccups, and eventually seems to run fine. Drove it for about 30 miles.
Did I experience IC icing, and it just "recovered"? Could this have caused any problems? Is there anything I should look at? (I figure since there is no "proof" anything happened, VW isn't going to be pro-active about anything, since the whole story on this is they wait until their vehicles leave people stranded with IC icing before fixing this known problem)
FWIW, before attempting the 41*F restart, hooked up VCDS and no faults in reported in any system. I didn't do a re-scan since driving it.
The last time I drove my TDI was about 5 or 6 days ago, just to move it around the driveway (it had been my DD for a week or two prior to that).
The temperature went from decent (highs in the 50's) when I parked it, to highs hovering around freezing/lows in the singles.
I go out to the garage this morning, temp readout was 30*F per the instrument cluster. Try to start it, turns over and sputters to death. Try again, turns over, and sputters to death.
I hop in my other car to drive into work.
Come home a few hours later, temp readout now about 41*F. Figure "if this is a case of intercooler icing, if I have it towed to the dealer, they're going to try to start it anyway, so might as well try." It turned over, run really rough and almost died out for the first few seconds, had a few small hiccups, and eventually seems to run fine. Drove it for about 30 miles.
Did I experience IC icing, and it just "recovered"? Could this have caused any problems? Is there anything I should look at? (I figure since there is no "proof" anything happened, VW isn't going to be pro-active about anything, since the whole story on this is they wait until their vehicles leave people stranded with IC icing before fixing this known problem)
FWIW, before attempting the 41*F restart, hooked up VCDS and no faults in reported in any system. I didn't do a re-scan since driving it.
