skidoorider600
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2010
- Location
- Sturgis, MI
- TDI
- 2002 Jetta 01M, 334,000mi: 2003 Jetta TDI 01M 210,000mi: 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 97,000mi
Picked up an otherwise nice car with an interfered engine to use my spare ALH. This engine was pulled from a car I lost in 2022 due to rollover. For background info- I drove the car half dozen times after the roll over just to make sure it was ok. the engine has been stored/covered and hoses turbo covered for almost 2 years. after getting everything hooked up and ready to turn the key, excitement turned to nervousness. Starter wouldn't budge it. I had turned the engine over a few times to install the torque converter nuts, then again to final torque them so I knew it was free. I figured the previous owner burned the starter trying to turn the damaged engine over. installed a new starter tonight and same result. so the two things that changed from the time I turned the engine over for the torque converter to trying to start it was add coolant and install the serpentine belt. Since I pulled the glow plugs out, you can guess what my first thought was ov why it wouldn't turn over... but not it!!! I know what caused it.. does anyone else. Answer surprised the heck out of me