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137 messages, Last post on Mar 01, 2010 at 8:26 AM
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Replying to: dilbertsdub (May 24, 2009 10:18 am) Let me know if you get any where with this. good luck
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Replying to: mat311 (Jun 08, 2009 12:25 pm) I took off the entire air intake and fuel injector system off the car and gave it a good cleaning. Put everything back together, and it started-up again. I'm not sure why. But it's working again. Jon |
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Replying to: karrs682 (May 04, 2009 8:52 am) |
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| ok heres the lowdown,98 jetta 2.0 manual.more times then not will not start with the key,just a click and then once and a while it will.check voltages on old battery and new(2 days old)14 when it starts 12 when it doesnt.replaced starter with no avail.when it doesnt start it will not turn over at all,nothing but a click.car will start everytime when pushed off,always. | |
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Replying to: dilbertsdub (May 24, 2009 10:18 am) Dan miltak  hotmail.com
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Replying to: miltak (Jul 13, 2009 10:46 am) |
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| my daughter called from college and said that her 99 Jetta won't start. lights come on but no crank | |
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A couple weeks ago my car (w/ 125,000 miles) was indicating that a door was ajar, from the drivers door I couldn't control any of the power windows, mirrors, locks or release the fuel door. Everything else appeared to run just fine about 30- 45 minutes down the road I the car stalled, I lost all power to the ignition. After the car set on the shoulder for 10- 15 minutes it started just fine, ran for another 30- 45 minutes same thing. Sometimes it run longer, sometimes shorter, the time also varies between stall and re-start with the longest being approx. 45 minutes. The door problem was diagnosed as bad cables to the door control system and is now currently fixed. I was also told that one of my glow plugs was bad so they were all replaced. While running my car through the diagnostics after the aforementioned maintenance the car stalled out again. Has anyone encountered similar problems and if so, what was the cause? Thanks in advance for help you may provide.
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Replying to: dereks1 (Jan 14, 2010 6:02 pm) 1) There is no "ignition" on a diesel engine - as long as fuel is injected and there is air... it will run. 2) The glowplugs have absolutely nothing to do with running the engine. They are only used during starting the engine below about 40F degrees. Given the above, we can make the assumption that perhaps the supply of fuel to the engine may be a problem. It sure sounds like you are describing EXACTLY what "gelling" of the fuel would do to the engine. (Start fine - run for awhile and quit) I would suggest you replace the fuel-filter and make certain you have added anti-gell to the fueltank. The WHITE bottle of "Power Service" available at Walmart is a very good product to use in the winter for EVERY fillup. (about 6oz per tank full) I would expect that to resolve your stalling problem
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Replying to: bpeebles (Jan 14, 2010 8:06 pm) When I turn the key on I don't have power to any of the Instruments and the Engine won't turn over. If you think that this would happen I'll gladly try it. For the record the mechanic I took it to has an '01 jetta TDI so i would think that he would be aware of the possibility of "jelling."
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