Jason F
Active Member
My 1995 tdi runs great, except occasionally it just dies for no obvious reason (only at low revs so far).
No problems at full revs (so far) but I am worried it will die one day at a very inopportune time. It can be fine for say 6 months, then one day it just dies with no warning. Lately it has been doing it more often, maybe every 2nd month? No misfire, no smoke, no warning.
I then spend about 10 or more minutes trying to start it again. During the attempts to start, I move the auto gear stick back and forth, let it roll a bit try long engine turnovers, and short, throttle hard or none. Nothing seems to make a difference, then suddenly if I wait long enough it fires up and I'm ok for weeks or months. It does it when the weather is hot, cool, wet,etc. Nothing consistent about it.
I wonder if its fuel or electrics. Maybe a loose wire on the security module killing the engine or on the automatic gear selector? Fuel seems clean.
No problems at full revs (so far) but I am worried it will die one day at a very inopportune time. It can be fine for say 6 months, then one day it just dies with no warning. Lately it has been doing it more often, maybe every 2nd month? No misfire, no smoke, no warning.
I then spend about 10 or more minutes trying to start it again. During the attempts to start, I move the auto gear stick back and forth, let it roll a bit try long engine turnovers, and short, throttle hard or none. Nothing seems to make a difference, then suddenly if I wait long enough it fires up and I'm ok for weeks or months. It does it when the weather is hot, cool, wet,etc. Nothing consistent about it.
I wonder if its fuel or electrics. Maybe a loose wire on the security module killing the engine or on the automatic gear selector? Fuel seems clean.