[Vwdiesel] No power TDI

Nate Wall nwall at opei.org
Fri Sep 20 17:03:31 EDT 2002


I recall there being issues w/ the fuel injector that is also the position sensor,
or the like, causes these symptoms. I think its #3.

maded wrote:

> Also fuel pick up COULD be clogged.  When this happened on my Rabbit na it
> proved to be a scum of mold draping itself over the pick up in the tank.  It
> would float off when tank was full or allowed to rest, when fuel got low it
> would get sucked onto the pick up.  Very puzzling for a time.
>
> --
> Ed Lowe, Seattle
> 82 Westy diesel upgrading to 1.9td
> 85 Golf diesel
> 92 Cabrio
> 97 Passat Tdi
> > From: "Anton Largiader" <largiader at worldlynx.net>
> > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:21:40 -0400
> > To: "Tawnya & Sheldon Walsh" <stwalsh at uniserve.com>
> > Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] No power TDI
> >
> > Did you try re-starting the engine?  This sounds very much like the sticking
> > wastegate (or EGR? I forget) solenoid, and most people find that the car
> > will behave normally on next startup.  This happened to me; I read a fault
> > code saying something about incorrect air pressure, and the problem never
> > resurfaced again.  See if this is the problem and we can take it from there.
> >
> > There's a thread (or twenty) on Fred's TDI forum about this.  Also there's a
> > TDI-specific list.
> >
> > www.tdiclub.com
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-tdi/
> >
> >
> >
> > ==============================================
> > Anton Largiader, Chester Springs, PA
> > '94 K75RT, '93 R100GSPD,  '94 R1100RSA, '98 Jetta TDI
> > largiader at worldlynx.net   http://members.aol.com/alargiader/
> > ==============================================
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tawnya & Sheldon Walsh" <stwalsh at uniserve.com>
> >
> >> Help!  On my way home from work today I lost all the pep in my 99 A4
> >> Jetta TDI.  It was all I could do to go 110km on the flat, no wind.  Any
> >> hills and I was doing 80 km
> >> where I was doing 110 -120kmph yesterday.  The car has 113,000km on it,
> >> Delo Synth 5-40 every 8000 km.  Observations I made.  I can't hear
> >> (outside) the usual low level whistle of the turbo at idle, or when I
> >> rev it.  The clear fuel line on the fuel filter has lots of air bubbles
> >> traveling through it.  No warning lights on dash.  I am due for a fuel
> >> filter..could this possibly be a clogged filter issue.?
> >
> >
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