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Offline Cloustal

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GT TDI Starting
« on: August 16, 2011, 08:20:34 pm »
i have an 04 GT TDI 140 with 67K miles on the clock and when it is cold it will start no problem, however when i have been a run and the engine is warm the engine will turn over and over for 4-6 seconds before the engine will fire up ?!? i have heard of this problem with this age of caddy van but havn't heard of a solution yet ? the garage i had it at just put a new battery in it and said that would fix it, which it didnt. any ideas ?
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2011, 08:47:56 pm »
Mine does this, admittedly not for as long as you state! Mines a 58 plate and I think its a common problem with them! Im not sure what causes it though, sorry!
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2011, 09:36:03 pm »
Very common, call a local vag tuner and ask if they do a PD 'hot start' map. Tne fault can be cured by a simple mod in one of the ECU maps.
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2011, 12:56:58 pm »
my 1.9tdi does the same been to a numerous amount of garages each saying different things also been diagnostic checked aswell not fixed the 1 one fault that i was get which was the glow plugs but still did the same and now ive got a different fault code  which is 17978. i'd say get u car vcds/vagcom checked that will should find the problem for you
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2011, 09:07:16 pm »
My 1.9 was doing this since i bought it at 124k, had the starter motor changed at 133k and starts beautifully when warm now.

Number of people over on ukmkivs had the same issue and was cured by starter motor.

I would recommend an andrew page over eurocarparts because theyre cheaper and you get a bosch starter replaecement, customer service is much better too!
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2011, 12:40:07 pm »
My brothers does it as well!
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2011, 01:54:56 pm »
mine too :-(
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2011, 02:35:59 pm »
Snap, me too.

I have heard that starter motor could fix it but not always, also changing the battery has helped one person.  Was told that it can be mapped out but when I got mine remapped it made no difference.

It is a bit of a pain but i'm used to it now, the flywheel wobble bugs me more.
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 01:46:04 pm »
Cam timing out a tooth could also cause this.....
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2011, 12:01:39 am »
I noticed mine seems to be doing this also, should probably pop into vw and get the code read!
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2011, 11:32:55 am »
Mine used to do this aswell, it's a 170 and sometimes it didn't start at all, nothing has been changed on it and codes have been read which come back with nothing and now it is fine..... Mind you one of my injectors and injector wiring was on the way out?? Could have been that.....
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2011, 11:49:49 pm »
I've got this too   :booty:

What's the flywheel wobble?
I have noticed recently that when I'm in traffic and not moving, there's a slight well, wobble, to the car. Would that be it?
And how easy is it to fix?

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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2011, 11:55:58 pm »
Mine does it as well,but it starts all the time so i don't worry about it
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2011, 04:41:21 pm »
Ditto, i have this problem also.. It's so annoying, happened in the 2.0TDI A3 i had before the GTTDI.
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Re: GT TDI Starting
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2012, 07:11:30 pm »
Yep i get this too!!

Was going to ask about it but looks like its common.

My VCDS scan shows a glow plug out so i thought it might be that.

On the subject of starting, what about turning the engine off?

I always leave my engine running for a minute after a long drive to let the turbo cool, but even then when i shut the engine down the engine does shake a bit!!

Does anyone else have this?
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