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Have a friend with a 54 plate A3 2.0 tdi sport and it keeps cutting out, drives fine then engine dies and battery light come on. It then turns over but takes a few tries to get it started again. Intermittent, can be while driving or stopped at junction etc

Its been to various garages including an audi specialist, which said it was an earth from gearbox and they didn't have one so cleaned original (and charged £180!!)

anyone experienced similar?


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Also no error codes. Has a new cam sensor too

Edited by mayoturbo on 14th Mar, 2013.


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unplug the maf for ten mins and drive around

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On 14th Mar, 2013 wolfie said:
unplug the maf for ten mins and drive around


will that narrow it down to the MAF or does it reset something? thanks


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Driven the car myself now. Turbo is whistling more than usual, dials take a few seconds to register.

Car seems to boost ok in lower gears but then feels flat and doesn't go much above 70

Occasionally judders above 2.5-3k

changed the maf sensor with another a3 and symptoms still the same.


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The 1.9's can suffer from mafs and knackered egr valves if it is the egr then you might be pulling alot of soot from the hoses as well

if the dials are playing up its electrical they will be feed from the ecu

without error codes its going to be complete guesswork but may be worth taking to an auto electrician

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Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead !


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just seen its a 2.0
Is there a rattle like a release bearing rattle from the clutch? the 2.0 suffers from DMF failure and this can affect engine timing although a bit of a shjot in the dark!

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Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead !


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On 14th Mar, 2013 wolfie said:
just seen its a 2.0
Is there a rattle like a release bearing rattle from the clutch? the 2.0 suffers from DMF failure and this can affect engine timing although a bit of a shjot in the dark!


cant hear a rattle its also had a clutch and flywheel... problems were there before too. Thanks for the help so far


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I know my tdi passat suffers from a known problem with the ccm (comfort control module) where water gets into the footwell and shorts the electrics. I've seen videos the same on YouTube with audis (not sure it was a3 though). My doors would lock, then the air bag warning lights came on, it was one thing after another, all because the drain under the battery is blocked! Any other electrical problems?

Worth a shot!

Edited by mossy2a on 14th Mar, 2013.


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not aware of any other electrical issues. I'm going to stick with cars for the 80/90s i think lol


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intermitent faulty fuel selonoid valve ?? to the pump.............on the pump






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Do these Auidis have the same coolant temp sensor to VW's? The Missus' car temp gauge was playing up, intermitant, fueling was rich when it happened, no warning lights or codes. changed the sensor and the problem went away.

On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...


On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........


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On 14th Mar, 2013 Sprocket said:
Do these Auidis have the same coolant temp sensor to VW's? The Missus' car temp gauge was playing up, intermitant, fueling was rich when it happened, no warning lights or codes. changed the sensor and the problem went away.


temperature seems fine on the gauge. sensor is probably the same, engines in loads of different models


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the sensor is two in one, one feeds the gauge, the other the ECU. Both don't necessarilly fault at the same time, some the gauge or the ECU only, some both at the same time. Not sure why they do it like that.

On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...


On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........


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Sorry to say it but my money is on knackered injectors, sadly very common on the VAG 2.0 TDI engine to the point that I wouldn't touch one, a shame as the old 1.9's are bombproof.


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On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else


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You will be pleased to know that from 2013 vag has changed from delphi to bosch injectors on the 2.0 Tom

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I've had the coolant sensor go on both my a4s. The old 1.8 petrol would cut out a lot and the 1.9 tdi would just get a dash warning light.

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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On 14th Mar, 2013 BENROSS said:
intermitent faulty fuel selonoid valve ?? to the pump.............on the pump


Thinking about this my sister has had very similar issues with her golf. It was the transfer pump in the tank that was at fault.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.


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On 15th Mar, 2013 John said:
On 14th Mar, 2013 BENROSS said:
intermitent faulty fuel selonoid valve ?? to the pump.............on the pump


Thinking about this my sister has had very similar issues with her golf. It was the transfer pump in the tank that was at fault.


Sister..................... Picture required!

On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...


On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........


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seems to be loads to go wrong... Thanks for everyone's inputs. Think this car is going to be auctioned or ebay'd as spares/repairs


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EDIT: Shot too soon!

Edited by John on 15th Mar, 2013.

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On 15th Mar, 2013 Sprocket said:



On 15th Mar, 2013 John said:
On 14th Mar, 2013 BENROSS said:
intermitent faulty fuel selonoid valve ?? to the pump.............on the pump


Thinking about this my sister has had very similar issues with her golf. It was the transfer pump in the tank that was at fault.


Sister..................... Picture required!

Fuck! Over 6 years without mentioning her and I fail on this thread!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.


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ha ha ha!


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I'll sort a picture over the weekend.

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