I had a second machanic look at it and he pulled out the starter and said it's fine, said it's the crankshaft, which is under warranty I beleive cause this is the 2nd engine in it and thats got a 5 year, 100,000 mile warranty on it.
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I had a second machanic look at it and he pulled out the starter and said it's fine, said it's the crankshaft, which is under warranty I beleive cause this is the 2nd engine in it and thats got a 5 year, 100,000 mile warranty on it.
I am having a similar prolem to this, see major problem thread. What was the final consensus? did this problem recurr after fuel filter, and regulator changed?
mine did that and it turned out to be just that I didn't tighten the gas cap and the so the vacuum wasn't there for the fuel... you could try it?
Ditto what disasterlady said. That happened to the 1.8t jetta after boosting it to hard. about 1/4 mile the car died, checked the cas cap in it was only half screwed in. all i did was tighten it and cranked it a couple times and it started right up. i recal having to do that once with the vx to, minus the boosting O_o
The final consensus for me was a short in the wiring harness behind the drivers side headlight area. I started looking for the short, but couldnt find anything, apparently moving it around made it to where it no longer is touching anything because it hasnt done it since.
You asked for other suggestions.........Egr stuck open? Possible trans mode switch?
I had a problem with my engine reving high at start, just dying or starting normally. Intermittent and driving me crazy. Took it in and had the Idle air sensor replaced. Problem solved.