Cranking issue

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calumski
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Drives: 2008 1.4TDI
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Cranking issue

Post by calumski »

Evening, newbie here but owned VW all my life.

I've just bought a wee 2008 TDI 75BHP BM AC, love it!

The only issue I'm looking to fix imminently is an issue where I need to crank it for a few secs before it'll start, hot or cold. It's got 156K miles on it and I started by changing the fuel filter but no luck.

I was wondering about the crank sensor as the next thing but this isn't throwning an error with VAGCOM.

I've also tried turning the ignition on and off a few times to test the glowplugs and see if this would help but no luck there either. When I was trying this though it was lazy to start. I'll try jumping it from another car and see if this makes a difference.

Can someone confirm if the injectors or plugs have ECU sensors on them that would throw an error that I could see?

Anything else I can check on?

I've a 2011 Touareg as my other run-about and am reasonably handy with a toolkit. ;)
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