[geoffa1]

Hi All,

A strange story.

Picked up my new Paprika TDi and drove it home no problems. Went out to get some food and it died driving up a hill on the way to the shops. After about 20 seconds of turning over with the starter, she fired up and off we went with no further issues that night.

Next day, I had a call from the dealer to see how things were, and I told him about it. He said they sometimes have a filter issue with new TDi's and to take it down there and they would clear it.

It did it three more times that day, the last time it wouldn't restart, and it went away on the back of a truck. VW roadside assistance said it had to go to the nearest dealer, not the one I bought the car from, and I jacked up, as I could see all sorts of potential conflicts.

The dealer I bought the car from stepped in and said they would pay the additional towing costs to get the car back to them.

Now for the strange part - it wasn't a filter - the Factory had neglected to put a fuse on the fuel pump circuit. Somehow I was able to drive the best part of 175km with no fuel being pumped into the motor, with only extended uphill bits proving too much.

 

[Eos_Up]

That's an amazing tale of the lack of quality control at the Eos plant. Wonder if my 2.0T has a fuel pump? I thought most cars depended on suction for fuel.

 

[Kieranol]

That is a very interesting story, particularly when you consider manufacturing methods of motor vehicles these days. If anyone has seen film footage of the way cars are assembled in a modern factory most components are added to the vehicle as a complete "module insertion". Surely yours would not have been the only one with this fault that came off the production line that day.I wonder how long it took them to find the problem? I bet they had a technical bulletin alert from VW about it, or they had a heads up in some way from the motherland. It is extraordinary that something was "left out". Lets hope that the braking and crash protection systems are designed to be fail safe just in case something is "left out". That really is unforgivable and I am sure they would want to nip that story in the bud real quick so it doesn't go too far. I hope that is the end of your worries with the vehicle and you can enjoy the pleasure it can deliver. Cheers

 

[cb391]

"Wonder if my 2.0T has a fuel pump? I thought most cars depended on suction for fuel."
Yes, all cars have a fuel pump usually electric and mounted in the fuel tank
"the Factory had neglected to put a fuse on the fuel pump circuit"
The fuel was probably trickling through the pump but not at a high enough flow rate to handle larger engine load fuel requirements. Was your car built on a Monday or Friday? I seem to remember those are the worst days of the week for making mistakes building cars.

 

[Kieranol]

If monday and Friday are considered the worst days I wonder if there is a "best day" for manufacturing?

Food for thought !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Barchetta]

A friend of mine had the same problem. The dealer stated that it was the diesel particulate filter.

If you just do short journeys he said the filter gets blocked and it has to be cleared, you can apparently avoid this by doing a long journey every few days.

i have petrol so I cant really add anything else, any UK oil burners had any similar problems?

 

[Stephb]

no problems here only a bit of turbo lag but nothing serious!

Steph xx