Car woes – new engine?

Result! V happy for you.

Good work fella

Also I can’t see how unlocking the doors would command the glow plugs on. Surely you’d just end up with a flat battery especially if you were a seriel door unlocker/locker? I’ve got a common rail VAG product to look at tomorrow so I’ll check your theory/information.

Unlocking (or opening) a door does loads of stuff on a modern car. Fuel pumps fire up, computers wake up, the sat nav starts acquiring satellites, the headlights run a self test…

I’d bet that most people who go to a car and unlock it after it’s been sat for a while have some intention of driving it. Because it’s a car. 30 seconds of glow plugs won’t drain the battery.

You can tell in cold weather because you can hear relays clicking as high power consumers connect to the battery, and partly because if you spend ages fannying around getting stuff out of the car and then go to start it, you have to wait for a glow plug cycle before the computer will turn the engine over.

Feel good factors are seldom as good as when an engine transplant works. Woo hoo!

Thanks all. Can confirm it drives. Very similar to how it was before, perhaps slightly less grunt (if possible from a 105hp!) but goes reasonably well. Bit smokey when cold, and the Emission Workshop! warning is still there, but I suspect this needs to be cleared manually even if the fault has gone away. Tried disconnecting the battery for 15 mins but it remains. However it’s the only fault left so I’m not too bothered for now.

Thanks again everyone.

Well done sir! Respect!

Awesome!

Just goes to show that even in these days of computers and shit for cars never forget the basics.

Fuel air and current (IE check your wiring in a diesels case-fir a petrol it would be spark)

Well done sir! Respect!

This 🙂

You have just completed one of the most complex jobs you will probably ever do on a car, you Sir are now in a very exclusive club.
Well done that man. Go and have that beer.

Regardless of how many engines I’ve done (In dealership with all tools/tech data) you can’t beat that Yessss! feeling when it lives for the first time 😀 Props to ya OP 🙂

Unlocking (or opening) a door does loads of stuff on a modern ca

Sure does, but on VAG group product it DOES NOT fire up the glow plugs*. KOEO required.

*Checked on a 05 plate Touran with BKC PD engine and 2013 Caddy with CAYD CR engine.