Hard start question
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:58 pm
I recently bought a 2001 new beetle tdi w/95k miles and the car runs and drives great but as it started getting colder it was hard to start in the mornings.
Being familiar with diesels and noticing that the glow plug light only stayed on for a second or so no matter what the temp was lead me to believe that the coolant temp sensor was bad. The next cool morningI unplugged the sensor wire and the glow plug light stayed on for 5-6 seconds and the car started right up .
So I went to the local parts store and ordered the new sensor, new style with green instead of black(less than $5.00 nice surprise) it arrived and I installed yesterday but still hard to start this morning and it is not that cold yet.
Is the new sensor bad or did I misread something?
Thanks for the help,
Being familiar with diesels and noticing that the glow plug light only stayed on for a second or so no matter what the temp was lead me to believe that the coolant temp sensor was bad. The next cool morningI unplugged the sensor wire and the glow plug light stayed on for 5-6 seconds and the car started right up .
So I went to the local parts store and ordered the new sensor, new style with green instead of black(less than $5.00 nice surprise) it arrived and I installed yesterday but still hard to start this morning and it is not that cold yet.
Is the new sensor bad or did I misread something?
Thanks for the help,