Need some advice
A have had the tdi for about 4 years now and it has to be the most reliable car i have ever owned, the only non maintenance spend has been ARB bushes and a OS front spring in 60,000 miles
However over the summer the temp gauge stopped working or sometimes randomly showing normal operating temp. Not a big deal , car running fine.
However last few days car starts fine and runs ok but after about 5 mins of driving starts to cough and splutter.
Plugged the free version of vag com in and no fault codes are detected.
I also noticed that after 10-15 mins of idle the air through the blower is still cold and its taking an age to warm up during normal driving.
and now the cold weather is here
suspect the thermostat has let go and spends most of its time open, this would point to the temp gauge actually being correct and its cold....
Would that explain why vagcom is not picking anything up? Electrics and sensors are all ok
Any ideas.
Thanks
A have had the tdi for about 4 years now and it has to be the most reliable car i have ever owned, the only non maintenance spend has been ARB bushes and a OS front spring in 60,000 miles
However over the summer the temp gauge stopped working or sometimes randomly showing normal operating temp. Not a big deal , car running fine.
However last few days car starts fine and runs ok but after about 5 mins of driving starts to cough and splutter.
Plugged the free version of vag com in and no fault codes are detected.
I also noticed that after 10-15 mins of idle the air through the blower is still cold and its taking an age to warm up during normal driving.
and now the cold weather is here
suspect the thermostat has let go and spends most of its time open, this would point to the temp gauge actually being correct and its cold....
Would that explain why vagcom is not picking anything up? Electrics and sensors are all ok
Any ideas.
Thanks