paradisiac82

Hey, drained the oil and took the pan off, oil was a browny colour and has tiny metal flakes in. Do you think its worth putting fresh fluid in or would the metal flakes suggest something has failed?

Hi, Quivk update. So finally got car mot'd and on the road. Its a 3.0 TDi quattro s-line automatic. When I bought it, it had an issue where it would drive fine, then all of a sudden feel like it was in neutral then would shift past 3rd. Because it had no mot decided to get that done first. Picked it up earlier, took it for a drive, did as it was before drove fine for a bit, reved with no movement then stuck at not being able to get past 3rd. But....turned into my road and all of a sudden there was a massive clunk and now there is no drive at all. Any ideas where to start? Is it a gearbox off to see job? TIA

ah ok, so you think its the plugs rather than a fuse/relay? is it normal for all 6 to be bad? although tbh I have no idea if/when they were changed. On these engines are the prone to snapping in the head? I know some VW's I have owned this has been an issue

ok, so would that then trigger the issue of not being able to go above 4th gear?

005489 - Left Engine Mount Solenoid Valve (N144) P1571 - 001 - Short to Plus Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 3 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 756 /min Torque: 46.8 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Voltage: 14.06 V Bin. Bits: 0 Bin. Bits: 0 Bin. Bits: 0 005658 - Glowplug for Cylinder 1 (Q10) P161A - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 005659 - Glowplug for Cylinder 2 (Q11) P161B - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 005660 - Glowplug for Cylinder 3 (Q12) P161C - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 005661 - Glowplug for Cylinder 4 (Q13) P161D - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 005662 - Glowplug for Cylinder 5 (Q15) P161E - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 005663 - Glowplug for Cylinder 6 (Q15) P161F - 001 - Open Circuit Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 01100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 882 /min Torque: 105.3 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Duty Cycle: 1.0 % Voltage: 14.21 V Duty Cycle: 24.1 % Temperature: 15.3°C 012697 - Control Circuit for Intake Manifold Runner (Bank2) P3199 - 002 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00100010 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 10 Reset counter: 255 Time Indication: 0 Freeze Frame: RPM: 0 /min Torque: 241.8 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h Voltage: 11.55 V Duty Cycle: 84.8 % Duty Cycle: 0.4 % Duty Cycle: 20.5 % Hoping the glow plugs is a fuse/relay?

Does the slipping still sound like the module?

Will have to wait until I get it MOT ready then will see if the fault comes back. There are a few other issues that need sorting too now I have done a VCDS scan lol

Sooo.....I cleared the codes (after fitting a new battery the codes didn't come straight back) and took it for a drive around my car park (no MOT so can't go on the roads 😞), only managed to get to 3rd gear due to the short distances, but codes have not come back yet (not sure if it needs to try to get into 4th, 5th, 6th before it realises there is a fault). It did however feel the same as though the clutch was slipping in a manual when it changed gear, not sure if that is normal or not. Put it in S mode and it launches really well, surprised how much it pulls from standing.

ok no worries, at least it sounds fixable 🙂 is there anything you know of I can do with VCDS to log/change to narrow down the possible cause or is this a specialist workshop job?

how do I go about getting a replacement module (is this the box thats inside the panel under the car?)? I did a quick search for 09L 927 156 and several second hand ones pop up, does the software version etc have to all match up too?

No, luckily the tow bar was one of the only optional extras the owner didn't go with when they got the car, so never towed 🙂

Does any of this say which the box is? Address 02: Auto Trans Labels: 09L-927-760.lbl Part No SW: 8E1 910 156 HW: 09L 927 156 Component: AG6 09L 3.0lTDI RdW 0050 Revision: --H01--- Serial number: 4001661 Coding: 0000001 Shop #: WSC 06325 000 00000

ah a few hundred isn't too bad, like I said, car was really cheap, so would still be worth doing. What sensors are linked to these boxes? is there an easy way of knowing which gearbox I have without getting under the car to read it off the box? I keep getting told the CVT boxes are awful, but then some places say only the FWD boxes are bad....... with the module is it just a case of ordering a new one and swapping it out? or do they need coding in

do you have any suggestions on how to diagnose? when you say not cheap, how expensive is "worst" case?

Hi, it was bought privately, I knew there was this fault, but it was cheap. It has Xenon lights, full heated leather interior, S-Line bumpers etc so I knew I would get my money back breaking it, but it seems a shame to break it if this is not a massively expensive fault