Turbowagon22
12-05-2012, 06:11 PM
Just got this 2000 Avant 2.8l for pretty cheap. 150k on the clock. P/o said he had just done valve seal gasket timing belt waster pump new battery which he had paper work for so i picked it up. The day i bought it threw a P0300 code on the long drive home... Random misfire. The p/0 said it has been sitting for awhile so i was hoping it had something to do with that. When i got it home i went inside for about an hour an came out to take it for spin and she wouldn't start.[headbang] She sounded like she wanted to turn over but no luck. I tryed again about 10 minutes later and she started up. ?? Battery was reading where it should. Had no issue's for about a week. Had my mechanic check it out an he said it needed a left bank CAT an thought the starter was going. Ran VAG com an the only fault it came up with was a stored temp fault. A day later same start issue wouldn't start for about 30 minutes let it sit an she started up. So we replaced the starter which is a bitch an the fuel filter... Again about a week an then the no start. [facepalm] I am starting to get pissed here. Started reading a lot an saw that some people had reported the same issue an it ended up being a coolant temperature sensor. I replaced that an so far its still starting up.. has anyone had a similar problem.. im hoping this could be the fix but am not 100% convinced. sorry for the ramble. Thanks. im also replacing the cat this week. also no p0300 fault since the fist day a couple weeks back. [wrench]