i like that you pulled us in on what you could have done better. In my opinion, despite solving the issue a retrospective process is quite vital for any person who wants to be better at what they do.

Much respect for a man to leave his ego aside telling he could have done better in his diagnostics!

Great video as always. Thank you for all of your content.

Wow self analysis of trouble-shooting skills! Possibly the best car technician ever. I'm a new subscriber.

Don't be so hard on yourself you found the problem on short order once you were able to get going on the car! I am sure you saved the owner a lot of money vs going to the dealer. You are a great vw diesel mechanic and don't ever sell yourself short! Love your videos thanks for the continued content!

It's always easier to diagnose the problem as you begin to eliminate other possibilities. I subscribed to you because I can tell you are quite experienced. Thanks

I love your honesty! You got there in the end!

I just wish i had people like you maintain my car

Loved the comments at the end. Great observations.

outstanding ! Always nice when the fix is that easy.

Great video. Thanks for sharing. See you soon for my timing belt change.

Bonjour monsieur Sublime vidéo Franchement j'adore votre façon de travaillé (diagnostic) Vous êtes un génie Bon courage

Great Trouble shooting! You got to the bottom of it! Don’t beat yourself up about not doing the things like feeling pumps for running. You know your stuff! Thanks for the info!👍

Nice video and explanation 👍

Wonderful work...

contributed today on kansascitydti. well worth the money. Got 375k miles on my MK5 diesel. Recently, had once incident of no start. Running through my checklist

I´m learning soo much - thx.

Straight facts, thank you sir

Job sorted happy customer.

As I can see you know what you're doing and you know what to do fixing a car. I remember these two guys, so-called mechanicians trying to repair my car...after two days I have been left with nothing...no results. All the best for you and I respect your knowledge...

great video mate!

Good work took all the steps correctly.

I dont know why youre bashing yourself for but you did a great job of finding and fixing the problem. well done.

I watched the whole video; iam amechanic too,older than you, and just by the way you remove and put those fuel hoses and clamps back, the care you took to check for metal specs in the fuel, and the care you take to prime the filter and the high pressure diesel pump , i can see you have good experience,no problem for anyone to put their car in your hands; thanks

Great video!

Good find well done

Thank yuo sir i hope i learned a lot of tecnich to diagnose dis common rail problem

you are good,thanks

Look behind the orange weather seal inside the plug. There is a purple slider that is the secondary locking device. First slide it across, then reseat the terminal, and slide the lock back across. Thanks for the great video. I love my VWs!

You are the best 👍

Thank you Sir,very helpful video,

Thank you very informative.

Than You for this, it was very good, that You didn't saw that cable at first - and shared more knowledge ;) it sounds that need to change these sparkle making parts BEFORE they do that.

Good retrospective

Good work,good video👍

Enjoyed your video, have the same problem at the moment, a thought for my mechanic..

you no about diesels 👌 and that was not a bad diagnose👌👍

My 2007 corolla verso 2.2 Diesel will start the first time without a problem and idle normally. After about one minute or so, a warning light will show up on the dash then after another 30 seconds, the engine cuts out. When the engine dies and I get the P0093 code but I can restart again without a problem and the whole scenario starts over this happen until the engine warms up. once the temperature reaches 60+ and the blue light goes off the car works fine the rest of the day. I cleaned the EGR, polished the glow plugs and tested them, put a new fuel filter, tried a working SCV from my mate's car, and did a full tank with fuel treatments. None of the above-mentioned worked however the car performance is much better. I tried to warm up the fuel rail line with a hot cloth soaked in hot water and will top it with hot water every now and then and the car did not cut off but won't drive as normal unless the engine itself is warmed up. Once it is warmed up it runs fine. Any idea what else could it be? Thank you

Excellent vid, thank you, but you should be a little tidier and put some cloth etc to stop diesel dripping all over when you pulled the top of the fillter off, but thanks anyway for the vid

Great job, don't be so hard to yourself. Thumbs up from Germany

This guy is awesome

Don't sell yourself short. I like seeing fuel flows etc. Got to keep my 2012 sportwagen going.

Great video and diagnose I have metal in mine.. cfhc Self cretiqe is good:) And thanks for sharing info about the hpfp, hope my piston will be allright untill i fix it:(

Wonderful 👍👍

good upload,,nice topic

Great video! I'm surprised a disconnected fuel pump didn't trigger a fault code of its own. I'm currently half way through diagnosing a similar engine with no start - I'll scan for codes with the pump disconnected and see if I get any,

still diagnosed it while running your shop at the same time well done

Well done

On the contrary sir, if you had found that wire first and fixed it, the likelihood of further checking for "sparklies" may have never occurred. So at least there's piece of mind knowing those injector screens are metal free and the fuel filter had no bacteria growth. Plus, we got to see how to prime the pumps using VCDS. I'd say great job all around!

Thank you for this video.... I have a 2000 new beetle with a tdi diesel,,, has a mind of its own.... starts sometimes,, and sometimes it don't start. Makes my wife screams. LOL When it starts, it runs good. There is no pattern to why sometimes it don't start. But wait a day,,, then it will start. haha

Good one Richard

Nice bro 👌 from india

Grt fix...

I have a 2013 golf with the same engine. Im having rpm jumping up and down. I’m thinking I could check the tank lift pump and low pressure pumps to see if the flow is similar to what you had. Great video, thanks for the knowledge!

A fixed car is a fixed car... no matter how you got there.

That connector has a lock mechanism is the pink/purple thing on the connector. Regardless great shot.

Have same issue with passat b6,to notice here the auxiliat pump from the tank located under the backseats is mainly cause the problems,car just stop and on the diagnose doesn't show you up this part of the car Sometimes the auxiliar fuel.pump just stack and then working again I replace it and car working fine

I think you did a Great job diagnosing the problem! Just subscribed to your channel as I have a 2011 Golf tdi that quit yesterday and am trying to troubleshoot after towed home. VCDS shows codes:P0087, P020D, P020B, P020A, P020C, P1004, P1006,P1007and P1005. Sure hope it's not the High pressure fuel pump! I will begin at the fuel filter like you did in this video. Any other suggestions?

Good video I found your video and they just replied the hpfp but the car won't start they thought it was bad so they got a second one and it did the same thing so I'm going to check that sensor

Definitely YOU are the best, for you keep logik by elimination; i just wonder where is the relay in case this one is faulty? and our Amarok 2008 has not a double fuel pump like this, still no start now!! any help please?

Yellow seal piss ya off ya you am good really good vids bro

greetings, it's the same engine and I decided to clean the egr and the gas valve, by the way I cleaned some connectors on the exhaust, pump, maf sensor, put it all back and the car won't start, it starts without any signs of ignition, like in the video.. before that it was the car was working fine, I just wanted to clean those things as a precaution and now it won't start, maybe the computer read some error?

I have the same problem with my 2013 Passat tdi. Treble code P0087. I change the filter and check the fuel pressure regulator and I foun metal there. It’s that ok?

I have a question. Can a Injector pump have Air locked in it? The fuel runs back from the Injectors when I shut off the vehicle. Then I have to prime to get it started.

When u switch the car on, with a good tank pump, is the fuel supposed to reach the fuel filter side?? Mine doesn't and from the tank it only squirts after the click the after that nothing come out.

I often see metal particles when doing filter changes on vw tdi engines.

What was the pressure afterwards with both pumps working?

Hey good evening.i hope u can help me ...been going crazy with one of these vechiles..cranks but now start.ive fone the following. Done a diagnostics rest and shows low fuel rail pressure. Changed the crankshaft sensor. Changed the fuel pressure regulator. By the high pressure injection pump the fuel just comes out like a normal electric fuel pump.dont know if this is correct .. Please any advice will b appreciated. Thanks from south Africa.❤

I was hoping you would have the pressure tester back on that pump and seen what the psi was.

Im having a hard start that has been kicking my ass. Codes stored for the cam position sensor but no cel. Sensor changed still the same. The wires was checked back to the ecu and they are good. Local shop thinks its the ecu. Do you have anythings I should check?

Just replaced my timing belt and 2011 vw Jetta 2.0 tdi cjaa won’t start. Why I’m here and wondering if my connection isn’t full seated as they didn’t give you that much slack in the wires. I primed the fuel pump and hope this is the issue! Any other ideas are appreciated!

thanks a lot I wont to see something about diesel injector on live data . how can you find out a leak injector on live data what does its data PID look like ? how can you find out a plugged injector on live data ? what does its data PIDs look like ? where can I find some training or resource on diesel injection systems like TDI on vag group and D4D on toyota , CDI on MR

Hello, I have the same problem, except that the start is cold even at 0 degrees of ambient temperature, it starts at quarter turn, but when cold at 16 degrees it takes a long time to start, no fault on vcds

I have a 2013 passat tdi that went through this no start issue. After the dealer had the car for 2 months, and replacing the injectors and fuel pump. They give me the car back and after driving about 20 miles the check engine comes on and reads low fuel pressure. This has happened to me twice after taking it back to the dealer for the first time they fixed it. Any advice would be helpful

My Jetta 2012 TDI get starts at the first crank itself if it's cold, but not getting started if it's warm. I am in India. What all things to be checked?

I have a mazda 3 1,6 diesel 2011, i was driving it on highway when the car suddenly shuts of and wont start anymore. The engine shakes when i try to start it . Do you have an idea what could have happened?

What was the mistake? How many bars should there be from the fuel filter at idle?

My flow looks the same and is making just under 1 bar from the in tank pump not sure if that’s good or bad. Seems low to me CAYC 1.6 that is

Hey man, awesome video. I'm about to invest in a 167,000 mile 2011 TDI Jetta Wagon very similar to this one. Would you reccomend a preventitive High-Pressure Fuel Pump replacement given the car's mileage? I'm already thinking the Fuel filter will get replaced. If its a common thing, I'd like to mitigate a catastrophe. Thanks!

I wired my headlight in a few days ago poor job and a few days later my car know won't start if the wiring is not connected could it cause the same problem ?

Hi there we having problems with our 2011 1.6tdi golf, our mechanic has put his computer on it coming up about fuel pressure, he has changed the sensor and still wouldn’t start, now changed the regulator which has costed us near £500 so far and still won’t start for him, the battery went dead yesterday after trying for an hour. He’s gone to recharge the battery and coming back to try again, any ideas what would be wrong? Thanks

Which Connector is that i have a same problem my car not starting Audi a4 b8 2.0 tdi i wanna check this connector where is located this connector Thanks ?

Sir I have a vw Tiguan it hasn't no fault code not starting should I do basic settings for fuel pump ?

where does the plug connect to, and what is the plug called? i think i have the same problem

I hope that is my problem. Quite a bit of fuel did drip out overnight and wondering what else could be wrong after changing my timing belt and not starting. 🤔

I started having problems with my golf mk4 1.9 asv in the mornings..It cranks couple of times until it starts then every other time for the day i try to start it starts on first try really easy.. Will replace my fuel pump and filter next week and reply down if it fixed the porblem in case someone else has the same problem.

Hi. What sensor is that? I have crafter 2.0. Thanks

Just replaced my fuel pump yesterday but can't hear it working just checked the wires you checked and there all good, fuse is good next to steering wheel what else could be the problem?

Did you clean the spilt diesel? I'll bet it reeked of it for ages!!!!

Have similar problem to mine Golf 6 2.0 TDI. It wont start , sounds like no fuel or explosion in the cilynder. After some time it will suddenly start with no problem. My car techitian cannot locate the problem as it is gone suddenly, and appears from "no where". Still we dont know the root cause of this problem. Fuel pump looks good. :(

It will be nice to see pressures?

I have a problem with my Audi a6 2011 3.0 tdi cdya .. I had a donkey high pressure pump and nozzle ... I did everything to work ,, and cleaned the whole system on fire .. now the car starts immediately without any problems the engine works well only when I give the gas the car goes out and I throw out the error p0087 ,, I repeat the car starts immediately and they work calmly only when the gas goes out

Hi pal the spec for that pump is min 3.5bar

I have the same issue.Tried clearing it just too see if Car would turn on but it said Permanent code p0087. Vw quoted me 9grand Feel so stupid because I knew about this problem but didn't get rid off the car.The fuel pump took a dump 2 weeks after warranty expired.

Hi it would help if you said what the engine code is please?

What is the second thing u checked for metal? Looks like another fuel pump (I understand u don't want to explain the obvious but all cars r different, I haven't worked on anything newer that 2006)

Even if the codes are cleared, don't you think the codes would come back after tirning the car off and back on?

what plug was that?

Actually what was the problem only electric mis connect or fuel tube changed..bcos I'm really worrying in my car not started after I changed the low to high pressure tube.pls help me🙏

Are these engines as bad from the VAG group as I suspect! Petrol engines too! Always loved and respected German Engineering, but along with Mercedes and BMW, I feel a severe drop in their standards!!! Nothing but trouble from Premium Brands! What’s your thoughts?