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problem found. the wire to the camshaft position sensor was broken - looks like mice or a rodent had nibbled through it, as where i live is near these trees where we often see squirrels and mice etc. I have used some block connectors to reconnect the wires for now, but will need some better connections or solder to do it properly at some point. Thankfully it was clearly visible (once i realised the sensor is the one on the front of the engine and not the one attached to the magnet on the side of the cam cover (whatever that is!)

Afternoon forum users! Car been perfectly fine, 40 mile round trip yesterday albeit in very wet weather on return journey. Went to start today, and just didn't carry on turning over. Starter motor engaged, turned engine momentarily, then stopped. Tried a few times. no strange noises just cut off once started turning over. Finally it started after deciding it would continue cranking for a few seconds, and then EPC light came on with P0343 error. It drives ok, but went to re-start it and whilst it did start again after a long crank, i don't obviously want to risk getting stuck somewhere. I am worried it is timing related, any ideas? Thanks in advance

Thanks for this - i am not sure though why it suddenly has appeared, i've had the car 9 x years and never had this problem in previous winters. The earthing points and cables under the battery do look old now, and the earth to the battery (mounting on body) has some slight green / white corrosion but its very minor. Usually its just the "ping" sound, esp warning, and then it starts up fine. Next time i turn off (even up the road 20 metres) and re-start, its gone. And wont return that day no matter how much i use the car. I saw posts about some BCM which sits behind the dash or something, and that water can get onto it, so keen to chase any leaks from the front of the engine bay / wiper area if thats happening and what's causing it. But not sure if this is the issue. Appreciate it is hard to track down intermittent things but there must be moisture entering something......

Have done a search on here and seen a few similar posts but with no real answers other than it went away in dry weather. Issue surfaced a month or two ago, a couple of the lights on the dash were lit very dim, and flashed when indicator was on. Then, next time I turned ignition on the ESP error appeared, and engine management light (as a result of the ESP I suspect). Car started fine, and then when turning off and back on, the ESP disappeared. This morning, same issue, hadn’t used the car for maybe 4/5 days, and when ignition turned on (before actually starting), ESP error and engine warning light. But this time, engine tuned kept turning over and didn’t start. Turned key off, back on, and this time it started. I have heard that this could be down to damp / water getting into the BCM. It does seem to happen when it has rained, or been cold and then rained (thus causing damp). I am also not sure if it could be the battery, but it turns over quickly enough, whereas I have had a bad battery in the past and it turned over slowly. Unless of course there’s something else amiss with the battery. Car was driven 20 miles this morning, started up 3 / 4 times when I arrived at work, and no warnings or issues. Sounds definitely an electrical problem but any suggestions on where to start? A lot of the threads on the issues with damp seem to end with no real resolution other than people running the air con and opening the windows in the dry weather. But I can’t worry about this every winter especially as it didn’t want to start this morning and just turned over. Must be something to do with the electrics that control the fuel pump / ignition that didn’t want to allow it to start. Or immobiliser. I have no clue! 😊

Very odd but when I use the indicators the following warning flashes (dull flashing as opposed to bright) any idea anyone?

Already done a carbon clean and replaced all 4 x injectors 3 years ago, so should be good as only done 11k miles since i did that work. I think i disturbed the ball joint that attaches to the actuator when i tested it by hand, as it was slightly misaligned. Since i clipped it back in, there are no more codes so far and not even a pending code (my code reader flags up when a code is pending, i.e. a fault has occured but not yet resulted in a check engine light). So will see how it goes, but thanks for the advice re after market. I'd prefer to avoid the £500 genuine part cost, you can buy a used engine for £1500.....!

Afternoon, Just wondered if anyone had used an aftermarket inlet manifold on the VRS? I have a 2010 VRS 2.0 tsi. I had a code Sunday , P2015, which may be a result of me operating the vacuum actuator arm by hand the day before (to check it was moving freely) and somehow i may have dislodged the ball joint as it looked a bit mis-alsigned when i checked it when the code came on so i unclipped the ball joint and re-seated it. I have cleared the code and its not come back on since, but am pre-empting needing a new inlet manifold at some point as i am on the original version with 80k miles. The genuine part is over £500 at TPS, so am keen to explore the aftermarket options. I heard Vaico are meant to be a reasonably reputable manufacturer, but there are mixed reviews on anything non-OEM. Clearly i'd rather not install an aftermarket part that cost £150 and find it fails / throws an error code, but that said would be comfortable to take a punt on it vs a £500 OEM part! thanks

Maybe it is the sensor? I didn't realise the inlet manifold was servicable, thought that code meant you need a new inlet?