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VR6 Engine tech / P0740 - Dead on the side of the road

« on: August 19, 2016, 09:50:35 pm »

Well crap. Driving down the hwy at 70 when the Rpms spiked to 5000 the to 1000. I pulled off and was leaking transmission fluid. Scanned the car it it said P0740 torque converter clutch circuit open. There is a massive fluid leak.

This van is starting to become a money pit.

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Westfalia / Mercedes "Marco Polo"

« on: June 25, 2016, 11:21:55 am »

Anyone seen this https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/vehicles/passenger-cars/v-class/the-new-marco-polo-stylish-independence/

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 21, 2016, 02:56:06 pm »

Well after a nigh in a hotel and 6 hours at the VW dealership they came up with . . . .  Nothing.  The thing ran fine for them.  They saw the codes but couldn't get a repro.  So I asked them to change the oil and I put a fresh tank of gas and drove off with fingers crossed. And we made it home with no more CEL's. Whoop! Cole, I suspect you are spot on about the screen. 

I still have to figure out what to do.  I don't want to take it out on another roadtrip till I figure out what actually happened.  So I may take it to my local VW guy who will likely know more. 

--Erik

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 20, 2016, 09:23:39 am »

Thanks Cole,

Still waiting to hear from the service dept. this morning.  Hopefully its just the sensors.  Or maybe something else electrical.  The van has had minor electrical issues in the past.  One other (likely irrelevant) thing. After resetting the MIL light, the wind shield wipers came on when starting the car.  Odd I know.  Fiddling with the wipers a bit and a few more starts/stops fixed it.  I'm hoping this points to a wiring harness or something impacted by the heat.  Hopefully.

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 19, 2016, 08:50:51 pm »

One other piece of data.  THe first code that popped up was :
P0011 - "A" Camshaft Position - Timing Over-Advanced or System Performance (Bank 1)

I reset this and never got it again.  The rest were P0340's

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 19, 2016, 06:37:56 pm »

If it is a timing chain (shudder) what would the expected cost be?

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 19, 2016, 06:21:51 pm »

Assuming the chain was done in 18K miles ago, am I right in assuming I would have seen issues before now if it had been done wrong?

One other thing.  In the past when the engine has been warm occasionally the car would be hard to start.  Or rather it would start and then die.  Restarting it and giving it a little gas would fix it, and then it would run fine. 

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VR6 Engine tech / Re: HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 19, 2016, 06:01:26 pm »

2002 VR6
215K Miles
Codes:

• P0340 Camshaft Position Sensor "A" Circuit
• P0300 Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected
• P0305 Cylinder  5 Misfire Detected
• P0303 Cylinder  3 Misfire Detected
• P0306 Cylinder  6 Misfire Detected
• P0302 Cylinder  2 Misfire Detected

The car actually ran very well. We powered over a 7500' mountain pass at 70MPH.  We stopped on the other side and upon restarting the engine had very little power.  It felt like I was on 3 cylinders for the 12 miles to the VW dealership.

I bought the car 2 years ago and the guy said he had just done the timing chain at 197K.

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VR6 Engine tech / HELP! Stuck in Provo

« on: June 19, 2016, 05:27:20 pm »

We were on our way from Telluride to Seattle. We stopped in Moab where it was >100 degrees.  When we started out again the car was very difficult to start and I got a check engine light.  The car drove fine.  I reset it and went on our way.  Upon restarting we got another code P0340 (Camshaft position sensor "A" Circuit) and a bunch of P030x codes indicating misfires.  We limped into Provo and the van is at the VW dealership.  Provo being Provo, everything is closed we're stuck here until tomorrow.

Doing some research I found this https://www.openbay.com/p0340/2002-volkswagen-eurovan which says it should be cheap! Three questions:

• Is there any chance this is a timing chain?
• What's the likelihood a VW dealership will have the part(s)?
• Anything I should lookout for?

Thanks.

--Erik

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Interior! / Re: Dashboard Cubby Installation

« on: May 18, 2016, 10:12:36 am »

Are there any more of these?

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Interior! / Re: Eurovan Heater Flap repair - quick and dirty method!

« on: May 13, 2016, 10:03:30 am »

If you do this, you'd be doing us a great service if you documented it well!    It's on my todo list, eventually.

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Shiny things you no longer want / Re: Eurovan Passenger Side Cubby/Glovebox

« on: April 08, 2016, 02:06:52 pm »

Any more to be had?

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Interior! / Re: Eurovan Heater Flap repair - quick and dirty method!

« on: April 08, 2016, 02:04:25 pm »

Interesting. Did you discover this by accident? Or was this the goal? Did you remove the seats?

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Interior! / Re: Manual and Interior Parts for Silver Eurovan w/Gray Interior

« on: March 28, 2016, 08:08:51 pm »

The Bentley manual is a great resource for this van, I have the hard copy but I have heard good things about the CD/PDF version as well (searchable and stuff).

GoWesty is ok for parts, they focus more on Vanagons so the selection is limited. For specific parts you can also look at europarts-sd or eurocampers.com. Some parts you may have to find used, either by posting in forums or the Yahoo Eurovan group. If something has a VW part number I usually order from WorldImpex or 1stvwparts since they are cheaper than my dealer, though my dealer does have a discount for VW club members.

I'm not sure about your specific parts off the top of my head but these sites might get you started.

I have a CD of the Bentley manual, but i can't get it to run (It's 12 years old).  I suppose I should be able to figure this one out, but if anyone has a clue on getting an updated version, let me know.

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Exterior / Re: Headlight bulbs

« on: March 27, 2016, 03:10:41 pm »

I suppose, but it's reversible and at worst I'm our $29 if i screw it up.