Car overheated, epc light and battery light came on and now it won’t start.

Asked by Noll7 Nov 04, 2019 at 09:01 PM about the 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8T

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I was driving home going about 60 mph when
my car started over heating and the epc light
and my battery light came on. The car died
and wouldn’t start. I’ve changed the fuel
pump, and coolant reservoir. I’ve checked my
coil packs and spark plugs they both had
spark but my spark plugs looked a little wet.
I’ve tried jumping the car and charging the
battery. It cranks over and it sounds like it is
cranking hard enough to start. Not sure why it
won’t start if you have any sort of idea or
anything please let me know. Thank you!

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lincolnscott49 answered 4 years ago

If you have spark then it may be fuel. You could try spraying starter fluid into the throttle body while starting the car and if it starts and runs while spraying then it is a fuel delivery problem. Make sure you purged the cooling system when you filled it or you could have an air lock.

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Noll7 answered 4 years ago

@lincolnscott49 right after it happened I gave it a little bit of time to cool down then tried spraying starting fluid straight into the air box and it still didn’t do anything, but I will try again right after I get back from vacation which will be Sunday. Thank you

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Bgab answered 3 years ago

Did you happen to figure this out? Having this problem

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