At some point every VW will probably have a check engine light. But what does it mean when your Volkswagen has a check engine light. Today I will show you how to check faults with VCDS and diagnose a fault code. This is just one way to diagnose a VW check engine light
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~Steps of check engine light diagnosis
~VCDS Vag-Com ~ https://youtu.be/EULrYcCNCmg
~Sonic Tools ~ https://youtu.be/VzO6bwXQZQE
~Vehicle safety evaluation
~Checking faults with VCDS
~Faults Stored ~ P0507, P1111, P1136, P0171
~What does “System lean”mean?
~What does “System Rich” mean?
~Using MVB 32 with VCDS
~Visual inspection
~Pocking around vacuum lines
~Clamping vacuum lines
~Why my MIL is on
~and more
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thanks You for your videos, can you please send me a video of how to erase the tire pressure on 2010 VW. GTI
don't see any reset button on this car, Thanks You for your time.
Your fun light ,voice inflection doesn't match the detailed intelligent auto tech brain you so selfishly share THANKS
Hello My Friend, Can you give me a clue, how do i disable my private VAN VW 2008 CADDY please.
Kyra lima, how much was your repair for that
are the Diverters prone to failure?….. heck are the SMIC's prone to failure
I would like to thankyou, for the well done video. May your days be blessed!
Hi, your videos are always cool to watch and very helpful. I have a check engine light come on today when driving home in my 2009 VW Tiguan 2.0 T, stopped at the parts store and had a reading done, the code it gave them was P2015. I was wondering if you had any videos on this code and how to fix it. Thanks again, peace Tear
BTW, great videos! Keep 'em coming!
VW 2009 CC w/ 105K miles. CEL been on/off for a while with misfires and today when it came back on I saw P0171 and P12A2 (Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Inappropriately high). Still sound like vacuum leak or sensor problem, like thrust sensor or high pressure fuel pump? Need a full diag and need to buy new VagCom
I was looking at vagcom and then i saw something that was up for sale on ecstuning.
Could you do a side by side review of Vagcom compared to the Professional VAG Scan Tool?
Here is a link for you to take a look: https://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B5_A4-Quattro-V6_30v/ES2996394/
Great video. This was posted last year! I found the t-connector on a vacuum line under the coolant bottle was cracked. I got a very expensive replacement from VW that was aluminum instead of plastic. My own fault for being lazy and having Valvoline do an oil change…..
You should call this fuel trim troubleshooting, Just did this on my audi TT. It was vacuum leaks as usual. Thanks again for a great video!
Charles….. how do you not have any tools at home?? when I was a tech I always made sure to have basic tools at home with some carb clean! 😉
More videos like this please
My 2006 Passat check engine started to flash and the car was shaken really bad feeling like it was gonna shut down. What does this mean every time I go to a local mechanic they always kinda screw me over with being a girl going alone. Not to long ago I went for my horn in which costed me 500 total to fixed well then they said they couldn't fix only vw so I went vw cost another 162 to be seen then they told me 800 to fix the horn 🙁 in other words I just wanna know from your point of view could this be a coil gone bad or is the engine going ?
Hey I have a code for a p1287 and I can't figure out what it's for I have a 1.8t Jetta
These small endoscopes are nice for getting to tough places, with their own lights built in – and really cheap! In my house I tape them to fiberglass wire pull rods – but for these vids – you may have better luck taping them to a coathanger you can bend as needed. Thanks for the vids… http://www.amazon.com/CrazyFire-2-0MP-Inspection-Camera-Locator/dp/B00EQNCMTY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1455734454&sr=8-3&keywords=endoscope
This video reminds me of the elbow of the pcv system that you showed me on my 2.0L BEV at the EricTheCarGuy meetup. Scary thought.