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A very Good Morning,
Car VW Sharan 1.9 TDi Diesel 195000 miles.

Background of the Problem:


It all started few weeks or  back, when my dashboard popped up error *Check Engine Coolant*. Panicking I took it to a local guy who said you might have a slow leak of the coolant. Coolant topped up, and hasn't leaked for a few weeks now.

The sometimes I used to get error *ENGINE WORKSHOP* with the *COIL HEATER BULB* flashing. I ignored it. Then it happened again, specially when you do a short run and park the car, and try to restart it. A week back on the dual-carriageway the car won't go beyond 50, and I knew there is a problem. It is not clutch, because it passes the "clutch tests". Engine shut down, restarted problem solved. Now it has become more often, with engine workshop warning coming often BUT only when the car has come to a full voluntarily stop.

Dr Google suggests it might be stuck EGR valve and/or dirty turbo.

NO  abnormal warnings, EXCEPT the *ENGINE WORKSHOP* occasionally when the car has come voluntarily to a full stop and turn on the key.

Please comment.

Thanks

Himanshu
Aberdeen

Thanks,

But there is no codes showing up. Is this not a typical Turbo problem or can be something else?
thanks

No it has not been plugged to anything yet. I do not have  fault code reader. All the errors are reported from the Dashboard.

So what all kind of faults lead to this *limp mode fault*?

Thanks

It sounds like the original coolant level warning issue is unrelated to the running problems then.

As above, you need to see what fault codes have been stored to give you an idea of where to start looking.

Could well be sticky vnt then,if fault comes back get fault codes read and see what comes up

The EGR and indeed the vnt need stripping to clean properly,additives etc are waste of time and money.