URGENT! Glow plug heater warning light flashing
 

Im driving home from london to newcastle and the glow plug light has started flashing, engine keeps cutting out. Has anyone got any suggestings please?

Also the the car will accelerate if im gentle with the pedal, but if i push to accelerate quickly it cuts out.

Sounds like fuel supply problem, could be simple thing like blocked fuel filter b ut could also be failing fuel pump. Hard to tell without plugging it in.

So i need to get it on vcds

Thanks for your help

Well i managed to get her home, took 5 hours.

Bought mysef a vcds too, so im going to plug it in today and see if i can find out whats wrong.

Do you know if i buy a new fuel pump and fit it myself, will it need to be coded or will it just work.

Change the fuel filter...that's what mine was ;)

Could be a number of things but that's one of the cheaper options... go for OEM

im going to change the fuel filter now, iv just had it on vcds and got these fault codes

Thursday,18,April,2013,16:40:35:41965
VCDS Version: Release 11.11.5

Address 01: Engine Labels: Redir Fail!
Control Module Part Number: 4E0 910 401 J HW: 4E0 907 401 B
Component and/or Version: 3.0L V6TDI G000AG 0020
Software Coding: 0011973
Work Shop Code: WSC 02313 785 00200
VCID: 224B3171FD6C1C08178
8 Faults Found:

18279 - Transmission Mount Valve 2 (N263)
P1871 - 001 - Short to Plus
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 0 /min
Torque: 167.7 Nm
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Voltage: 11.93 V
Bin. Bits: 1
Bin. Bits: 1
Bin. Bits: 1
Temperature: 61.2°C

19591 - Intake Manifold Runner Control
P3135 - 001 - Lower Stop not Reached - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 756 /min
Torque: 93.6 Nm
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Voltage: 13.60 V
Duty Cycle: 88.8 %
Duty Cycle: 80.9 %
Duty Cycle: 80.9 %
Temperature: 87.3°C

17978 - Engine Start Blocked by Immobilizer
P1570 - 000 - - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 0 /min
Torque: 167.7 Nm
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Duty Cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 11.86 V
Bin. Bits: 00101100
Torque: 1035.3 Nm
Torque: 89.7 Nm

16619 - Boost Pressure
P0235 - 001 - Regulation Range not Reached - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2205 /min
Torque: 214.5 Nm
Speed: 122.1 km/h
Absolute Pres.: 1530.0 mbar
Absolute Pres.: 765.0 mbar
Mass Air / Rev.: 564.0 mg/str
Temperature: 22.5°C
Duty Cycle: 69.4 %

17471 - Fuel Pressure Regulation
P1063 - 001 - Control Range Not Reached - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2079 /min
Torque: 206.7 Nm
Speed: 117.6 km/h
Duty Cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 13.68 V
Pressure: 546.7 bar
Duty Cycle: 42.6 %
Temperature: 36.9°C

17471 - Fuel Pressure Regulation
P1063 - 002 - Control Range Not Reached - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2079 /min
Torque: 206.7 Nm
Speed: 117.6 km/h
Duty Cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 13.68 V
Pressure: 546.7 bar
Duty Cycle: 42.6 %
Temperature: 36.9°C

17471 - Fuel Pressure Regulation
P1063 - 005 - Control Range Not Reached - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2079 /min
Torque: 206.7 Nm
Speed: 117.6 km/h
Duty Cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 13.68 V
Pressure: 546.7 bar
Duty Cycle: 42.6 %
Temperature: 36.9°C

17471 - Fuel Pressure Regulation
P1063 - 004 - Control Range Not Reached - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
RPM: 2079 /min
Torque: 206.7 Nm
Speed: 117.6 km/h
Duty Cycle: 1.0 %
Voltage: 13.68 V
Pressure: 546.7 bar
Duty Cycle: 42.6 %
Temperature: 36.9°C


Readiness: 1 1 0 0 0

i have no idea what this means. lol.

you'll need to clear all the codes in case they are old ones and try again too just to see what still comes up currently +++

Fuel pressure regulation could well be related to filter if it's clogged.

Iv cleared them and changed the fuel filter although the one that was one looked to have been changed.

Iv just got two fault codes one for right engine mount short to ground and the one for the transmision mount, but i can live with them for the moment.

So all going well i should be ableto make it down to prestige on sunday.