2008 Passat 2.0T 4d
Okay so I was heading home from a friends place. I start the car, and on top of the usual engine's sound I heard a second sound. This sound, like an engines sound, happened many times per second so I assume it was from something rotating but I don't know for sure. It was also a "lighter" or "looser" sound.
I started driving it home, and within about 2 minutes of driving I suddenly lost significant power, experienced difficulty steering, all the lights in my car went dim (not completely off), and ALL the warning lights came on. I opened my window and got a massive whiff of something burning.
I made it home and the next day had my friend come by to help figure out the issue. I hadn't tried to start it because I was afraid I'd damage something if I tried.
Friend came by, and it wouldn't start. The engine doesn't do a single thing when we try to start it, we don't even get a click. The battery light, EPC light, and the check engine light is on.
We had a boatload of codes from the loss of power the night before and the one he told me to look into was "P3087"
We checked all of the fuses and each one lit up the little tester thing he had, indicating they all had power.
We disconnected the battery for 10 minutes and then tried starting it after that, still nothing.
We ended the night still unable to get anything happening.
Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to take it to his shop to continue diagnosing, but if anyone knows something that would make this process easier that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Okay so I was heading home from a friends place. I start the car, and on top of the usual engine's sound I heard a second sound. This sound, like an engines sound, happened many times per second so I assume it was from something rotating but I don't know for sure. It was also a "lighter" or "looser" sound.
I started driving it home, and within about 2 minutes of driving I suddenly lost significant power, experienced difficulty steering, all the lights in my car went dim (not completely off), and ALL the warning lights came on. I opened my window and got a massive whiff of something burning.
I made it home and the next day had my friend come by to help figure out the issue. I hadn't tried to start it because I was afraid I'd damage something if I tried.
Friend came by, and it wouldn't start. The engine doesn't do a single thing when we try to start it, we don't even get a click. The battery light, EPC light, and the check engine light is on.
We had a boatload of codes from the loss of power the night before and the one he told me to look into was "P3087"
We checked all of the fuses and each one lit up the little tester thing he had, indicating they all had power.
We disconnected the battery for 10 minutes and then tried starting it after that, still nothing.
We ended the night still unable to get anything happening.
Does anyone have any ideas? We're going to take it to his shop to continue diagnosing, but if anyone knows something that would make this process easier that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
