Hello everyone i bought a 2002 Passat with the V6, i just recently had to put a new timing belt and all the pullies along with that went new heads and a cam shaft and spark plugs, i drove it all day when i got it back and i parked it outside it was very cold that night being from Utah, and the next morning it would not start??? i pushed it in the garage and put a new fuel filter in it, that didnt work! it will turn over but wont start, we fuel pressure is good. once we got it started it worked great i drove it for 3 days, now i left it outside again and cannot get it started. Does anyone know what might be wrong? I cannot keep putting all this money into this car and nothing is working! If anyone can please help me out that would be great THANKS!!!!

 

Check your ignition coils for cracks.

 

Thanks for replying! How would i go about checking that?

 

You pull the spark plug wire boots off the coils and look for any cracks.

 

does it have spark plug wires and a distributor, if it does look for a crack in the distributor, it could be grounding on a part of the block, or something, you can test that by going in your garage turn lights off, make it dark and spray a little water on the distributor while its running

 

THANKS YOU GUYS FOR THE HELP IM GLAD YOU GUYS REPLIED! I WILL TRY THIS LATER AND SEE HOW IT GOES!!! THANKS AGAIN

 

Cars nowadays have ignition coils not distributers.

 

ya but the 12v vr6 does have a distributor he has a 2002 v6 so i think it might have one im not sure though

 

No, it doesn't have a distributer. If it's a 12V it has an ignition coil pack. If it's a 24V it has six individual coils.

 

how come the 24v what seem like spark plug wires