Ok I'll start this off with a song so you can listen to it as you help me get "unstuck in Lodi"
I just bought my dream van (I'm hoping it's a good dream and not a nightmare). I've been a Diesel VW driver for years and I work on them all the time to keep them alive. I get 500k-650k miles on them so I'm pretty good and keeping them alive as I pour the miles on them. I drive over 100k per year, and just logged in 66k in the past 3 months. On one of my road trips last month I came across a 2004 Dodge Sprinter 3500 with only 110k on it. I thought that this could/can be my new dream car, since I pretty much live in my car with all the driving I do. The owner told me it runs great, but as it gets hot the ignition switch will not allow it to start, so it might need a new switch. I figured what the hell.... start it up and don't turn it off till I get home and replace the part there, so down the road I went. I made it 20 mile away and it turned off. I tried every trick I knew to get it to turn over but the switch (or what I thought was the switch) just lite up the dash but wouldn't turn it over. I turn it to the on position and climbed under and jumped the starter to get it to turn over but I wouldn't fire. I had it towed back to the guy I bought it from and asked if I could come back another day to work on it and he was cool with that. I don't want my money back I just want to get it running right. The next day when it cooled off the guy said it started right up, so it's something that happens when it gets warm. I came home and started to read as many posts as I could. Most said that their vans would turn over but not start, but mine wouldn't turn over and when I jumped the starter it still wouldn't start. What the hell I bought tons of parts for it.... and new ignition switch, cam sensor, crank sensor and other things. Now back to Lodi I go (800 miles from home). This time I brought a scanner with me and the only code it threw was P0500 (speed sensor, I don't that could be related in anyway). I turned it on and left it running till it got hot, turned it off and it would start up right away so I though the new ignition switch in it, still nothing, so I replaced the cam sensor, still nothing, so I replaced the crank sensor still nothing, so I waited till it cooled off. After a couple tries it started up, then is started to run rough and died, I tried a bunch of time again and the same thing. I waited till it cooled off (about and hour) and it started off and ran great till it got warm and then back to the same thing all over again. I drove back home in my Diesel VW empty handed. Back on this site to ask for your help. So it runs great when it's cold, dies when it's hot and runs bad. Won't turn over when it's hot. Now one post said check the fuel filter, but that shouldn't make it not turn over, another said air filter. I replaced the cam and crank sensor, but same thing with the starting and the way it runs. I could see if it had a ton of miles on it, but hell with only 110k on it it's like brand new and it runs great when it cold. Can anyone help me get out of Lodi again? Does anyone live close to Lodi that's good with the T1N sprinters? Thanks, Run Faster
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