[KevlarB]

Ok, got it started. The key must have been that bushing in the bellhousing that I didn't replace. I went out to the car, put it in drive and rocked the car back and forth. This must have aligned the starter, 'cause it finally turned over. Took a while to start, then was knocking really loud. I changed the oil, there was brown and white liquid in the oil it appeared, I changed it at 9pm via a flashlight. And the knocking stopped. The check engine light came on the next morning and now it's running a little on the rough side, like I can feel the car vibrate, but it has a steady idle and drives fine. I'll get the engine code read this weekend and report back. So much for the Jetta handling 9 inches of water. There must be some major malfunction with the design of the starter in this model Jetta. Because my buddy has a 1992 Jetta and came over to help me figure out what was wrong with my car, drove thru the same puddle, and the same exact thing happened to his car. Do they not have puddles of water in Germany?