Well....the fact that you don't hear the pump hissing when you try to restart, makes me think the pump isn't working - which makes me wonder if there is a relay that has mind of its own, or even simpler than that, a loose connection, that with the right bump in the road, looses contact.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D