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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 TDI => Topic started by: asif on 18 February 2010, 11:51

Title: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 18 February 2010, 11:51
Hello all, firstly thanks for taking time to read this.

I have a problem with my 130pd, my revs when at idle sit at 1k regardless if the car is hot or cold, it always idle's at 1k.

I'm pretty sure most cars idle higher when cold then go lower one their upto running temp mine doesn't change at all.

Any ideas? Advice? anyone else have or have had the same problem?
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 18 February 2010, 11:57
Car has been like this since i've had it for the last 6 months or just over and in that time i've had it vagcom'd twice to see if there is generally anything wrong and nothing has ever come up on there.

What could be the problem? Also what are your revs at when cold and when warm?
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 19 February 2010, 15:29
Ok so knobody knows the answer, can somobody tell me how to bring my revs back down to earth?

On my old petrol cars you could just turn a screw or something to bring the revs down, is it done like these on these VW dervs?
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: Rhyso on 19 February 2010, 15:35
you need VAGCOM to adjust the idle
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 19 February 2010, 15:40
Jeez I was hoping you wouldn;t say that :(

Anyone in the midlans with Vagcom?

I really would love to know what caused this in the first place.

Sometimes my car feels like it's being held back, what I mean by that is if I let go of the accelerator it slows down pretty quick, this car when my brother had it used to roll nicely when you let go of the accelerator.
My tyres are all pumped up, i've tried millers for the past month and a half on every fill up and nothing has changed, my maf has been changed for a new one, car has been vagcom'd and still no joy.

Something isn;t right somewhere but I need to find out :( as my mpg around town is almost always 33mpg and on motorway I struggle to get 50mpg if i'm lucky :(

Fooking cars, do your nips in if only it could be diagnosed more easily :(
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: Rhyso on 19 February 2010, 15:45
you far from R-Tech??

Why don't you book in for a diagnostic session with them  :smiley:

At least you know you won't be given bullsh!t :afro:
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 19 February 2010, 15:48
I diagnostic session? Wouldn't that just be the car being plugged into Vagcom?
Or is it more intensive and more hands on?
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: Rhyso on 19 February 2010, 17:50
I diagnostic session? Wouldn't that just be the car being plugged into Vagcom?
Or is it more intensive and more hands on?

Bit more than that I would have thought  :wink:  Ring and speak to them - it could include rolling road time, live test logging on the road, visual inspection of all the boost pipes

Seeing as you're so close it would be silly not to let them look at it.  End of the day they have far more experience on these engines then a bunch of blokes on the internet  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: asif on 20 February 2010, 10:34
True, true very true Rhyso.

I'll need to give them a bell, firstly need to get some pennies together as service coming up soon in 2k so may get the whole lot done together.
Title: Re: Car idle problem, help advice required...
Post by: Rhyso on 20 February 2010, 11:50
True, true very true Rhyso.

I'll need to give them a bell, firstly need to get some pennies together as service coming up soon in 2k so may get the whole lot done together.

Ideal time to get it all done in one go then :afro: