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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: tianaroja on 11 April 2005, 20:28
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i am rapidly losing faith with this mk3 i want my mk2 back, my mk3 has been idling at 1500-1800 for months i read the forum and cleaned the deposits off the throttle bodies great for 2 weeks now it is difficult to start from cold , 3 or 4 turns and then you cant move for a minute or it just dies, seems like it needs choke !, logically i thought cold start valve but reading around it seems temperature sensor is a more common fault , does this description sound like it could be this sensor and if it is how much! any help will be greatly appreciated
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check for vacuum leaks too..
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yes i was thinking that , i have checked isv valve as well and that wasnt fitted properly thought i had cracked it , the car runs perfect when warm is it the temperature sensor that tells the cold sart valve to work ?if you know what i mean
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i don't know anything from personal experience about this temp sensor stuff *touch wood*.. but i have read that problems like you're describing can be related to it.. sounds likely esp with the way the problem is related to temp instead of being a more general thing...
i think they're quite cheap arent they?
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i will try temp sensor first it may have been causing the fast idle initially and now it is totally knackered worth a try dont want to take it to garage yet sure i can fix
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My temperature light kept comin on but me temperature level wasnt moving
anyway................today it peed with water hence my radiator is knackered ah
so its away with mr :cry: mechanic tilll tomorrow
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sorted the problem changed sensor which was the wrong color ie green and not yellow and the car runs perfect mpg on the way back from brands hatch on sunday a whopping 45.8 wow