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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: dragongreengolfgti on 15 November 2011, 20:42
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Just wondering if these are common for packing up ? My car recently has been staying on the revs while changing gear and also idles at 900rpm is that normal? could this be my problem ? It runs sweet enough though producing good mpg etc however i think the clutch is on its way out as its snatching right at the top of the clutch travel :sad: Any other things that can affect the revs staying up for a second or so before changing gear ? cheers
Mike
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Mine idles at 850,clutch bites at the top also but has allways been like this , never slips. revs dont drop instantly either ,i wouldnt worry about it :smiley:
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Mine idles at 850,clutch bites at the top also but has allways been like this , never slips. revs dont drop instantly either ,i wouldnt worry about it :smiley:
Sounds the same then inless we both have a problem lol that sounds right i meant 850 rpm :smiley: only thing is though lately when giving it some throttle it dosn't always want to go ( like its pulling back) but if i let off the accelerator quickly and then plant it it comes to life and just goes thats abit weird as it never done that before :sad: Also i think it could need new stem seals possibly as its quite tappy on first start up and continues to tap very quietly Also a very minor oil usage like 2ml over a month so perhaps a head overhaul is in order! probably just age related i guess 117k now fsh though :smiley: cheers for reply :smiley:
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Well mine went abit like that about a month ago ,changed relay 30 and is good as gold again, sounds like your tappets or cams are abit worn but 117K is relativly low milage ,every motor uses a bit of oil if driven hard :evil: mines on 165K and running better than ever and it does get driven hard but i also look after it well with quality oils and parts. :smiley:
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I must admit it does get drove hard but only when oils upto temp 87+ its just been serviced using correct parts i know its running spot on as it ran 154.7bhp at carbons rolling road day in oct so i'm sure its either relays or some other electrical gremlin :sad: performance feels a bit low at the mo and i get a slight grind when cold into second not even a grind really just a slight notch at the end of travel :sad: Really hoping this isn't the sign of gearbox failing as its very snatchy when changing into any gear but this could be engine mounting maybe. I think after xmas its going to get a clutch and a head inspection for piece of mind may as well while its parked up :smiley: I know the mileage is quite low thats why i bought it originally it had 113k when i got it nearly 9 months ago with fsh another key buying factor. It's been a great car no troubles other than a dead battery last month but thats nothing major my plan was to park it up in dec for a supercharger fitment ready for next summer :smiley: But it may just end up with some standard engine work now :sad: cheers i will get a new relay friday also :smiley:
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mines just started to do this to! If you drive it pretty hard in first the revs take a while to drop back down. Strange. Where can you get the number 30 relay?
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Alright mate main dealers is best bet there about £9.50 maybe less :smiley:
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mines just started to do this to! If you drive it pretty hard in first the revs take a while to drop back down. Strange. Where can you get the number 30 relay?
Changing the relay wont make the revs drop quicker :laugh: :smiley:
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Alright mate main dealers is best bet there about £9.50 maybe less :smiley:
9.50!, i got ripped then vw stafford charged me 15 iirc :sad:
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Alright mate main dealers is best bet there about £9.50 maybe less :smiley:
9.50!, i got ripped then vw stafford charged me 15 iirc :sad:
could have changed by now as last one i bought was for my 8v 2 years ago lol thinking about it that will be the same i could try that one :smiley:
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Alright mate main dealers is best bet there about £9.50 maybe less :smiley:
9.50!, i got ripped then vw stafford charged me 15 iirc :sad:
could have changed by now as last one i bought was for my 8v 2 years ago lol thinking about it that will be the same i could try that one :smiley:
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mines just started to do this to! If you drive it pretty hard in first the revs take a while to drop back down. Strange. Where can you get the number 30 relay?
Changing the relay wont make the revs drop quicker :laugh: :smiley:
I cant remember me saying that it would :laugh:, for future reference of course, i know they're very common to go. But thanks for your concern
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has been staying on the revs while changing gear
Just to shed some light thats one of my issues on my car:
My car has an intermittent fault with the crank speed sensor (or its wiring) which seems to stop the revs dropping back after lifting off/changing down. Its fine changing up. Could take 15/20 seconds to drop from 5000rpm to idle.
When pulling hard up through the revs it also misfires quite violently around 4500rpm as if all ignition is being cut for a split second.
The third symptom happens on idle it tends to kangaroo between 750rpm-1200rpm.
Its an intermittent crank speed reading fault according to vagcom, and if I'm getting any of the above I'm usually getting all 3 so have a feeling they are all linked. Car is fine 6 days out of 7 but when its playing up its a nightmare around town...
EDIT: My reading of my problems is that the crank sensor is unable to tell the engine what rpm its doing hence the rpm related faults. I've never had any throttle position sensor faults on my car on the vagcom maybe OP could look at the crank speed sensor.
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that sounds quite bad mate i havn't yet had anything as eratic as that but i do remember changing the crank sensor on my old 8v due to none starting etc im getting no codes at the so i think its either relay or tps with my issue cheers :smiley:
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I'll give an update when I eventually get around to checking all the related wiring, and replacing the sensor. I'm flat out busy these days and as its a intermittent fault its not a matter of life or death (yet) :wink:
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I'll give an update when I eventually get around to checking all the related wiring, and replacing the sensor. I'm flat out busy these days and as its a intermittent fault its not a matter of life or death (yet) :wink:
I get what you mean from your last post :smiley: it is possible the crank sensor is slowly dieing as im sure its never been replaced i'm going to replace parts periodicly anyhow as i like my cars to be up together as much as possible. Even if it's not broke i usually replace the common faults especially as i'm planning on keeping this car for a long time :grin: hope you get time to fix yours and it dosn't suddenly get worse :sad: cheers