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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: gavgtiturbo on 01 January 2012, 21:07

Title: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: gavgtiturbo on 01 January 2012, 21:07

As titled i disconected my battery today,reconected it up and now its slow as if someones nicked my turbo.1.8t agu  :sad:
Any ideas anyone as it was mint before i did it?

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: jonnyturbo on 01 January 2012, 21:10

Any fault codes ? Limp mode maybe ?

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: gavgtiturbo on 01 January 2012, 21:18

I havent got a code reader,anyway to get it out of limp mode if its in this??

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 03 January 2012, 12:16

you need to clear the codes. cheapest way I think (other than get someone to do it for free!) is get one of the cheap readers off ebay think there about a tenner? every vw owner should have one :)

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 03 January 2012, 12:40

Quote from: Dan_GTi8v on 03 January 2012, 12:16

you need to clear the codes. cheapest way I think (other than get someone to do it for free!) is get one of the cheap readers off ebay think there about a tenner? every vw owner should have one :)

can buy the vagcom cable for about 15 quid and download the full version of vagcom from naughty sites (not porn) relatively easy  :evil:

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: Adam on 03 January 2012, 15:47

Did you disconnect your battery while the ignition was on?

Title: Re: disconected battery and now no power
Post by: gavgtiturbo on 03 January 2012, 18:05

It was a crap n75 valve,had a spare in the garage,cleared codes and job done  :wink: