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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: dubpirate on 22 January 2013, 18:20

Title: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: dubpirate on 22 January 2013, 18:20

ye

you guys are awesome helping with the rest of the car

but I need to speak to someone who knows this engine

cheers

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: murraymint on 22 January 2013, 18:25

Try here

http://mk3golfowners.co.uk

It's a forum for all mk3 owners not just mainly gti's

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: dubpirate on 22 January 2013, 18:32

is this new seems there isn't much on it
?

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: murraymint on 22 January 2013, 19:27

Yh only started last year but growin fast

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: itavaltalainen on 22 January 2013, 20:56

Golf mk3 section here is massive:

http://www.motor-talk.de/forum/vw-golf-3-b146.html

wouldn't be the first to post google translate stuff there...

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: spudboy6 on 22 January 2013, 20:56

What do you want to know about it ?

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: dubpirate on 22 January 2013, 21:47

about the spi carb set up  and my ongoing running issues

sh!te mpg probs 20mpg

no power I have had a 1.4 one of these before this one is not right

only starts if I floor throttle same time

if I blip the throttle a few times it will die

once started and still cold sometimes it wont rev up you have to floor it and wait 

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: spudboy6 on 22 January 2013, 23:47

What have you tried already ? I'm not sure how old yours is but if its around 96 it will have an obd socket in the dash and it may want the throttle butterfly cleaning with some carb cleaner and then recalibrating ,

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: Bellend on 23 January 2013, 00:12

Check the rubber flange on the throttle body for cracks etc

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: dubpirate on 23 January 2013, 21:56

rubber flange fine , no fault codes , carb cleaner , tried it all

only thing I touched that made a difference is a vac line going from the carb to a valve on osf wing this is sucking shut and flat the valve is clicking a lot it seems then to go to the charcoal filter

Title: Re: best forum to get help with a 1.4 aex engine
Post by: Bellend on 23 January 2013, 22:11

Pull all the charcoal crap out and just block the vac line even temporary.

Can also try a new TB and SPI unit as they do play up sometimes. It's not a carb mate.