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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Itteh on 09 February 2013, 02:42
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Enough is enough i dno wt t do with it anymore, fresh mot and tax and it messes up nw !!! So much been spent on it n its pisin me ryt off everyday, yesterday exhaust fell loose iv had it put bak on 4 times alredi n turnin of problem aint getin any better, i dnt wna sell as im an honest guy hu wudnt wna buy a car like this so i dnt wna sell like it is. Too much of ma wages have gone into her . Any idea hw much it wud go fr in parts 8v 1997 ? Dont wna spend more on it at all. Drives perfect wen it wants too n it wnt gv me any mileage eitha. WHAT ON EARTH SHOULD I DO WITH IT !!
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keep it man it looks real sweet
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Mate ive had a few golfs over the years and ive had certian cars which have given me real grief so I know how you feel.I dont know what problems your having but theres always people on here that know there sh!t that will help and advise best they can.Mk3s are pretty straight forward cars and most faults can be put right without spending stupid amounts of money unlike some newer version of the golf.I think you should stick with it maybe do a new post of all your issues so you can get some help and advise and hopefully sort your car out at least once youve sorted it you know the strength of the car.
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Everytime you fix something thats something that isn't going to wrong again soon, and it can't keep going wrong forever. Fix it dude.
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Iv fixed it so many times tho, ontop of that its givin me some dirty mileage, and the mechs cant mek up their mind either. Parts wise how much woukd i be lookin it makin ?
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Iv fixed it so many times tho, ontop of that its givin me some dirty mileage, and the mechs cant mek up their mind either. Parts wise how much woukd i be lookin it makin ?
How long is a piece of string?
Keep it, you'll probably end up buying something not as good and will break just as much!
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Defo keep it m8.In your previous thread you said you couldn't delete fault code.I take it you have run a proper VAGCOM diagnostics on it,not one of those cheapo Ebay handheld pieces of crap.Which part of the exhaust is falling off ?
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giving up is for wimps mate! stick at it.... :smiley:
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Its the intake that has the fault i changed the maf and it stil givs me problems plus suckin too much fuel its like drivin a 3.0 and it has hardly any power, the revs die down one off when they feel like. No mech rpund here can figure it out i had the maf changed and the car it came off was runninspot on. And my aftermarket exhaust keeps fallin off pisses me off too much ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Have you tried the air intake temperature sensor.It plugs into the side of the air filter box.Which part of the exhaust if falling off ie backbox,middle box or all of it.?
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Backbox only and iv gt a k&n induction on i was drivin car upptil yest wiout the maf plugged on since monday .....
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Ok,so back box is held on by rubber hanger underneath and attaches to main pipe which may need new clamp fitting.I've found on my other cars that a small piece of shim metal is wrapped around the main pipe to make the fitting a bit tighter.I have a K & N induction kit on mine and the inlet air temperature sensor plugs into the back shoulder of the filter.That may be faulty so check wiring.
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so at some point the car did run fine?
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The car was perfect up til i parked it up for 4 months but i use to start it evry week. The left hinge on exhaust is ok the right hand side of it fell off. Also the induction iv no idea all i kno is iv tuk the plug of the maf sensor and it dunt turn the car off does than mean the maf is ok or not. Im stuk for cash its becomng to much of a headache aswell
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Shame you having so many problems. At the end its a golf thing. They can be great or on the other hand a right cnut!!!
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The car will still run with the MAF unplugged,sometimes better than with it plugged in.There should be another plug with a small lead that plugs into the shoulder of the filter. http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r488/bazzagolfgti/IMG_10771.jpg
If you look at the filter on the right you have the bracket then under that you have a plug,that is the air intake temperature sensor.It just pulls out.That may be faulty.
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if its giving you too much trouble you can give me your mk3 :cool:
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It dunt luk like the pik no mre n i hav dun check usin vcds and air intake comes up but dosent deleteeeee
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So don't you have the K & N induction kit on anymore ?.If you can try and post up a pic of your air filter and intake pipe,would help.If the hinge has broken off the backbox,may need a new backbox m8. :sad:
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It dunt luk like the pik no mre n i hav dun check usin vcds and air intake comes up but dosent deleteeeee
what does it look like now? looks awesome in the pic
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At mo it looks like urs andd the image was taken early last year the images before i sorned it luk even beta lool and crap ma new backbox was loudn had a very different deep tone nt like boy racers that the hole area can hear when ther only on 2500 revs ! !
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I know this might not look like your sensor but have a read of the symptoms and tell me if you having similar problems.http://www.aa1car.com/library/air_temp_sensors.htm
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What is the fault code from VCDS? And if a bracket on the backbox is a problem then a quick bending session may sort it. If it's snapped off but everything else looks fine I'm sure there'll be someone local that could weld it back together with ease :)
Im at this point with mine, but will persevere with it as I know it'll be a good car when I'm eventually finished with it :D
As said, mk3's are relatively simple cars and most problems are generally simple fixes
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in the image you can see i have unplugged the maf sensor wire, it has been runnin okayish since, but i need to know the problem with the car, here is the image one of u helpful guys asked for
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q544/ishabir/IMG-20130210-WA005_zpse97b2a4d.jpg)
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Right,in the pic i don't see any wires coming out of the plug that sits on top of that little round cylinder to the left of the MAF sensor.Plus is that white thing that looks like its plugged into the shoulder of the filter connected to anything ?
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the one on the left is connected as theres a green wire coming out of it... look closely n im surwe ul b able to see it and the white thing is another little filter, its not connected to anything tho........ its always been like that....
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Well where that little white filter is should be where your air intake temperature sensor is plugged in.That sends a message to the ECU to tell it the air temperature so it can determine the air/fuel mixture.Have you had a problem with excess fuel use,misfire on cold days,stuttering on acceleration in cold weather ?
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Iv had a problem with excess fuel and it recentley started messn about with shidderin when its cold hw much is this sensor ?
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The sensor is about £25 from GSF.You should have a cable down to the left of the small cylinder that orignally had the sensor attached to it.Mine are taped together with the MAF sensor cable.
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you could end up chucking loads of money at it replacing parts,seems strange that it was ok then you have left it off road for 4months and all of a sudden you have a running issues! might be worth before you spend a arm and leg checking all connections for damp,cleaning all sensor connections.bet it turns out to be something that you have over looked!...have you not got a golf guru up your neck of the woods that could help? hope you get to the bottom of it fella :smiley:
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Hi ltteh,just a quick thought.If the air intake temperature sensor cable has been cut i'm afraid you won't be able to delete the fault.The ECU needs to get a signal from all sensors but if the cable has been cut it will continue to show a fault.
On another note you said the car had been stood for 4 months.That would take us back to October when the weather was milder and slightly drier than now.Now the colder weather is here you can get the crap cold start running issues.
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God, well iv given it in to garage, and asked em to check it from head to toe for the intake problem. i explained as much as i could regarding the fault, and told them about this sensor that is apparently missing, as someone mentioned, also would trying the standard airbox be any better ? ? its been parked since mid sept, could it be fuel relay ? or anything even that sort ? the air temp sens cable, hasnt ever been on the car, i mean i put the induction kit on it, april 2011 or sometime then, my mate frm work was a mechanic he put it in for me, since then it was runnin spot on, its just nw after the park up it got effed up, feel like gettin a total diff setup on it, like a 16v buh i dnt throw money on it, as 16v will set me back 400 odd and then the labour another 3 or 400, ......