GolfGTIforum.co.uk

Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: daz123 on 04 March 2006, 20:16

Title: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: daz123 on 04 March 2006, 20:16

 :cry:car has broke down , mk3 gti 8v engine code agg
cars starts then dies any ideas cause i cant work it out
cheers daz

Title: Re: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: monkeyalan on 05 March 2006, 16:51

 how long does it run for before it conks out?

Haynes says

engins starts but stops immediatley

1 loose/faulty connection in the ignition circuit

2 vacuum leak at the throttle body , inlet manifold and assosiated hoses

3 blocked injector

Title: Re: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: daz123 on 10 March 2006, 13:55

 :grin:it fixed , new dizzy cap and rotar arm , jobs a good un

Title: Re: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: Len on 10 March 2006, 20:25

Thats two of us then!

Title: Re: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: monkeyalan on 10 March 2006, 20:35

glad i changed mine when i changed the coil, ht leads and dizzy cap or it'd probably be 3 of us  :laugh:

Title: Re: car has broke down , help needed
Post by: vwagain on 10 March 2006, 21:57

When i first got mine i checked the cap out and found that some tosser had put the cap on at an angle so the rotor arm had almost sliced right through two of the contacts :shocked:  Im suprised it actualy ran!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stu