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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: stubbsyt5 on 29 September 2006, 00:17
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http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2197
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sorry folks about the link but is a bit of a pain in the ass to type it all out again. hope some one can help
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Just copy and paste it mate!! Saves all the typing!!!!
just put my gearbox back in today after getting it back from a very nice man who totally recon it:beerchug: :beerchug: went for a test drive,everything perfect,15 mins into journey,running as if off a cylinder:zx11: no power and spluttering,nasty smell and smoke when i popped the bonnet,couldnt c anything wrong,looked under neath and the CAT was glowing red:zx11: :zx11: and smokin!!!!! with not a very nice burnning smell(im sure its totaly fooked now)changed the usual suspects,leads,plugs,cap,dis,rotor arm still the same.it will rev clean when at a steady rev,tick over is lumpy,as soon as you floor the pedal or rev it starts to run lumpy:confused: :confused: was fine before i removed gearbox:mad: any ideas? ive had a look around engine bay,pulled and prodded,plugged and un plugged and cant see anything a miss.will a snap-on diagnostic pick anything up??one thing i can say as it gets worse as it warms up. its a 1997 2.0 8v gti.dont fancy takein to a main stealer, when my mate has a snap-on:approve: :approve:
Though it doesnt make much sense TBH!! :grin:
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well all sorted :laugh: :laugh: got a diagnostic done this morning which didnt pull any codes,well bar the ones where plugs had been disconnected to try and find the fault :shocked: :shocked: anyway wot did it end up being i hear you ask :tongue: feckin plug leads :sick: :sick: :sick: just goes to show,thought i had done somethin wrong, trapped a wire,pulled a plug or maybe wrecked the exhaust o2 sensor when remove/fitting gearbox.