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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Brumaker on 25 October 2007, 16:24

Title: I hope this helps someone out there guys
Post by: Brumaker on 25 October 2007, 16:24: Hi Guys

I found this forum months ago and I think it's brill. Looking at all the previous posts from folk has really helped a lot. I was hoping I could help someone out there that is going through the same prob as I did with my R plate AGG engine 2lt 8lv.

My car developed a major fault when you accelerated in any gear approaching 3000 rpm. When it got close to this the car would splutter and start running like a pig. Over a period of a week it felt as if I was driving a 1.1 Nissan Micra with the handbrake on lol. I looked at all the usual this that would cause this fault e.g throttle body, lambda probe, relays, coolant sensor, induction leaks etc, but still had no joy with it. :angry: :angry: :sick:

After this I got a mate to put the car on his vag-com and it came up with an error on the lambda probe. I knew that this must be a wrong result that had come up on the laptop as I had just changed it with a new one from VW. The car was still running the same and it was hell to drive, but there was light at the end of the tunnel for me :grin: :grin: :grin:

I talked to a guy I know that works for a VW dealership and he said have you tried the AMM ( Air Mass Meter ). He said to go on the bay and get one for a couple of quid and if this improves things. Most VW dealerships do a refurbished AMM for under Ã‚£100. I fitted the one I got from the bay that cost just Ã‚£15. The car ran not bad but it still wasn't quite right, so I went to my local dealership, handed over Ã‚£96.75 and the old part (Ã‚£20 deposit) and got the new AMM the next day.

To say that the car was transformed would be an under statement :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:.

It has run better since I changed the AMM and I'm getting a great MPG to boot.

I hope this will help someone out there.

Cheers
Bru
Title: Re: I hope this helps someone out there guys
Post by: boneybradley on 25 October 2007, 17:08: this fault also shows on a code read..... mine had similar fault before i bought it

oh yeah i had to tone down the blue!! my eyes were hurting! :rolleyes:
Title: Re: I hope this helps someone out there guys
Post by: D2EVO on 25 October 2007, 23:28: Brumaker

My 8v has the exact same symptoms but mine also cut out on the road one night 2 weeks ago and wouldnt start for 10 minutes but hasnt done it since maybe i have 2 faults :grin:, im gonna stop at vw in inverness and buy 2 relays and a temp sensor on the way home rom work tomorrow but thanks to this thread i may invest in a airflow meter aswell :wink:

cheers

steve
Title: Re: I hope this helps someone out there guys
Post by: mattkh on 26 October 2007, 21:39: Quote from: Brumaker on 25 October 2007, 16:24
Hi Guys
To say that the car was transformed would be an under statement :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:.
It has run better since I changed the AMM and I'm getting a great MPG to boot.
I hope this will help someone out there.

Cheers
Bru
Hi
Any chance of a picture of where the AMM fits on the engine. Cheers.
Title: Re: I hope this helps someone out there guys
Post by: boneybradley on 26 October 2007, 21:54: heres my ady but all simos/siemens/hitachi (what ever you want to call it) engines are the same...basically all 8v's since 95

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/boneybradley/DSCN3430-1.jpg)