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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: boo on 05 September 2008, 17:25

Title: poor runing 16 valve
Post by: boo on 05 September 2008, 17:25

started this morning drove to work stoped to get morning paper
drove of car started to jerk realy badly revs going up and down
wouldnt pull thru the rev range got to work in the end
same thing happend a gain on the way home  :sad:
got a new crank sensor to fit tomrow as that was shown up as
fault on vag com as well as the temp sender on the block wich ive changed
aswell anyone got any other ideas what it could be  cheers

Title: Re: poor runing 16 valve
Post by: GOLF_MK on 06 September 2008, 18:10

Your crank sensor may well fix that problem.......

Title: Re: poor runing 16 valve
Post by: boo on 06 September 2008, 22:03

well got the crank sensor off today what a pig of a job
only to find the euro car parts one nowt like the vw one different connection
doesnt even fit in the hole propely to say im pi""ed off is a understatment
got no car now till its sorted the crank sensor wireing was well goosed so  ide say that
was my problem i hope anyway

Title: Re: poor runing 16 valve
Post by: shaunthebeef on 06 September 2008, 22:53

i had the same problem, changed the crank sensor and all is good. one of the worst jobs iv had to do, tried doing it without taking the front engine mount off but failed lol good luck!

Title: Re: poor runing 16 valve
Post by: boo on 10 September 2008, 21:32

sorted  now the crank sensor was the problem
car runs like a good one now  :grin: