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Offline mk3dan

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Re: wont rev past 5000rpm
« Reply #10 on: 10 November 2010, 19:17 »
mines the same revs fine til 5k then limiter cuts in also i cant get vag com to pick up my ecu picks the abs up but not the ecu any ideas

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Re: wont rev past 5000rpm
« Reply #11 on: 10 November 2010, 19:37 »
Top of the page, could look into a few of these suggestions, may be of help

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=101400.0

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Re: wont rev past 5000rpm
« Reply #12 on: 10 November 2010, 21:49 »
As already said, first step is to check the timing, second step get it scanned for fault codes, see what that throws up and take it from there.

I had this problem a while ago on mine and it turned out to be the hall sensor. Replaced the dizzy and sensor and problem solved  :smiley:

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Re: wont rev past 5000rpm
« Reply #13 on: 11 November 2010, 19:34 »
ive checked the timing but the car wont scan for sum reason