I hope this helps someone out there guys

[Brumaker]

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. 

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 

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 £100. I fitted the one I got from the bay that cost just £15. The car ran not bad but it still wasn't quite right, so I went to my local dealership, handed over £96.75 and the old part (£20 deposit) and got the new AMM the next day.

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

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

[boneybradley]

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! 

[D2EVO]

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 , 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

cheers

steve

[mattkh]

Hi Guys
To say that the car was transformed would be an under statement  .
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.

[boneybradley]

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