My Black Magic Passat! Now Gone! Dead

[Rhyso]

Camshaft / crank sensor??  On the dervs it would get too hot and wouldnt let the car restart until it got warm

Equally you got to love the reliable 1.8Ts 

[Len]

Well its running absolutely fine now!

No idea what the problem was!

[Rhyso]

Is yours the older style 1.8T with an ignition amp on the back of the airbox?  That normally gives you a misfire.

What codes were coming up out of interest?

[Len]

That was the problem as there were no codes!

Changed the spark plugs and swapped back in my old set of coil packs and it was even worse!
So took it back to the garage and when they restarted it and checked codes again it was fine!

My only guess was a bit of debris from the failed plugs got onto an injector which then got dislodged when I revved the f**k out of it to get it down to the garage. Then the garage did a reset but they say they didnt!

[Len]

Car has been working fine for a while now so thought I would treat it to a new grille.

[Len]

Passed its MOT on Friday so another years motoring for the Passat!

[boneybradley]

Passed its MOT on Friday so another years motoring for the Passat!

Len those Passats always seem to pass the mot fine..... shame the mk3's don't seem as good     

[Len]

Did get a couple of extra advisories!
As well as the chip in the windscreen which has been there since I had the car, He added a rusty exhaust and some perished bushes.
Just normal wear stuff.

[Len]

So it has started a new cutting out issue!

Cuts out when coming to a stop, but not always, sometimes the revs will drop right off and you think its gonna cut out but then recovers and idles fine.
Engine will restart straight away when it does cut out.

Getting codes checked later by Billy so will see if that shows anything.

[Len]

Code 16486 - Mass air flow sensor low input

Looks like I need a new MAF sensor!