pre ignition fault

[hobbios-gti]

does anyone know where the coolant temp sensor is on 2001 gti please

[Hulmie]

looking at the engine from the front it will be on the right side of the engine. remove your engine cover and it'll be there. have a look in the maintanence section for fitting guide and it shows you the location

[RTechUK]

Defo Cut your losses











and get a new mechanic




A good mechanic will give you a reason why the engine has to be changed,  Pre ignition is a unrequested combustion which will be fuel and heat realted timing,  It can be easy to diagnose with trial and error testing.  Did he do a data logging session using vagcom?


Can you shed some more light on the fault?

Do you get a fault code?
Symptons?
Conditions?
All the time or every now and then?

[hobbios-gti]

P0113
 Intake Air Temp.Circ High Input

 P0341
 Camshaft Pos.Sensor Circ Range/Performance

 P1146
 Mass or Volume Air Flow Circ Supply Malfunction

ive replaced the camshaft position sensor and had 2 new mafs all geniuine parts and nothing

There the codes i got on wednesday after having a new maf and camshaft position sensor.

the car stutters like a misfire in 1st 2nd and now 3rd. Over the summer it was intermittent and went away for about 3 months. Then when this cold snap came kept coming on and off but there was no problem in driving pulling in all gears and mpg was spot on.

Since the turn of the year cel came on and hasnt gone off and driving it is getting near impossible. I cant sell it the way it is i just wanna fix it and get a 1.8t.

The vw mechanic has told me he's checked for wiring on the maf and cps and came back with nothing. surely there must be a way to fix this?

[RTechUK]

The vw mechanic has told me he's checked for wiring on the maf and cps and came back with nothing. surely there must be a way to fix this?

Can you get the car to me for a week?   

Nick

[hobbios-gti]

Yeah mate! When do you want it dropping off? 

[hobbios-gti]

anyone think this could be a coolant problem? Is it worth swapping the engine temp sensor?

[RTechUK]

anyone think this could be a coolant problem? Is it worth swapping the engine temp sensor?

Hello,

For what it costs I would get a new temp sensor fitted, it will take around 5 mins max. Just do it with a cold engine.

Nick

[rheady]

Get a new O ring as well.

[hobbios-gti]

will do mate.

Im having a beast with it yet again ! now ive just found all the leads have snapped well 3 out of 4. i must have bought the worst golf vw have ever made.