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Offline smurfett

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Girly with a splutter!
« on: 24 February 2010, 17:34 »
Hi, I'm new here but I've had a Golf for a couple of years now. The thing is, lately the car has been running really badly when it is hot. I have taken it to a local garage who say there is no diagnostic port and a good friend has had a look too. My mate knows a bit (he runs 300hp rally cars and builds specials) and he can't find a port either. He doesn't know much about Golfs though, his last one was a Mk2 more than 10 years ago. The car runs OK when cold but when up to temp. it splutters and loses nearly all power. If I put my foot to the floor it clears after a while but still seems under powered and the problem comes back almost straight away. My friend has checked the AFM, the compression and plugs leads etc. He thinks it may be a faulty sensor or broken wire.

What do you guys think? About the car that is!

Cheers Lauren.X
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Offline flexiblefish98

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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2010, 17:37 »
What Golf is it?  :huh:
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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2010, 17:39 »
temp sensor?
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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2010, 17:41 »
Quote from: flexiblefish98 on 24 February 2010, 17:37
What Golf is it?  :huh:

Er, it's a mk3. That's why I asked here!  :wink:
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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2010, 17:44 »
Quote from: tweed on 24 February 2010, 17:39
temp sensor?

My friend did mention the temp sensor! Where is the temp sensor for the ecu? Do you know how to test it?
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Offline Dan34

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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2010, 17:44 »
Think he means like model, gti vr6 etc etc  :grin:

But have a search and i garantee there will be some answers in there, most common fixes are throttle body clean, change ecu temp sensor, change ecu and/or fuel pump relay  :smiley:

Dan
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Offline tweed

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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2010, 17:44 »
Quote from: smurfett on 24 February 2010, 17:41
Quote from: flexiblefish98 on 24 February 2010, 17:37
What Golf is it?  :huh:

Er, it's a mk3. That's why I asked here!  :wink:

We know that! is it a gti? 8v 16v?
edit to late lol
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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2010, 17:47 »
Aha! It's a black one!

NO NO I mean it's a 8v GTI. Did they make other ones? :tongue:
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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #8 on: 24 February 2010, 17:48 »
Yeah they made the best one, a vr6  :grin:
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Offline mikcle60

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Re: Girly with a splutter!
« Reply #9 on: 24 February 2010, 17:51 »
The diagnostic port is next the the ashtray!
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