Author Topic: MK 4 2.0 GTI IGNITION LIGHTS BUT NOT STARTING ---- PLEASE HELP!  (Read 810 times)

Offline killakam78

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Guys,

I could do with some help!, Advice or a tow truck to come and take this Mk4 away! I bought it today from a salvage yard as a working and tidy V plate 2.0 GTI, with full heated leather trim, i have always wanted one so you can imagine for 1300 quid I ripped the guys arm off. Now because of the recent weather the car wouldn't start, flat battery i test drove it and it was sweet as a nut, so the guy put a new battery on it and i was on my merry way, I got back home which was around 40 miles away and all was fine, I then noticed when i got back into the car and drove, it began to misfire a little at low revs, say...when i dropped down into 2nd at he lights and pulled off. I went into a car supplier as the the brake fluid was low to come out what i thought was a flat battery, so I toddled back into the shop and bought a battery for £50, spent half an hour in the snow trying to put the battery on, when i finally got the battery in i was happy at thought that my beast of a MK4 would start...........NOPE, just ignition lights! i bump started the car and it started up very slowly and was misfiring off its face! i managed to get home, once i turned the engine off again it wouldn't start, im gonna change the spark plugs tomorrow bit is there anyone out there that has herd or come across this problem? :sad: :angry: :cry: :sick:

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Re: MK 4 2.0 GTI IGNITION LIGHTS BUT NOT STARTING ---- PLEASE HELP!
« Reply #2 on: 29 November 2010, 21:17 »
Many thanks for the quick response!

I'll have a butchers at it tomorrow and hope its that or some bloke at a salvage yard is gonna get his GTI back up his arse,

Hopefully i will learn some pearls of wisdom from you guys! i friggin well need it! :laugh:

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Re: MK 4 2.0 GTI IGNITION LIGHTS BUT NOT STARTING ---- PLEASE HELP!
« Reply #3 on: 30 November 2010, 16:53 »
its the starter motor, tested it with the old doofer and there is power in the the plug, i didnt know nothing about cars but im sure getting to know!