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Offline storky

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Car cuts out when on idle
« on: 25 January 2011, 08:50 »
Morning guys,

The missus has a gti 8v. Battery was flat this morning. Gave it a jump but now the car will not idle. Starts ok but as soon as foot comes off accelerator it dies! Any ideas, thanks.
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Offline javalin

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #1 on: 25 January 2011, 09:28 »
what engine is it?
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Offline polo6n222

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #2 on: 25 January 2011, 09:30 »
could be the relays or thortle body is dirty
my money is on it being an agg engine
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Offline storky

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #3 on: 25 January 2011, 09:40 »
its a 1996 n?
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #4 on: 25 January 2011, 10:11 »
seriously people, use your eyes before starting yet another thread. 1 already up on the first page:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=179425.0
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Offline storky

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #5 on: 25 January 2011, 11:51 »
Your comments are appreciated rubber, however the other post does not seem the same. My fault is not when car is warm, nor when clutch is depressed. Open your eyes bud  :grin:   :wink:
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #6 on: 25 January 2011, 12:09 »
yet the solutions are the same. if you did a search you would have found elevnty billion other threads with the same problem and the same old list of things to try ;)
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Offline storky

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #7 on: 25 January 2011, 13:03 »
Ok cheers mate. I did trawl through the searches, most of them said try the search function!!!!
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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #8 on: 25 January 2011, 13:25 »
For a reason.


Because this topic gets covered at least once a day.
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Offline polo6n222

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Re: Car cuts out when on idle
« Reply #9 on: 25 January 2011, 16:28 »
dose the oil light flash when it cuts out atall
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