GTI cutting out, oil light flashes

[tam]

i had lots of problems with my r reg golf gti! crank sensor didnt helped, it was still dieing on me loads of times at the end  been told that it might be a hall sensor( sensor near distributor carb) its was geeting hot!  as it would not start , not having sparks,  changed also coil pack! so fingers x its running now without dieing,cutting out on me! 

[Mellls]

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After reading all of this thread, I went out and purchased RELAY No30 165906381 for £15

Done 40 hard hot miles tonight to get temp right up, it's not pulled up once... My J reg is back in the land of the living again, hope this quick, cheap and easy fix lasts.  You guys in here are great... keep up the good work!

[stevelegge]

Hi everyone, my name is steve and im new on here, i have a mk 3 2ltr 16v golf gti which i bought my wife and it keeps cutting out when it reaches around 88 degrees, i have had changed crank sensor, distribitor and arm, fuel pump and relay, temp control sensor, coil, pipe leading from manifold to ecu, ecu changed and im pulling my hair out with it as its no better, its a very well looked after car other wise, having been serviced every 10k from new, it has a new dizzy cap aswell, please someone put me out of my misery as the mechanic i have working on it is puzzled aswell. thanks everyone.

Steve

[Seanl]

ECU relay maybe. If its doing it at the same temps each time, you could try changing temp sensor as well. 

[twotwofour]

Just had the first experience of the engine cutting out. It wouldn't restart, aa came out. They fit a new coil pack and away I went. Happy days.

[Touché]

Hi.

Having the same problem as most above. It first started couple of weeks ago.. Just would cut out whilst driving normally. I though the dizzy and leads might be damp so I sprayed a bit of wd40 to try and get rid of the moisture and it seemed to cure the problem till last night.

Noticed the temp go up to over a 100 just as I got home. Turned the car off, left it till this morning. Started fine, idled for 5 mins fine, started driving it and temp went up again over 100. Turned it off, checked water, put a little bit in. Also topped the oil up this morning.

Went for a drive and it does the same thing after about 5 mins cuts out, the revs go down, clicking noise and the oil light flashes. Leeave it for about 5 mins and will start again fine and do the same thing again.

I have changed the following -

Distributor
Crankshaft sensor
Relay 167

Any ideas what else to do? Read quite a few pages on here and no-one mentions overheating

Any help would be appreciated.

[jdubgti]

I got same problems, bought my car a year ago, drove it home and it would not start for 3 weeks

spoke to the guy i bought it from and he had problems after parking over grass (engine would get damp)

got it started thought im not gonna put up with this, so booked it in for belt,tensioners,oil and filter, dizzy cap, rotor arm, Bosch super 4 plugs, leads, got it home was okish so got a new knock sensor seemed fine

now the bleedin cold is here, can take 10 mins to start, and when driving to work she cuts out when braking for traffic, roundabouts, lights, junctions for about 20mins (gotta use the gears and handbrake to slow down without cutting out)

Just got a relay #30 and still nothing if this carrys on ill torch the damn thing !!! no wonder i see so many MK3's in scrappies.

[Ninja]

Crank sensor? Earth issue?

I had the same issue.

[jdubgti]

Ill have to order a VAGcom and plug it in to see !

problem is, last time i plugged it in to tech2 it only showed speed sensor (ABS sensor had gone)

Funnily enough when the car started playing up again, she cut out and when started the ABS light has been on ever since !

[Ninja]

Ill have to order a VAGcom and plug it in to see !

problem is, last time i plugged it in to tech2 it only showed speed sensor (ABS sensor had gone)

Funnily enough when the car started playing up again, she cut out and when started the ABS light has been on ever since !

Engine speed sensor.. isn't this the crank sensor?