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Offline Ashleydwsmith

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Rough running!
« on: 02 March 2012, 22:22 »
Hi,  haven't been on here for a while.  Just had the starter motor changed, but now the car is running rough!  I.e at idle after acceleration it is up and down.  Imagine how it sounds when you first start it from cold and the auto choke kicks in! It revs up then down.  It doesn't rev high, it's more like it drops to below 800 and then pops up and then down again! 

Don't have a fault code reader and kinda hoping it's summit simple,  hope you can help?

Cheers

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Offline daz veedub

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Re: Rough running!
« Reply #1 on: 02 March 2012, 22:24 »
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Offline symsymma

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Re: Rough running!
« Reply #2 on: 02 March 2012, 22:38 »
Quote from: daz veedub on 02 March 2012, 22:24
tried throttle bodie clean

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=87783.0
+1 id try this first takes half hour and only costs a few quid for carb cleaner.
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Re: Rough running!
« Reply #3 on: 03 March 2012, 07:29 »
Might give that a try before sending her to a garage!  Any other possibilities, was thinking it might be the MAF after looking at the mk4 fault topic.
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Offline richw911

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Re: Rough running!
« Reply #4 on: 03 March 2012, 18:17 »
Quote from: Ashleydwsmith on 03 March 2012, 07:29
Might give that a try before sending her to a garage!  Any other possibilities, was thinking it might be the MAF after looking at the mk4 fault topic.

Could be loads of things get a cheap code reader and save yourself some money  :wink:
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