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Offline budgie

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Engine Problem!!!
« on: 03 June 2013, 09:15 »
was taking the other half to collage and all of a suden the car just died :sad:  started it up again and the revs was going up and down slightly, no overheating or anything either, any ideas people??
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Offline Scott-R

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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #1 on: 03 June 2013, 09:30 »
I was in Aberdeen not too long ago with my vagcom... Buggery.

Coil packs?
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Offline budgie

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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #2 on: 03 June 2013, 10:12 »
how do i check them? put it in the easiest way possible as im not mechanicly headed and dont want to mess up somthing else, :sad:
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #3 on: 03 June 2013, 10:16 »
look in this thread i think dalo put it up how to check

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254665.0
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #4 on: 03 June 2013, 10:20 »
thanks. its a aum 2002 engine so im hoping its just that, just completetly died and when restarted the revs was flutering a bit. :angry:
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #5 on: 03 June 2013, 10:23 »
as said try and get it scanned using vag com or a cheap code reader off the bay
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #6 on: 03 June 2013, 10:27 »
just went out to the car and realised a pudle underneath, :angry:. looks like just water???
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #7 on: 03 June 2013, 10:35 »
smell it, or taste it? your radiator may have a hole init or check (looking from the frount of your car) the bottom right hand side of the rad, there is a drainage tap that may of come loose?
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #8 on: 03 June 2013, 10:38 »
hasnt got a smell to it, 1st thing i did was put finger in it. its more at the back of the engine
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Re: Engine Problem!!!
« Reply #9 on: 03 June 2013, 11:17 »
unpluged 3 of the 4 coil packs, when i unpluged them one at a time on everyone the car idled at 800rpm no problem but when i put plugs back in it started to waver between 600 and 800, havnt checked the last one yet as its under somthing? any clues now?
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