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Offline Nino

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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #10 on: 19 September 2013, 22:04 »
hmm
to put it simply
clutch goes down = car turns off lol (most times)
ill give it a go tomorrow

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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #11 on: 20 September 2013, 15:56 »
ok unplugged the maf and gonna take it for a spin.
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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #12 on: 20 September 2013, 16:17 »
unplugged the maf and took it for 3 spins
first spin car was fine revs bounced about but the car didn't die
i thought the problem had fixed so took it for another spin and as i pulled up and put it neutral it died
and it died once coming near to my house
it felt a bit more stable than yesterday guess i would have to take it on a longer trip to find out
for now the maf is unplugged
should i replace it or do you think it could be something else?  would a maf from euro car parts be ok or would it have to be from vw
Gonna try and upload a few youtube clips if I am able to from my phone so you can get a rough idea

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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #13 on: 20 September 2013, 16:34 »
Why dont you get vag com onto it?
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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #14 on: 20 September 2013, 16:42 »
thats gonna be done on monday just thought i'd try fix it before then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psc28n4Zb3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAoPP8VKCKU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IB86-r01rc
last post I'll be quiet till Monday and let you know what happens
sorry and thank you for your help guys

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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #15 on: 22 September 2013, 13:16 »
air leak? Also is it an AGU?


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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #16 on: 22 September 2013, 13:29 »
Yup its an AGU
took it to work yesterday and still died a couple of times and I wasn't stopped much

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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #17 on: 22 September 2013, 13:53 »
have you tired a throttle body clean/realignment


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Re: Car keeps dying
« Reply #18 on: 22 September 2013, 13:55 »
I have cleaned it, my mechanic said it could be realignment as the car has been sat for a while.
He is back tomorrow so either tomorrow or Wednesday I will get him to have a look at it and let you know how it goes.