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Offline sharki786

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refusing to start in cold mornings
« on: 11 October 2013, 14:55 »
My mk3 8v gti (agg engone code) is refusing to start again in the cold mornings. It cranks fine and keeps cranking for ages till the oil light flashes (wont fire up or start at all). Did it today at 2pm (not long ago) today morning i got in car at 5.30am and it just kept cranking didnt fire up (kept cranking for 5-10 seconds, no luck tried again then fired up after a good few seconds. Its been parked up all morning. I went to the car at 2pm and tried to start it but same again (cranked for 10 secs, no luck, tried again, no luck then tried again and it fired up straight away.
In the summer it fires up as soon as you turn the key. Battery is fine btw
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #1 on: 11 October 2013, 15:19 »
Lazy Starter?

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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #2 on: 11 October 2013, 17:42 »
temp sensor is worth checking
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #3 on: 11 October 2013, 18:40 »
Temp sensor is very likely. I had an 1.8 GL back in the day with the same problem and it turned out it was the coil. It had spark but it was very very weak. It always eventually started and never cut out on me.

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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #4 on: 11 October 2013, 19:04 »
Its pi$$ed of at your mk4 getting all the love   :grin:

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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #5 on: 11 October 2013, 23:18 »
beat me to it screech lol... :grin:
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #6 on: 12 October 2013, 00:04 »
Its pi$$ed of at your mk4 getting all the love   :grin:

Hahaha damn right after the amount i have spent on the mk4 and its not even on the road yet. Lolsss
Dont think its a lazy starter as in summer it started on the 1st turn of key.
Coil is a few months old aswel.
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #7 on: 13 October 2013, 23:11 »
Anyone? Only happens in the cold. Never messed ne about in the summer mornings. Just last week when it was cold
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #8 on: 14 October 2013, 09:21 »
coil, temp sensor, iffy hall sender wires (although this should throw a code up).
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Re: refusing to start in cold mornings
« Reply #9 on: 14 October 2013, 14:31 »
Will check for codes when i get a chance. Coil is a few months old. Il check the temp and hall sensor. Thanks
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