Cold weather is not the best...any tips?

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Morning all,

It has happened a few times in the last week, as my golf gets cold I will start it and then it will start on the dot, no problem yet.

Then as soon as I put it in first gear it will choke a bit and the lights dim, it tries to stall itself?

I can catch it and then leave it for a few minutes to warm up and it runs fine...

I have cleaned the MAF sensor so far, and probably going to do the throttle body this weekend.

Any other suggestions?

Cheers in advance.

Dan

[dom]

What car and engine?

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MK4 Golf 1.8T 2002

Cheers,

Dan

[dom]

I had a similar issue last year and it was the coolant temp sensor. You need to get it scanned for fault codes really.

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Cool, will give it a go. Thanks mate.

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Got one off of Ebay for £15 so will get that tomorrow and see if that works.

[leigh_harty]

Got one off of Ebay for £15 so will get that tomorrow and see if that works.

Ebay sensor? 

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Yep, it was one that was recommended to me, not all bad

[barrym381]

make sure the car is cold when you try swap it over 

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make sure the car is cold when you try swap it over 

I was thinking of giving it a good run just before I swap it over, that seemed like a bit more of a challenge