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Offline Terryturbo

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Spluttering
« on: 04 April 2014, 18:45 »
Afternoon everyone

My 1999 gti turbo I've noticed the last couple days in 2nd and 3rd holds back splutters and drives through it when I ragg it it's fine just happens when I drive normal and today cut out twice while driving started straight back up and drove

Any ideas
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Offline matty james

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #1 on: 04 April 2014, 18:54 »
had those symptons twice -1st time it was faulty maf ,2nd time was a faulty fuel pump which died not long after .
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Offline Terryturbo

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #2 on: 04 April 2014, 19:00 »
Kushty mate il get them checked
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Offline james2

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #3 on: 04 April 2014, 19:00 »
Have you scanned it ?
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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #4 on: 04 April 2014, 19:04 »
How does it tick over ?
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Offline matty james

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #5 on: 04 April 2014, 19:05 »
as above get its fault codes read , fuel pump wont show up though .
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Offline Terryturbo

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #6 on: 04 April 2014, 19:24 »
Tick over is ok then all of a sudden it will rev up not to high and go bak down to normal. Just waiting on a mate with code reader
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Offline james2

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #7 on: 04 April 2014, 19:31 »
yeah get it scanned and might as well clean the throttle body out with carb cleaner and a cloth, hold the throttle open with the engine turned off and wipe all the black crap off and also the butterfly.
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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #8 on: 04 April 2014, 19:33 »
Wicked cheers mate not had it long still still getting to no them really
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Offline Terryturbo

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Re: Spluttering
« Reply #9 on: 05 April 2014, 16:34 »
Plugged in the reader and it came back with error couldn't read the car . Any idea what that means
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