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Offline sillygilly

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MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« on: 08 April 2014, 12:58 »
Help, I have an 02 plate GTI that plays up after a long run or if i drive it hard.
It normally starts by over reving and then just cuts out.
My mechanic has thrown the towel in  :sick:
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Offline matty james

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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #1 on: 08 April 2014, 13:01 »
 :whistle:  have you had it scanned on vag com ?
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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #2 on: 08 April 2014, 13:02 »
Nope , what is that ?
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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #3 on: 08 April 2014, 13:08 »
has your mechanic looked at the fault codes using vag com .(the onboard diagnostic system)
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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #4 on: 08 April 2014, 13:14 »
Sorry yes. Sometimes it says its burning rich but thats about it.
Its bizzare , it drives brilliant until I open her up or dribve for a couple of hours. She settles down after a couple of days.
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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #5 on: 08 April 2014, 13:21 »
get him to print the fault codes off and then post em up here , that way someone will tell you whats wrong . sounds something simple though  :smiley:
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Re: MKIV GTI engine racing and cutting ou
« Reply #6 on: 08 April 2014, 14:59 »
Top mechanic by the sound of it...

Running rich could be a a number of things, usually the lambda has something to do with it though. If it is you could be well on the way to needing a cat as well
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