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Offline Nev

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running problems and light on
« on: 01 December 2007, 23:35 »
the missus 1.8T has been running rough when cold and having a sort of miss fire, fine after a minute.  a light came on on the dash today (exhaust emitions) so it says in the book.

any ideas guys??


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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #1 on: 01 December 2007, 23:39 »
Coil packs?? Maf sensor?? Temp sender??
« Last Edit: 01 December 2007, 23:43 by richw911 »

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #2 on: 01 December 2007, 23:42 »
dont want to spend out loads on it as it will be up for sale after xmas.

is there a way of checking fault codes without a vag plugin??

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #3 on: 01 December 2007, 23:44 »
No, need to hook it up really mate  :undecided:
« Last Edit: 02 December 2007, 00:12 by richw911 »

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #4 on: 01 December 2007, 23:46 »
No need to hook it up really mate  :undecided:

????

sorry not sure what your saying.

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #5 on: 01 December 2007, 23:47 »
No need to hook it up really mate  :undecided:

????

sorry not sure what your saying.

Soz i mean plug it in to vag com or fault reader.

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #6 on: 01 December 2007, 23:48 »
cheers mate,

how do i do this or get one from??

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #7 on: 01 December 2007, 23:58 »
www.ross-tech.com or you can get code readers like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-VW-DIAGNOSTIC-CODE-READER-1990-2003-MODEL-YEARS_W0QQitemZ160186118001QQihZ006QQcategoryZ30921QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or if you live near someone on here with vag com thay might be able to help you out!

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #8 on: 02 December 2007, 00:05 »
cheers mate, would that work on my cupra??

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Re: running problems and light on
« Reply #9 on: 02 December 2007, 00:07 »
I think so mate unless anyone else on here knows different!!?

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