96 polo 1.4 cl

[reduna]

hi, new member here, hello all.

had a problem today that I could do with some help on. I started up out polo today and left her ticking over while I de iced the windows, it took about 5 min to do that. so I jumped in and blipped the throttle, she splutterd a bit so I left her to idle some more, I tried to rev her up but she splutterd and cut out. now she will not start at all, just gives a 'cough' after being turned over for a few min?
any ideas?
I have cleaned out the dizzy.
done the unplug of the water sensor thing [unplug, turn it over for about 10 sec, then try and start it normaly, still unplugged]
I get a good spark off the coil H.T lead.

[alexperkins]

Welcome John

I would say this could possibly be a faulty coolant temperature sensor. It's very common on these

Whilst you are doing that, consider cleaning out the throttle body as if that's gunked up it won't help matters

[reduna]

ok, where about do I find the sensor?

[reduna]

cheers, where do I find the sensor on the engine?

[alexperkins]

Have you cleaned out the throttle body? Unplugging the temperature sensor won't fix the problem. That fix only applies to the older mk3 and very early mk4 polos

[reduna]

got it going at last, it appeard to be flooded????
a good clean of the plugs and she is running great.
think im going to replace the temp sender anyway and clean out the TB

thanks for your help, I think I will have more questions over time lol