My lovely polo :x

yosin · Post by **yosin** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:57 pm

well got into the polo today and put the key into the ignition and switched it over to turn it on to drive off. Hear the car turn over and ready to go but then it just goes dead.

Turn it on again and it turns over but this time it doesnt go dead.
Happened twice today!...any ideas?

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:03 pm

have you put some flammable liquid in through the funny whole on the rear drivers side? its very expensive though

kyle1b1 · Post by **kyle1b1** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:11 pm

seems to have dropped abit latly though

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:15 pm

haha anyway sorry...

umm im not very good at the mechanical side! flat battery?

kyle1b1 · Post by **kyle1b1** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:18 pm

how long was it runnig before it cut out ?

like cut out soon as you stopped turning the key ?

yosin · Post by **yosin** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:04 pm

its like when i turn the key to start the car, it starts up then drops dead in like 1 second.. but if i turn it on again straight after its fine...

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:21 pm

Mine did something like this... it was traced to a faulty ignition switch!

EDIT: re-read your posts and my car wasn't even firing, so can't be dame issue. Mine would just go dead, not even turn

Cheers

kyle1b1 · Post by **kyle1b1** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:20 pm

yosin wrote:its like when i turn the key to start the car, it starts up then drops dead in like 1 second.. but if i turn it on again straight after its fine...

yeah mine has done something like this a few times i think it is just letting of the ignition abit to early thinking it has started but it actually isnt quite their.

not sure. if it is ok afterwards just cope for a while see if it gets worse

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:24 am

The immobiliser flipping out for a second maybe?

yosin · Post by **yosin** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:23 am

could the TB have anything to do with it you reckon?..or loose ht lead or sparks?

Overseer · Post by **Overseer** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:41 am

Don't have much luck with your car, do you mate?

yosin · Post by **yosin** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:46 am

na mate i dont have much luck at all..problems happened with my mk4 aswell, but i dont know why but i when i sold it off i still wanted to get another 1 this time a gti lol. but now its all de ja vu.

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:03 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:The immobiliser flipping out for a second maybe?

That's what I thought!

1der · Post by **1der** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:44 pm

my gti is similar at the moment. occasionally it wull turn but not fire for a few attempts. then it will start no bother.

ive changed ht leads and checked the sparks but still have the problem

Post by **alexperkins** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:39 pm

Thats the immobiliser cutting the fuel pump. You might need to get your keys recoded