OH DEAR, i think ive hit my 1st major problem, help

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:55 pm

ok guys, my problem is here an i wish it wasnt but it is, the thing is, wen i start my car it runs 4 around 1second then stops, then i do it again an it stops, but! if i start an stop it reapeatly it eventually starts? is this 2 do with the fuel system, would this be my fuel nozzel bein dirty? an because it stops mabye i was thinkin the fuel aint sprayin out enough 2 ignite, so shall i run REDEX through it an see???

vdubyabush · Post by **vdubyabush** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:59 pm

mite as well try it mate

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:05 pm

i will 2moz, im stickin my k&n back in, so ill get a wee bawp up the road

i have 2 wait until nxt week now 2 get my springs fitted!!!!

i have them sittin here, if i had the tools i wud do it myself! im gonna try sum of my mates 2c if they can help me. so ill also get the REDEX in her 2moz, hopefully she dosnt sound rattely after all the dirt is cleaned out as ive hit the 104,000 point

Phil6N · Post by **Phil6N** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:13 pm

Could be your fuel filter maybe?! could be a number of things. I had a cutting out problem, n changing the fuel filter helped!.

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:17 pm

i was thinkin that 2 coz god knows when the filter was changed in this car

Phil6N · Post by **Phil6N** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:27 pm

Yeah i dont think my had been changed since new. What have you got to lose, you can only benefit from changing a few parts. Might be worth taking your sparkplugs out aswell n give them a inspection.

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:37 pm

i changed my sparkplugs about 6k ago, wen i got the car, so they shud b like new, ill put redex in her 2moz then go buy a new filter in the week, coz i think i wee engine needs sum upgradin, especially now that its in my hands an im quite sore on her.

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:38 pm

also, i was thinkin of buyin sum HT leads, wud i benifit from these? and are they universal or do i need 2 go get vw ones??

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:53 pm

Mine does the same, it starts for a second and then cuts out. I find that if I give it more gas when turning the key (and keep the pedal down a bit when it's started) it will keep going.

It's not a big problem for me - once it's going it runs like normal. It happens rarely, and it does seem to be random.

I don't think it's spark plugs or HT leads, as they haven't made any difference to mine. Redex doesn't make any difference either.

You might be on to something with the fuel filter theory, I don't know when mine was last (if ever) changed.

polo boi: to get a decent set of HT leads you'll probably be paying 20 quid upwards for a set. You can get some really cheap ones (a couple of quid per lead) but the difference in design is quite

! the original supplier (OE) is a company called Beru, you can get a set from http://www.vwspares.co.uk/p4electrical.php . I've got Champion leads and plugs which have caused no problems so far.

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:57 pm

but do the HT leads improve the spark? i would like a set of red ones, as my car is red an i wanna start moddin everywhere includin the engine bay

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:01 pm

to be honest, i think that if you've got a spark, you've got a spark!

unless you've got a misfire (if you get one, you'll know about it) or incomplete combustion (i.e. petrol dripping from your exhaust), i don't think you'll improve the performance.

but colour coded HT leads will look priddier

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:13 pm

yea, i think i just want the look, im gonna b sprayin the engine head red aswell, an ill b smoothing off my boot myself, so its gettin a whole respray aswell as my bonnet as its faded an had the odd stone chip in the paint, all spary an bodywork done by myself

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:25 pm

cool, good luck with the bodywork. i'd love to be able to spray properly myself, but for the while i'll be leaving it to the pros!

Weedle · Post by **Weedle** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:36 pm

Maybe the throttle body could do with a clean ??

this happened to me on my 6n2 - my garage cleaned the throttle body and
reset the ecu and bobs your uncle like driving a new car !!

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:38 pm

well ill not get in2 real technical stuff if until i sort the fuel out an if it dosnt change then ill do the throttle body, but im sure its the fuel bein dirty