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car cutting out
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:59 am
by zeonblade
hey my polo gti is cutting out randomly. ive cleaned the throttle body and toke it to a garage and they found nothing. any advice on what it could be.
thank you.
Re: car cutting out
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:12 am
by tegwin
Have you run VAG-COM on it to see if there are any faults with the engine? It could be a huge variety of things... crank position sensor could cause the problem, as could a dodgy fuel pump...
Re: car cutting out
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:32 am
by emma_88
Will the ht leads not cause this too??? Or does that just make it misfire...
Re: car cutting out
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:39 pm
by tegwin
If the problem is intermittant then an HT lead short would just give a missfire on one cylinder..
The coilpack could be having a spaz and be dying though...
We need more info... like what warning lights and what the OP was actually doing when the engine died etc
Re: car cutting out
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 2:21 pm
by zeonblade
well it cuts out on junctions and sometime when im moving even at 70 and the only light tha comes on is battery light and when i start it again(when moving) its 3-4 beeps and then the abs light flashes.
Re: car cutting out
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:44 am
by alexperkins
Faulty battery or a dead alternator sound like the cause.