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Hope someone can shed some light on a little 'niggle' for me.

Should the 16v just start happily and idle without the need to use the accelerator or not. I have to give it some juice to get the engine to catch and keep going.. I

t could be a near crapped out battery but the engine doesn't seem to just catch and run unless it gets some assistance. Once it's warm it's idling fine, though if I kill the ignition and then restart it still needs help to start up again...

Is this a known issue - maybe time to use the RAC warranty supplied with the car.

I noticed posts about using carb cleaner so if my K&N panel filter ever turns up from YBFilters (Ebay) then I'll give that a go.

Maybe I'm just used to Japanese technology...

Thanks !

Can't really point to something specific I'm afraid. You could check the basics though; i.e. the plugs/plug leads, TB, airfilter, etc. Perhaps have the fault codes checked?

depending on the mileage of the car it may need de-coking. Try some 10K Boost from Halfords

sometimes the throttle body gets coked up and needs cleaned its only 4 allen bolts to take it off but after cleaning youll need to reset the basic settings so youll need someone with a VAG diagnostic machine.have a look with the air filter off and open the butterfly see if it dirty.
temp switches are quite common too!!!

yeah, there should be no problem with it starting with no throttle.

how many miles have you done?

Thanks to all for the advice. I actually spoke to the VW Specialist place who have done all the recent services yesterday. They advised the same things.

I'll give it a go this weeked if I get chance. Just got to get to 'Hellfords' to get some carb cleaner or 10K boost.

It's got 51k on the clock. I think the good long run on tuesday gave it a bit of a clear out - but I think there may be a little bit of crap in the system as when i was giving it a good stretch, it'd hit 4k rpm in 2nd and almost like a stall/judder occurred with the engine and then it would pick up again, change upto 3rd hit about 4.5K rpm and the same judder again...

sounds like something in the inlet then

seems to be getting a little more frequent in it's stuttering - happening at different rev points now.

Just a bit wary of using 10k Boost or a carb cleaner in case I make more of a problem.... still nothing ventured nothing gained.. the warranty is good for £500 claims at a time..

give the filter a good clean (air) and lots of carb cleaner in the inlet. should help - won't harm.