Drew1982ish
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no everything is fine when comin to a stop after a long journey altho the problem may worsen - after a long journey -
Drew1982ish
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i am in manchester mate, I have taken it to a company to awesome GTI who i do trust but only the 3rd time they seen car so giving them a bit of leeway at moment, does it look as tho it could be throttle body? or something within it?
Drew1982ish
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its been taken to a new garage they done all the diagnostics tests etc they even got hands dirty and took bits off and cleaned them - not seen them touch throttle body tho - had my suspisions about that as mates golf vr6 had same problems, but everytime i took it dealer they said it had nothing to do with that and its a fault - re the ECU i got it chipped on a 6 hour trial and it ran like a dream but to be honest i dont see why i should spend all that cash to fix a manufacturing error - also i dont know if faults on ecu would show up? sorry mate to these issues i am now blind as tried everything
Drew1982ish
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i got carbonio on it only had it on bout week - it was doing it before hand with standard box on - dont think the owner before me had induction kit on it as he was well into his 60's -
Drew1982ish
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no thats been replaced twice - once standard second time a so called uprated version well so dealership said but to be honest i dont really trust them -
Drew1982ish
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Right well apart from the garage not actually booking me in this morn when they clearly told me to come down on saturday i have decided to take it upon myself to clean throttle body and bits myself - any tips on wat to do and wat not to do!!?? nice handy link to a set of instructions would be a good help pictures even better lol
ADAMWIGGY
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Hi I had this exact same problem with my x plate leon cupra changed loads of bits and eventually sourced it to be the throttle body, i have a very good local VAG garage who whipped it off and cleaned it and did a re alignment through vag com and hey presto problem solved,car drove like a dream and has done 15000 miles since with not a up down rev problem in sight. I have since found out from a friend who used to work at vw in gloucester that the 1.8 t lumps are prone to this and the throttle body should be properly cleaned and re aligned every 25000 miles, good luck hope this helps.
ADAMWIGGY
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Ment to say the garage charged me £40 1 hours labour to do this so i wouldnt pay much more than that if you decide to let a garage do yours for you.
Drew1982ish
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mate ure a star finally someone who has had the problem im not imaginig things - when i bought car was on 30k miles done another 30k since then so would say well over due for a clean! i took it awesome gti in irlam dont know if u know of it but i do trust them more than a dealership - but THANKS AGAIN!!!!
Drew1982ish
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Mate i have had everything changed from maf to turbo problem still not fixed last resort is throttle body, let me know ure outcome as i will do with mine -
NeelyB
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Hi folks,
I seem to be having similar problems with my cupra, does anyone know any VAG specialists in Devon preferably Exeter area? Any help much appreciated, google has turned up no results.
Drew1982ish
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hi not sure if there is one in marsh barton - im an exeter lad myself but live in manchetser now - there has to be one around that area with bently arages and tvr etc -
Drew1982ish
Guest
Right took my car in to garage again today to get throttle body cleaned - turns out as a turbo car and not self respirting car the throttle housing is straight and not reallt much possibilty of it getting blocked uo where as on other cars (none turbo) there is a slight lip in the housing which catches most of the crap - so after and hours labour and £58 later they decided to tell me it was a boost leak and would need to book it in for bumper to be taken off and check the intercooler (which is prone to rub on the mounting bracket - causing holes) and do a full pressure text on all hoses etc - wht i have found out about the ecu it is not very good and reporting the fault of the specific problem - was reading as a dv valve again but being changed last week - means that there is a pressure drop from the throttle body to the dv valve - WHICH COULD BE ANYTHING!!!!! hopefully i dont have to spend to much money £50 a time and with no reults is not to good - altho on other hand i suppose i am gettin closer to the problem - so any updates or ideas guys/girls let me know - will keep u all posted - hope this helps you peeps with similar problems -
NeelyB
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Thanks mate, will have a look around there. since u are in manchester have you tried taking yours to awesome gti a mate of mine takes his VR6 there and he swears by them.
If it was a boost leak, would'nt it affect turbo performance after it had spooled up after 2.5K revs. At idle speed I would of throught that the turbo is idle and would'nt affect idling.
I did have a silmar problem like this on my Madza MX6 and it was traced a trottle position sensor. After 3 times at SMC seat it all checked out and i have given up. Next car will be Jap.
I did have a silmar problem like this on my Madza MX6 and it was traced a trottle position sensor. After 3 times at SMC seat it all checked out and i have given up. Next car will be Jap.
Drew1982ish
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yes mate thats where i take it awesome gti who is i rely on now!! they seem to be able to diagnose things from just hearing the faults lol -
Drew1982ish
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to be honest mate i dont really know - from wat i been told the system (whle system) needs to be pressurised other wise sensors dont operate properly - throwing things out of place etc - but we will see i will keep u posted - good look with japs - thats gonna be my next aswell i think nice evo or summet if this set thing turns pistons up -
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