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  1. Toledo just died and wont start

    Can anyone help..... My Toldedo 2004 Sport just decided with no warning to stop at a roundabout during rush hour, no warning, no lights, no spluttering just stopped and cut out.... Now it wont turn over, no warning lights and have checked the oil and things and they all seem fine. Any Ideas...
  2. Dash lights on ignition before start.

    hi, ive only had my LCR for a few weeks now, i just have a question about the EPC and diagnosis lights as they come on and stay on until i start the engine and then go away, the engine seems to run fine. i was just wondering if this is normal? thanks
  3. Cordoba won't start

    Hi everyone! I have a Cordoba, '97, 1.7 SDI. My problems started when my oil heaters (the ones placed in the cylinders that are used for heating up the oil when starting the engine) burned out. So I bought new ones and replaced them. But my car still wouldn't start. So after some checking I...
  4. Car struggling to start in cold weather

    Hi all, around november time, we had snow, and my car sat all weekend, and on the monday when I went to leave for work it was around -2 degrees, and my car (1.2) really struggled to start. It started, hit a 1000Rpm then instantly died. It turned over ok, but i ended up having to slowly pump...
  5. 1.9 TDI hot start problem

    Hi All, I am having a wierd hot start problem with my Altea 1.9TDI 55reg BJB engine. Starts perfectly from cold but if left for 5 mins when hot then engine kind of fires up for a sec with terrible shaking and dies instantly ( kind of judders as it would if speed taken below engine idling...
  6. car won't start...at all now!

    cold start problem I've often joked that I need to say "please" to get my car to start but lately the problem is getting much worse! the car had been sat since sunday (and snowed on 3 times) and I came to fire it up this afternoon and there was just no hint of life when turning it over. I took...
  7. Arosa TDi revs high on cold start

    Hi folks. Any clues to a mystery fault please. Arosa TDi AMF engine 86k miles. On start up if engine cranked & fired, revs seem to bounce at about 2000 rpm for 3 or 4 seconds before settling down to idle (almost sounds like engine is hitting an imaginary rev limiter at 2000 rpm). Over last few...
  8. ABS and TCS lights sometimes stay on when I start the engine

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  9. coxyboy

    Engine cut out wont start!!!!

    basically i was driving down lanes when my car spluttered and had no power as if as coil pack was going, then no power, wont rev and just died! tried restarting it and its like its not turning over the engine, ie no compression, sounds normal for the first split second of turning the key then it...
  10. Mikey_H

    Ibiza FR TDI won't start

    Hi Everyone. It's been a while since i came on here i have been very busy building a property portfolio in this wonderful housing market. I was driving about earlier and came off a round about and floored it which then lead to a loud hissing noise which was my turbo hose splitting which...
  11. Bentley1989

    flashing code on speedo and car wont start...

    since ive had the car this has flashed up where the milage is but its always worked so i didnt think much of it... i went for a drive today, only about 10 miles away to some shops and back again. when i got home i was in the house for about 10 minutes till i went to go back out again but...
  12. When I start my car it locks me in and arms the alarm??

    Very strange one this and its gettin to me I went to drive off in my car, started the engine and it armed the alarm and locked the doors :cry: ANYONE GOT ANY IDEAS???? PLEASE
  13. coxyboy

    Help electrics car wont start

    was just putting a sub in my car when i accidently shorted a cable to ground and got a little spark, the headunit still works but now my instrument cluster doesnt work nor my windows, the car starts but only for a second then dies!!!! any1 plz as need the car asap!!!
  14. Running rough and hesitating - struggles to start

    I have had a problem with my TDI arosa now for nearly 2 months. When driving along at a steady speed it will hesitat very badly then carry on, it does it when hot or cold but first started when low on diesel. I have changed the fuel filter and air filter. Over Christmas it refused to start so i...
  15. car wont start can anyone help please

    ok i bought my leon cupra about a month ago and i havent had any trouble with it at all until monday when a headlight bulb blew, i bought a new 1 put it in and it still didnt work so i tried a different bulb still dint work, i checked the fuses and found a 15a fuse had gone i replaced it and it...
  16. I think im going to start saving for a Cupra

    As the title says, i think ive decided to set myself one hell of a challenge and start saving the pennies so i can buy a Cupra. At the moment im driving a 1.6 SE 01 plate and i had to save pretty hard for that. It cost me £3,995 last Feb and it's my first car. I think it took me around 8...
  17. Mapping out the cold start

    Is this really necesary on a catless , or even car with CAT car? Is there anyway to shorten those 2 min. of cold starts? Thanks
  18. Dan1.6

    remote start

    as from the name i have been thinking about one of theese for the winter mornings when i don't want to get in a freezing cold car lol my mate had one of theese on his old car and i wounded if anyone on here had one and what you thought of them?
  19. Baxter

    Car won't start

    my car is dead. Driving around earlier NO Bother with th car at all, no noises, no smoking, no overheating Anyway.... Parked up at my mates for a bit, then got back in the car to go leave and my car wouldnt start....sounded like when an engines flooded. anyway my mate had a look...
  20. DIFT

    Cupra Wont Start!

    After 4 and a half years, the Cupra finally let me down. Annoying thing is that it was in for a service not 2 days ago, and I only drove it back from the dealership, and parked it outside the house till this morning. Lights come on, coil packs light up, and extinguish etc, all normal (inc...
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