Jimbo 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Got a slight problem, not to bad at the moment, but would like to sort it before it gets worse.My car has been running very nicely of late, but I parked it up on wednesday night, and did not go to use it again unitl saturday morning. It started first time (as allways) and I had to run down this little dirt track before coming to the main road, when I pulled out on to the road, I had to give it some pedal to get in a smallish gap and nothing happened, I put it into 2nd gear and it just went chug, chug, chug, Bang!!!! and conked out. it started again straight away but just had no power and sounded like it was not firing on all cylinders. If you put your foot down it just backfires!! Once it had warmed up it was fine, and felt back to normal. I just put this down to the fact it had been sat in the wind and rain for 3 days without starting, however, it happened again last night, and this morning. I have just been out to check again and its doing it again.Any ideas guys/girls??ThanksJimbo. Link to post Share on other sites
stockers 1 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 the place i'd start is: 1.plugs and leads2.coil pack3.maf meterbut the best idea is to get it plugged into a vag com and see if any faults are detected Link to post Share on other sites
kempj1 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Did you rev it beyond about 4500 rpm when cold ?I rarely do this for obvious reasons but found my VR gets spluttery and only responds to a very small amount of throttle if I rev it too high when cold. A mile or two later and you can put your foot down again without grinding to a halt.I've never spent too much thought on the subject, becasue I know I shouldn't make the engine spin that fast when cold anyway, but I'd be interested to hear if this is a feature / fault with the VR. Mine's an ODB2 (1997) model - what's yours? Link to post Share on other sites
silverline 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 have you driven through a lot of water? Link to post Share on other sites
stockers 1 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 although you shouldn't the vr will respond to full throttle from cold, unless you have a problem with the fueling system like the automatic choke Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 get it plugged into a vag comcould be coilpack(if its got one)more details on year of car would help Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Hi Guys,Firstly thanks for your replies.I allways let my car warm up properley before putting my foot down, but on this occasasion I did not have a choice. I have checked plugs, leads etc...... All seems fine. MAF is new, fitted it a couple of months ago.Silverline, funny you should mention the water. I did have to go through several large deep puddles going up the dirt track(no Jokes )...................Its getting VAG commed tonight, so hopefully that will help.1996 highline OBD276kLove it, but its not very well CheersGuys. Link to post Share on other sites
vrjonny 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 i have a 96 odb2 vr6.i also had the same prob when i reved it when cold. Link to post Share on other sites
silverline 0 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 jimbo: the reason i ask is because some one i spoke to has a corrado vr6 and he drove thru a lot of water and his engine hydrauliced! he had to have the head off. Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Hi Guys,VAG com came back clear, it turned out to be the leads, sprayed some water over the connecting end of the leads and revved the engine, some pretty good sparks and arking going on!! A couple of them are worn and letting damp in.ThanksJimbo Link to post Share on other sites
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