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  1. james4287
    same here, i can hear the chain but only if i put my head right in there to listen for it, bonnet down can't hear a thing. mines low milage late one aswell.
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    have you had the lead from ebay yet and does it work ok? i bought one suggested as 16 pin for use with vag-com for about £12, the 16 pin plug was the poorest fit ever and i couldn't get the vag-com software to communicate with it no how. seller wouldn't respond to emails either! to this time, if possible i'd like to go with a personal reccomendation!
  3. james4287
    please keep me posted!
  4. james4287
    Excellent! somone who has the same problem! how many miles has yours done? and when was the fuel filter last changed? - just a random thought? I wonder if i disconnect the lambda senser if the ecu will go to a basic setting thus try and eliminate a faulty lambda senser?
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    coil-pack replaced, made no difference to the main problem!
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    right, 4k miles later and it's still doing this! i've been driving sensibly and it's been ok, but ambient temps have started to drop and it's getting noticably worse. random thought was fuel pump relay playing up not giving enough power to the pump as thats what i think it feels like, fuel starvation. removed fuel pump and ignition system relays and cleaned contacts inside and it seemed better after being parked up for approx 4 hours, although it just would not rev over 5krpm. but did return to idle and kept running on all six cylinders so i thought i was getting somewhere. only this morning s
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    http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?73039 ok perhaps i should have done a search first! so a litre per 620 miles is acceptable then, sweet, i was worrying for a bit then!
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    just panicing a bit! i have no smoke and no other problems except a minor leak that i can't trace, though not had a propper look yet, but have used about half a litre of 10/40 in 400 miles, these were quite hard miles though, and i've done about 600 miles of gentle driving around town with it using no oil any opinions lads?
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    it was exactly the same this morning and i've just checked for codes and have no codes present soooooooooooo am running out of ideas here lads?
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    ok, plugged it in today and i have DTC 00553 - mass air flow senser g70 open circuit/short with ground error occurs intermittant. fault code cleared and i took it for a test drive and the code didn't come back. so it's possible that code is just there from where someone has discnnected the senser previously? i checked live data and maf was reading 4.1-4.9 g/s at idle and upto 16.1 g/s @ 3krpm, which for a 2.8 litre engine i'm thinking could be a little low? but have no experience with this engine so am unsure how this should compare? idle speed was reading 680rpm, coolant temp 76oC, intake ai
  11. james4287
    well yeah, thats the obvious answer and exactly what i will do once fixxed. it's just theres something obviously not right so i wanna get it fixxed before it gets worse and i end up strandard 300 miles from home!
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    ok, bttt!! i've changed the oil today to 10/40 megnetec, came out of work tonight and exactly the same, started fine, waited a bit, revved it got to about 4k and it died, cranked for about 30 seconds nothing, sounds just like no compression. waited about 30 seconds and after about 15 seconds of cranking it fired on 4/5 then after holding it at about 1500rpm it started firing on all six. whilst cranking it stank of fuel so i'm thinking not fuel pump/relay problems. there was also a back fire type sound from under the bonnet. [like your ignition timing is out on a older car] once going there was
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    i have no idea, but i did put about 2litres of 5w/30 as a top up in it today.
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    i understood it as the detergants only react with diesel in the oil from the engine? so running diesel oil in a petrol won't have any effect. could be wrong though!
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    Ok, i have a obd2 aaa vr6 golf with 60k miles, and i've noticed if i boot it when cold, which i know isn't a good idea but anyway, within like the first three minutes of start up it will die at about 4 krpm, the revs will tail off then it'll stall, try and bump start it by bringing out the clutch in 2nd but no go. tried re-starting it on the move with clutch pressed but again won't fire. each time it's happened i've had to switch off then restart and it will run on 5 then after a few revs go to 6 and be fine. Also if i wait a few minutes after i first start it up it's fine and when warm it's f
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    Just had another look at that and what does the little pipe on the top do? i'm guessing it's vacuum and the breather thingy is vacuum operated or something? reason being the vacuum pipe was a very loose fit? i've tightened the connecter so see how it goes? i felt where the breather pipe joins the air intake and it's very oilly around there. i'm thinking this is either gonna be dripping onto the manifold or the smell comming back out through the K&N. But what does this oil comming out there indicate? how does the valve work? i.e. is that cos the vacuum pipe wasn't on properly oil is just pa
  17. james4287
    is that the one that comes off the back corner near on the drivers side? i had a quick poke around and everything looks ok. thanks guys.
  18. james4287
    no, theres no smoke either, it smells like a cam cover gasket leaking onto the exhaust but everything looks clean under the bonnet!
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    can't see no signs of a leak so just wondering if this is a common thing when you have a K&N cone filter fitted?
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    ok, i secured the cables out the way and made no difference, tried from 2nd to reveres, again no difference. What i have noticed though is if i press the gearstick down and push towards the left, then wait a few seconds and move it forwards it's perfectly fine. is this how you are meant to change gear on these? [it's my first vw]
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    oo i'll try from second and see what happens, cheers. had a poke under the bonnet and saw this; now i'm thinking that shouldn't be quite so close to the exhaust and may be causing my problems?
  22. james4287
    I've just bought a vr6 mk3 golf and love it to bits, it's a low milage car - 60k - and had a easy life. 2 owners were women and the other only used it sundays. Anyways, drives mint no problems at all except after being on the road for a bit and then select reverse it crunches when selecting, i've read the handbook which states leave the clutch pressed down then wait a few seconds and select reverse but this makes no difference. it doesn't do it all the time either, sometimes press clutch and select reverse it'll be fine, others it'll just crunch, if i pump the clutch pedel a few times it make
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