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Having weird problem with my car

  • 21-10-2009 10:25am
    #1
    chachabinx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭


    Ok so Im having this nightmare problem with my car.

    Its a 2000 1ltr Polo

    When the tank is full NO PROBLEM.

    When it gets half full I start to encounter this problem.
    It only happens when the car is left lying around for a short period of time usually 1 hour.
    When I start it it just wont start onless I either jump start it & rev the s*** out of it for a few minutes or put it in neutral & rev the **** out of it... and then take off as normal

    Then sometimes (not all the time) it revs at 20 itself for a few mintutes while I'm driving and sometimes (not all the time) it conks out when I stop the car, and then its back to square one again.

    I have had a problem with the air flow meter in my old car & its not the same as that (you know when your car turns off whe you break & clutch together).

    I have to say its great fun trying to get home without stopping!

    There is plenty of pulling power when I start it so I don't think its the battery... it chugs alot!

    But like I said when left around for a while it perfect.

    I was told by a mechanic he doesn't know whats wrong & to bring it to a VW garage which charge €125 euro an hour for labour & are also scam artists that claim to take 3.5 hours to do a job that takes a half hour so Im not going near them.
    Especially when the car is only worth a grand & I've put a grand into the car already this year.
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  • #2
    Moanin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Moanin


    chachabinx wrote: »
    Ok so Im having this nightmare problem with my car.

    Its a 2000 1ltr Polo

    When the tank is full NO PROBLEM.

    When it gets half full I start to encounter this problem.
    It only happens when the car is left lying around for a short period of time usually 1 hour.
    When I start it it just wont start onless I either jump start it & rev the s*** out of it for a few minutes or put it in neutral & rev the **** out of it... and then take off as normal

    Then sometimes (not all the time) it revs at 20 itself for a few mintutes while I'm driving and sometimes (not all the time) it conks out when I stop the car, and then its back to square one again.

    I have had a problem with the air flow meter in my old car & its not the same as that (you know when your car turns off whe you break & clutch together).

    I have to say its great fun trying to get home without stopping!

    There is plenty of pulling power when I start it so I don't think its the battery... it chugs alot!

    But like I said when left around for a while it perfect.

    I was told by a mechanic he doesn't know whats wrong & to bring it to a VW garage which charge €125 euro an hour for labour & are also scam artists that claim to take 3.5 hours to do a job that takes a half hour so Im not going near them.
    Especially when the car is only worth a grand & I've put a grand into the car already this year.

    Get somebody to hook it up to a diagnostics machine.If the problem's electrical it should find it.Main Dealers charge around €50 to hook it up.When was the car last serviced? Were the plugs replaced recently?


  • #3
    chachabinx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭chachabinx


    Moanin wrote: »
    Get somebody to hook it up to a diagnostics machine.If the problem's electrical it should find it.Main Dealers charge around €50 to hook it up.When was the car last serviced? Were the plugs replaced recently?

    My uncle took the car & serviced it back in March... really wouldn't surprise me if he didn't at all.. but can't be making accusations like that with family but I have learned from my mistake...

    The first thing I done was change the plugs & it made no difference...


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