03 VW Bora starting problem

Deson

I've got a 03 VW Bora TDi with 275000 miles, if its left for about two or more hours it has trouble starting. When I turn the key it tries starting and after about two or three minutes it splutters and starts. Any ideas on what it could be? I'm not too worried about it but if its an easy job I'll get it done

Cheers

Deson

Anybody?

sean1141

possibly the coolant temp sensor. you couls be best to get it scanned first do. i see your from laois. i could do it for you if you wanted. send me a pm if you wish

Deson

sean1141 wrote: »

possibly the coolant temp sensor. you couls be best to get it scanned first do. i see your from laois. i could do it for you if you wanted. send me a pm if you wish

ah, its fine. i'm pretty handy when it comes to cars but i was just clueless as to what it was. this is my first diesel so i didn't want to mess with it until i knew what it was

sean1141

no problem. the offer still stands. it might not be the coolant temp sensor either but they are a common problem on them and cheap to replace

Deson

Damn. Its gotten much worse, I think its time to just get rid of it
Fecking great car, went for almost 300k miles without much bother

Ded_Zebra

Why would you get rid of it without getting the codes read. It might be cheap to fix.

Deson

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Why would you get rid of it without getting the codes read. It might be cheap to fix.

To be honest I think its time I've got rid of it. She's a bit rough and won't pass another NCT without a bit of work.

Going to look into renting something for the time

Ded_Zebra

OK well if there is another heap of things wrong with it you might be right. I just can't stand it when people get rid of their cars instead of maintaining them. :rolleyes:

Deson

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

OK well if there is another heap of things wrong with it you might be right. I just can't stand it when people get rid of their cars instead of maintaining them. :rolleyes:

It will be an awful shame to get rid of it. She's got mountains of service history.
Hasn't even had an engine change

TestTransmission

Deson wrote: »

To be honest I think its time I've got rid of it. She's a bit rough and won't pass another NCT without a bit of work.

Going to look into renting something for the time

Why don't you take Sean1141 up on his offer?

Deson

TestTransmission wrote: »

Why don't you take Sean1141 up on his offer?

Because the cars fecked. I'll be renting something for the time.

sean1141

is there any lights lighting on the dash?

TestTransmission

Thread closed due to OP being a re-reg.