Hi,

I have a mark 4 1.3L Polo, but recently there has been a problem when starting.

It actually strikes up fine, but then immediately stalls after about 2 seconds as there is just a flat spot. The revs go up as usual, but rather than tick over normally it drops to 0 revs and cuts out. (It's similar to cars with manual chokes, when they just cut out straight away).

After an hour of trying I gave up and called the breakdown company, who couldn't find the problem, they then towed it to the garage and it started up first time?? They checked the engine and can't find any faults. I know this will happen again so am left with a car that's 0% reliable.

Anybody else encountered these problems?

Paul.