kltoddie
20-02-2008, 10:12 AM
Hello all,
This is my 1st posting so go easy!
A bit of background. Last year the compressor for the air con seized and the air con belt broke and wrapped itself round everything causing major damage. Luckily wee bro is a VW technician so he fixed it. I got the head reworked (lots of bent valves and a mark that had to be polished out) and engine rebuilt, new belts and tensioners, new compressor, etc etc and he also noticed that the turbo was on it's way out so I got it reconditioned.
However, it's never really been right since and wee bro is too busy to look at it :(.
I keep going through lots of air mass meters, but I think I have a fuel problem too. Sometimes the car drives 100%, at other times it drives like a complete pig - lack of power (just like the air mass meter has broken), or else driving jerkily (loses power and a bit of smoke comes out the exhaust, then power comes back again) particularly when driving along the motorway and also struggles at times on hills. Not sure why the problem seems to be intermittent - as at other times it drives brilliantly. Also there is now a huge black soot patch on the drive under where the exhaust is.
Any suggestions?
KT
This is my 1st posting so go easy!
A bit of background. Last year the compressor for the air con seized and the air con belt broke and wrapped itself round everything causing major damage. Luckily wee bro is a VW technician so he fixed it. I got the head reworked (lots of bent valves and a mark that had to be polished out) and engine rebuilt, new belts and tensioners, new compressor, etc etc and he also noticed that the turbo was on it's way out so I got it reconditioned.
However, it's never really been right since and wee bro is too busy to look at it :(.
I keep going through lots of air mass meters, but I think I have a fuel problem too. Sometimes the car drives 100%, at other times it drives like a complete pig - lack of power (just like the air mass meter has broken), or else driving jerkily (loses power and a bit of smoke comes out the exhaust, then power comes back again) particularly when driving along the motorway and also struggles at times on hills. Not sure why the problem seems to be intermittent - as at other times it drives brilliantly. Also there is now a huge black soot patch on the drive under where the exhaust is.
Any suggestions?
KT