raknas
15-10-2008, 07:37 PM
Hi everyone!
My name is Brian and Im new to the forum. Im living in Ireland and Im looking foward to getting to know some fellow VW owners who can share their wisdom with me in order to get my MK4 back on the road!
I recently purchased a 2005 Mk5 GTI 6 speed man and I love it to bits! I got a good deal to buy straight so I went for it as I figured I'd have no problem selling my old VW, a 1998 MK4 Golf GTI 150bhp! Trouble is there just seems to be one thing after another going wrong with it everytime I try and sell it!
The car has been parked up for few months now and gets the occasional start (more ofter than not a jumpstart) and a short spin or just left ticking over in the drive which Im told is the worst thing I could do!
Firstly there is a leak in the passenger footwell which I believe is the pollen filter cover?
I have no heater fan regardless of setting on dial! Is my motor gone because of the above? As far as I know the heater motor is located in the passenger footwell!
It has now decided to start leaking coolant, turns out my water pump has a small leak! The timing belt was done at 60k miles and there is 95k up on it now! the car has done very little driving since this was discovered but what are the consequences of this and what potential damage could it cause?
The other day I tried to start it and it was a struggle! Turn the key and it would start and then the revs and engine died! This happened 3 times before it stayed running! The car was very low on petrol so it might be down to that but the cars revs kept dipping when ticking over and it felt like it was about to cut out like it didnt have enough petrol and there was a good bit of smoke from the exhaust. I turned it off and got some petrol and topped it up but it hasnt started since! All the electrics are working but when i initially tried to start it i was getting nothing other than the sound of the pump and nothing else! Tried charging the battery and it tried to fire up but it kept missing that last turn to fire up the engine and thats how it is at the moment.
I turn the key and the engine tries to start but it wont fire up!
I apologise for such a long post but I wanted to tell the full story of whats gone wrong just incase one of my problems is the cause of another!
For those of you that have read this far if anyone has experienced any of the problems I have or know what might be causing them your help would be greatly appreciated!
Many kind regards
Brian
My name is Brian and Im new to the forum. Im living in Ireland and Im looking foward to getting to know some fellow VW owners who can share their wisdom with me in order to get my MK4 back on the road!
I recently purchased a 2005 Mk5 GTI 6 speed man and I love it to bits! I got a good deal to buy straight so I went for it as I figured I'd have no problem selling my old VW, a 1998 MK4 Golf GTI 150bhp! Trouble is there just seems to be one thing after another going wrong with it everytime I try and sell it!
The car has been parked up for few months now and gets the occasional start (more ofter than not a jumpstart) and a short spin or just left ticking over in the drive which Im told is the worst thing I could do!
Firstly there is a leak in the passenger footwell which I believe is the pollen filter cover?
I have no heater fan regardless of setting on dial! Is my motor gone because of the above? As far as I know the heater motor is located in the passenger footwell!
It has now decided to start leaking coolant, turns out my water pump has a small leak! The timing belt was done at 60k miles and there is 95k up on it now! the car has done very little driving since this was discovered but what are the consequences of this and what potential damage could it cause?
The other day I tried to start it and it was a struggle! Turn the key and it would start and then the revs and engine died! This happened 3 times before it stayed running! The car was very low on petrol so it might be down to that but the cars revs kept dipping when ticking over and it felt like it was about to cut out like it didnt have enough petrol and there was a good bit of smoke from the exhaust. I turned it off and got some petrol and topped it up but it hasnt started since! All the electrics are working but when i initially tried to start it i was getting nothing other than the sound of the pump and nothing else! Tried charging the battery and it tried to fire up but it kept missing that last turn to fire up the engine and thats how it is at the moment.
I turn the key and the engine tries to start but it wont fire up!
I apologise for such a long post but I wanted to tell the full story of whats gone wrong just incase one of my problems is the cause of another!
For those of you that have read this far if anyone has experienced any of the problems I have or know what might be causing them your help would be greatly appreciated!
Many kind regards
Brian