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    Default 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,07:26 PM
    hi, could someone please help me?

    i have a 1999 mk4 1.6 golf (petrol)

    i had the head gasket done and since then i have a dramatic power loss, in every gear it is reving as it should but is holdin back.

    any ideas???

    thanks

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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,07:34 PM
    Are you sure you have got the timing belt on right?
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,10:23 PM
    yeah the mechanic said he has put in on correctly and that the computer times it itself, how true this im unsure??
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,10:33 PM
    If the problem started after replacing the gasket,the mechanic must have done something wrong,A fault code read might enlighten the problem.
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,10:35 PM
    like a plug in diagnostic test??

    any idea how much that will cost?
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,10:42 PM
    Yes,do you not know anyone with diagnostic equipment.
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 05-02-2009,10:43 PM
    nope not off hand, the mechanic who did the head gasket hasnt got any.
     
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    Default Re: 1999 mk4 golf 1.6 - power loss – 26-10-2015,10:09 AM
    I'd say check your exhaust first. Could be faulty hall sensor or Coil pack failure or water in combustion chamber.
     
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