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redimp
Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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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.
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polo
Joined: 25 May 2008
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I have this problem for a while now..years in fact..most people seem to think it is an imobilser problem..
when it happens to me I adjust steering wheel down and up and sometimes that sorts it..sorry can't help any further
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| Sun May 25, 2008 8:46 pm |
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Old Polo
Joined: 05 Jul 2008
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Hi there.
Mine does the same thing occasionally. It may take a couple of minutes to get it started sometimes. Unfortunately it won't do it for long enough to diagnose it. I am thinking it is a dry joint in the electrics somewhere as I had a Honda prelude with a similar fault a few years back. On that occasion, it was a dry joint in the fuel pump relay. If I ever get it sorted I will let you know, in the mean time, if it happens again, that might be a place to start.
Regards.
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bjay
Joined: 17 Jul 2008
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I have exactly the same problem which has been getting worse over the last few months  . I came on here looking for a solution so if any you guys have one please post
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| Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:29 pm |
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smithtony22
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
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could well be the immobilizer... only one way to find out! i had the same problem, try using a spare key if it starts with that then you need to buy a new master key or theres a possibility you might be able to repair the existing one. my advise would be not to use the spare as much as possible otherwise if that one breaks youll have no key/chip for vw garage to copy from, meaning more money by having to have the whole immobilizer reset.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:24 pm |
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seanvw
Joined: 22 Aug 2008
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I had this problem and ended up paying £300 to VW for a whole new immobiliser coz i didnt have a spare key 
I guarantee, that it is this!!! get hold of Vag com and plug it up and youll get a fault reading! its an intermittent fault and a f**king pain in the ass....nothing worse than getting stuck somewhere
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