View Full Version : new car help.missing and rev limiter at 5000 shud it be?
just go my first 97 8v it has a rev limiter at 5000 revs shud it have and its miccing it has a flat spot when you boot it and when under load up hills it stutters any ideas ive always had golfs but is there any common part to cause missing seems to have new dizz cap leads and rotor arm is there any sensors that cause this and shud it have a rev limiter at 5k its definately a rev limiter and the car is not moddified at all ahas something gone wrong or shud it be there any help would be great cheers :)
sounds like it's needing new HT leads tho
worth checking & replacing as similar to a fault i've seen where under load it fails
shud it have a factory limiter at 5000 revs no? shud it have a limiter at all same as my dads mk 3 golf gti engine it has no limiter at that low revs it realy feels like a electronic limiter same revs every time and its a well harsh limiter at that...
kinghorna
16-05-2004, 08:55
It may be going into safe mode at the ECU to prevent breaking anything.
What car is it: Leon, beeza, cordy...
its a 97 2.0 gti ibiza what can i do with it can it be plugged in shud it rev over 5k then? safe mode can i reset the ecu etc,any ideas would be great or is it best to be plugged in at seat,i have a mk3 golf gti too so i can try any bits off that on it there all the same part numbers
yeah - i think 6200, but it'll feel gutless at about 4500 ish
defo hitting a limiter at 5000 or so the rev counter says feels no where near as fast as the mk3 golf tho is it best to have it plugged in at seat? or will vw plug it in theres obviously summat wrong it runs crap its only dun 45k its an electrical problem il go put the leads and dizzy cap off the golf on it c if its them..but i have no ideas its at the same revs every time and it is just like a rev limiter very even bounceing and no way will go thru it,but i have nio idea what it shud rev to
get it to any VW specialist (or SEAT) who can plug it in & do a diagnostics check
some do it for free, some charge £15 or so
that'll interogate teh ECU & tell you if any sensors are down
Mark
Timmy,
Check the ends of the leads, the chunky bits with the metal sleeving that go over the spark plugs. I had a similar problem on my 8v Gti beezer a few years ago, it turned out that the lead was shorting on the metal sleeve which was in turn shorting on the engine block, therefore causing a mis-fire. I found the culprit lead and replaced the end only, think it only cost a tenner or so for a new end. I did take the metal sleeve off and ran it fine for a week or so while Seat waited for the part to come in too.
Cheers.
Rob.
It should definitely rev higher than that. Mine will go up to 6250 or wherever the limiter is relaticely easily, although there's little point as that's beyond the maximum power.