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obd port is in inside the little glove box thing on the drivers side. Open it up and its on the left if you have a bit of a nose about.
Have a little search and you'll find hundreds of threads much like this one, with people telling you to use the search function (and a few larger ones with a shed loads of really helpfull answers in them)
Have a little search and you'll find hundreds of threads much like this one, with people telling you to use the search function (and a few larger ones with a shed loads of really helpfull answers in them)
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i would say it most likely be the coil!
but check everything, check there is spark from the HT leads! if there isn't you know the culprit!
but check everything, check there is spark from the HT leads! if there isn't you know the culprit!
Just found a new one today!
Since fitting my battery and the stack gauges I have (volt meter being one of them). Driving to the ring I noticed the volts would only go to 13 volts maybe 12.5volts and I found myself dimming the dash lights, switching the heaters off, etc.... to save the battery so I know when I stop I be able to start.
And I know when the engine is running it should be 13.8-14volts easy because of the alternator.
Anyway the past 2 weeks I haven't touched my car, just left it sitting there all wrapped up under the cover but the passat decided to say bye bye to the intercooler! So the Ibiza wouldn't start, charged the battery up in the shed placed it back in and happy days... started 1st go!
Driven the car about 15 miles, stopped at the petrol station had some girl comment on the colour (us kiwi owners know what I'm on about) went to start it and nothing!!!!
Managed to bump it in reverse on the forecourt lol. Got to the missus house waited 20 mins and the car started 1st go 2 hours later and it started again Next morning (this morning) started 1st go, okay problem solved itself!
Got to work, finished work and the car wouldn't start!!! Would hear the fuel pump but apart from that dead! Volt gauge reading 12 volts and did all the night before so bump start nothing got some jump leads and it started.
Thinking alternator as gone, ordered one from the factors on my way home but said I might not need it. I wanted to do a few tests;
With a multi meter checked when the car was running:
The battery 14v so the alternator is doing it's job and I remember the volt gauge is coming off the ignation live.
So the car carried on starting 1st go after this and then it went dead, thinking it's the 4 awg cable I used the 0 awg cable of my jump leads instead for my live wire and still nothing.
Checked with the meter again (when car was not started);
The battery 12.8v
D. Block 12.8v
Alternator 12.8v
Starter Motor 10.5v
Bad connection! So removed the connections to the start motor got a file to the connection to clean them up, refitted them and guess what??? She started straight away! Even better for the 1st time since I fitted my gauges the volt gauge was reading 14 volts!
So all it was down to was a rusty connector on the starter motor.
Sorry for the life story but may help someone one day![[B)]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/shades.gif "Cool [B)]")
(think I copy this into my project thread lol)
Since fitting my battery and the stack gauges I have (volt meter being one of them). Driving to the ring I noticed the volts would only go to 13 volts maybe 12.5volts and I found myself dimming the dash lights, switching the heaters off, etc.... to save the battery so I know when I stop I be able to start.
And I know when the engine is running it should be 13.8-14volts easy because of the alternator.
Anyway the past 2 weeks I haven't touched my car, just left it sitting there all wrapped up under the cover but the passat decided to say bye bye to the intercooler! So the Ibiza wouldn't start, charged the battery up in the shed placed it back in and happy days... started 1st go!
Driven the car about 15 miles, stopped at the petrol station had some girl comment on the colour (us kiwi owners know what I'm on about
) went to start it and nothing!!!! Managed to bump it in reverse on the forecourt lol. Got to the missus house waited 20 mins and the car started 1st go
2 hours later and it started again Next morning (this morning) started 1st go, okay problem solved itself!Got to work, finished work and the car wouldn't start!!! Would hear the fuel pump but apart from that dead! Volt gauge reading 12 volts and did all the night before so bump start nothing got some jump leads and it started.
Thinking alternator as gone, ordered one from the factors on my way home but said I might not need it. I wanted to do a few tests;
With a multi meter checked when the car was running:
The battery 14v so the alternator is doing it's job and I remember the volt gauge is coming off the ignation live.
So the car carried on starting 1st go after this and then it went dead, thinking it's the 4 awg cable I used the 0 awg cable of my jump leads instead for my live wire and still nothing.
Checked with the meter again (when car was not started);
The battery 12.8v
D. Block 12.8v
Alternator 12.8v
Starter Motor 10.5v
Bad connection! So removed the connections to the start motor got a file to the connection to clean them up, refitted them and guess what??? She started straight away! Even better for the 1st time since I fitted my gauges the volt gauge was reading 14 volts!
So all it was down to was a rusty connector on the starter motor.
Sorry for the life story but may help someone one day
(think I copy this into my project thread lol)
smange
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I still havn't had chance to have a look at it yet but the previous owner has told me that in the last few weeks it had started misfiring so I suppose the coil sounds very likely.Will have a go at it tomorrow
smange
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Got the coil tested today and it was knackered,fitted another one and runs like a dream now,cheers
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