Few questions!

[defie]

Hey guys I just purchased a 97 polo open air! Now I've searched around and haven't found a sure answer,so......on a cold start the idle sits around 780-820 and it shutters abit(not under acceleration tho) until warm?throttle body dirty? And the exhaust leaks a waterish black stuff! Not fuel or anything, cat could be ruined or more serious? Or a by product from a dirty throttle? Any help appreciated.

Cheers guys
Gav


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[pontiff]

Waterish black stuff is water

Manual or auto? When cold an auto will idle about 900-950 or so until warm then go down to 600 or so. A manual will idle at I think the setting is 870.

Throttle body would be my first check, clean it and if you have a vagcom (or access to one), then run the throttle body reset/alignment which will step through the range of motion and tell you if the electronic side of it (for things like idle) is working..

They are not uncommon to fail so its a good start

Well done on the purchase too... The open air models are nice.. Just keep that roof in tip top shape as they are not cheap to replace and also keep the guides lubed as motors are not cheap either

[defie]

Manual all the way! Just cleaned out the throttle and did a reset, idle fine then went back to 780-820 so I've ordered a coolant temp sensor as I've read that's a common problem so see how that goes. I'll be doing a "build" thread soon once I've got it registered and in its daily use!


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[pontiff]

Manual is better I agree . Hope u didn't pay too much? It will fail at some stage, get yourself one of these too

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm?itemId=191008215835

Contains many bits that are common, thermostat and housing as well as the coolant flange... It's cheap all things considered

[defie]

Got the car for under $1000! One owner, all service history and original receipt from purchase at the dealer!


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[pontiff]

Great price! Where was that advertised? How many kms?

[defie]

It was on gumtree lol has 166k's


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[pontiff]

Good stuff! 166k is good... Just keep an eye on the gearbox, they are not known for their reliability

[defie]

Yeah I've heard that the leak at the top of the box and people miss it then it ruins the bearings


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[defie]

Back to what I was asking lol black waterish stuff is nothing to be concerned about?


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