A very strange problem!

[Mars3v]

bombsquad21, GoLfMan, Golf Loon, MattyT, peedman, h100vw

Thanks very much guys...I will take it to Volkspower tomorrow

I had a doubt too about the timing belt, I hope it doesn't cut before I reach the mechanic...

[Mars3v]

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[gldgti]

on the 200rpm idle - if it was only running on 2 cylinders because of a misfire, possible that there was no spark at all in those cylinders and hence no signakl going to tach - so it would have looked like 200rpm on the tack but might have been higher.

[Mars3v]

Isn't the rpm signal taken from the crank shaft? However, it really felt like 200, it was shaking too much, the hitting sound was not fast....anyways, I will post what the mechanic says so that everyone learns.

[Golf Houso]

Isn't the rpm signal taken from the crank shaft? However, it really felt like 200, it was shaking too much, the hitting sound was not fast....anyways, I will post what the mechanic says so that everyone learns.

same thing happened to mine, get a diagnostic done whilst your at it...

[Mars3v]

yea I will try to do that too, thanks a lot

[Golf Loon]

Just realized you have a 1.8, not a 2L.

You have no crank angle sensor.

I reckon its the rubber mount under the single point injection unit.
Grab hold of the plastic cover on top of the engine and rock it side to side. If it moves heaps and has a split, you need a new rubber baseplate.

If not its probably timing, jumped tooth, or loose dissy.

On the plus side, the 1.8 is a non interference motor, so even if the timing belt snapped, it will bend no valves

[Mars3v]

Thanks Golf Loon for your continued reply......

While I was taking the car today to the mechanic, it did the same thing 4 times in about 10 kms, so I dropped it to a mechanic I know nearby me, I don't think it could do the distance to VWPower...

when I heard that sound again several times today, I realized that it is exactly the same sound that happens when you give a high gear on a slow speed when you are going up hill, you know when the car starts to shake and then the engine turns off, it is exactly the same but louder and stronger shake...

The mechanic saw the timing belt, he said it is fine and placed properly...

I feel it is a fuel rail problem, however I think that the pump is ok, because I don't hear any strange noises from it, I guess it is in the back like all VWs...

Or it might be cams problem...

The mechanic reckons it might be an electric problem or something in the injectors...

Any ideas guys?

[Mars3v]

Also when I tried to turn the engine on again, I was fully pressing the clutch, so the problem is not related to the gearbox or the clutch...

But the weird thing is that the engine runs completely normal and very smooth after that, thats why I think it is a fuel delivery problem...it is something that is not permanently damaged...

Also, sometimes I notice a sound of tek tek tek while the car is running, low sound and doesn't happen all the time...and it gets faster as the rpm goes higher...I guess it is from the cams

Ideas?

[Jmac]

From experience if it were the Hall sender or crank sensor it would most likely fail altogether, from what you are saying it does sound like fuel. Have u checked ur fuel filter? Wouldnt be the 1st time ive saw MAFs and all types of sensors fitted to find it was merely a blocked filter
Cheers
Jmac