Hello from Norway " Mk3 1.8 (ADZ)"

[lompeboks]

Hello there guys, actually found this forum during my search for a fix for my hesitating engine.

Let me interduce my 10.000 nok ( 1200 usd ) VW Golf MK3 1.8 GL (ADZ)
The car looks like **** for the moment, just bought it.

So far i have done this.
Oil filter and oil changed.
Airfilter
Coupefilter
Spark plugs
O2 sensor
Lamdasensor ( Sensor in the back of the manifold )
Distrubitor cap and rotor
Cleaned sensors


Faults .

-Engine runs good when the car i cold, but as it gets hot its starts to hesitate, and sometimes just cut ut, while im driving.
-Blower not blowing very well, unless i turn of the fans for 10min, then its great.. Untill i enter the highway for 5 minutes, then the heat in the coupe drops pretty fast.
-I dont have Vag-com, but i have a cheap OBD reader , and i have gotten a couple of error codes.
-I did clean the throttle body, and the car was hesetating alot less for a week or so. And then the problem came back after i decided to delete some error codes.

00282(Throttle position actuator-V60 )
00516( Closed throttle position switch-F60 )

So can you guys point me in the direction of a solution?

Thanks alot from Norway . Best regards Christian

[feenix74]

G'day mate!

Welcome, great to see another Golf Mk3 1.8

Unfortunately, I am not a mechanic and have not had a similar problem with your engine cutting out.

With your heater issue, what is your engine temperature gauge showing? Could it be your engine thermostat has failed?

[sports racer]

Hi Christian.

You really need to get it on a VAG-com as the problem with the hot running could be almost anything. On my MK3 engined MK2 I found a loose electrical connection on the intake manifold which fixed the problem once I put the plug in properly.

I suggest you unplug and plug back in every connection you see on and around the engine. It might be something as simple as a poor connection which is giving you the problem.

Issue with the blower sounds like a faulty temperature thermostat and your engine isn't getting up to normal operating temperature.

Cheers and welcome to the forum.

Paul

[lompeboks]

Thanks alot so far with all the tips guys, i will update you guys maybe tomorrow, think i might get my vagcom cable tomorrow

[fred27]

Hello Lompeboks and welcome to the forum