maxarosa

hi olliy i changed the tempature sensor but made no differance car still smells of petrol when in the traffic. i have been trying to get the vagcom lead to work but with littl scucess. i am going to take it around to a friends who has the software working. will a faulty lambada sensor be shawn as a fault? regards MAX

forgot to say i am in bath somerset

Hi Olliy I am unable to get on to vag.com as I am at work and the url is being blocked. I will have a look tonight. Thanks for you help max

Hi Olly Thanks for getting back to me I have kinda been chasing the fault but without success so far I serviced the car air filter spark plugs dizzy cap and rotor, to no avail. I replaced the coil pack but it made no difference. The lambda sensor if faulty will it cause over fueling? I have been told if the cam sensor is faulty it will inject fuel 4 time per revolution instead of once is that right?. I figure it is cheaper in the long run to keep changing sensors until fixed but if I new how to test the sensors it would be a help. Regards max

I posted a question a while back but did not get any replies so here goes again. Car is difficult to start and when it starts you can smell the fuel even after a long journey if you stop in traffic you can smell it. Fuel economy is down. I have checked for fuel leaks and there are none. I have been told it could be a crank sensor, cam sensor or air temp sensor anyone had any similar problems. Are there these sensors on a R reg 1.0 petrol car? Regards Max

Hi before I start I am a complete convert to the arosa I love it. Mine had developed a fault over a period of a few months where when you turn he key to start it if does not fire up with in the first few turns of the engine you have to keep it turning over for a long period of time and put you foot down approximately half way on the throttle to get it to start. When after many near starts it will start. When started it drives normally. In addition to this there is a strange noise some times when driving a woo hooing noise from under the bonnet I wondered if it was a vacuum leak or some thing this may be nothing to do with the starting problem but I thought I should mention it. The car was fitted with new air filter and sparkplugs a few days ago but it made no difference. I plugged in a fault code reader but it was not displaying any codes. Any suggestions would be much appreciated . Best regards Max