paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 well not really, i took it into the garage today next door to use for them to clean the throttle body for me, they took it off but the intake manifold was black inside so he said we will put it all together and put some carb cleaner through it, so we did, everything was going fine until he got abit carried away and put alittle to much though and it misfired and cut out, i started it up again reved it to clear the crap out, everything was fine all running nice, until i looked at the dash and saw the engine warning light on,Its still on but im thinking it came on because of the misfire we had, is this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Probably engine speed sensor warning - I got that when I cleaned out the throttle body and caused it to stall accidentally. Alternatively could be a misfire warning, but that usually takes a few misfires to trigger.The light may go out in a few days, but the fault code will remain until cleared by VW or a VAG tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 u going to any meets style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Yeah, the Southern one on the 12th December, possibly the Sheffield meet (but less than 50% likely at this point) and the Rolling Road day in Feb, although I imagine that's too long to wait style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />If you have a VW specialist nearby, it's worth asking them - it's literally a 5 second job, and if they were decent I'd hope they'd do it for free, if you explained that you knew why it came on, and just wanted it clearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 well im going to the southern one aswell so if i dont make it to a VW could u turn it off for me, well actually the light has gone out already, so it just needs clearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 is it running ok? i had loads of comedy with mine when i took it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 yea its running fine, wot happened with urs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 didnt screw it down tight enough to start with so it choked - which sounds like you problem. it needs to be really tight to seal properly.then second time when it was on really tight i forgot to plug it in, so the light came on, stuck in safe mode and i was clueless - ****ting myself. then a realised my mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 lol, did u put carb cleaner through it to clean the intake manifold up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 yeah took it all off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. was sparkling by the end//// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 u took the whole thing off? was it easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshirt2k Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 When you clean throttle body you're meant to do a Throttle body alignment. or it could run lumpy. especially if its really dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 how are u ment to do that then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshirt2k Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 QUOTE(paulbin)how are u ment to do that thenWith vag com or similar.reason :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Yes - I told Tim that at the time, but he was convinced it was because he hadn't tightened the TB on fully. Kids these days, eh...Won't cause a fault code `per-se` though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 ohwell anyway it runs fine (well as fine as can be expected) now. maybe i should do an alignment now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Nah, it adjusts itself over time, so it'll have corrected itself now. The issue is if it's very dirty and suddenly becomes very clean, the ECU puts the TB into the position it used to have to be to idle at 900rpm, finds itself overrevving (because more air gets in due to it being degunked), panics and slams the TB closed, and stalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 i aint had any probs at the moment, but im wondering about taking the intake manifold off any one got any pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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