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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2008, 08:06:46 PM »
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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2008, 07:46:39 AM »
The temp switch can be faulty. reads ok on the gauge but when you scan and look at the temp the engine sees, it can be wrong. Had one just yesterday saying the engine was at 3 degrees when it was at over 75 degrees. Ran really rich. Another one said the engine was at 60 degrees when the engine was stone cold, This one would not start nicely and ran rough until the engine got warm. I always check them when running issues are apparent. There is also the ecu relay which when faulty gives the same problem,  as the voltage the ecu gets varies with load and rpm which in turn varies all the inputs the ecu receives

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2008, 03:07:36 PM »
Where is the temperature switch located on a 2.0lt GTi?  Are they expensive?  Or is this something I should get a mechanic to look at?  That being the case, where in Lower Hutt is good to take VW's?

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2008, 06:11:47 PM »
Just find someone who can scan it and check that it is reading ok. Since you have a ABF engine they have a different temp sensor that is located at the other end of the head from the cambelt not in the middle like a 1.8 or 2.0L 8 valve. There are 2 sensors one for the gauge and one for the engine ECU

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2008, 09:54:23 AM »
Just find someone who can scan it and check that it is reading ok. Since you have a ABF engine they have a different temp sensor that is located at the other end of the head from the cambelt not in the middle like a 1.8 or 2.0L 8 valve. There are 2 sensors one for the gauge and one for the engine ECU

Would this be a job of any old car mechanic or an Auto Electrician?  Sorry to ask what might be deemed as daft questions!

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2008, 10:33:59 AM »
Would this be a job of any old car mechanic or an Auto Electrician?  Sorry to ask what might be deemed as daft questions!

To do the scan you need someone with VAGCOM, either a VW dealer, VW specialist or a VAG nutter (there are a few on the forum who have it).

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2008, 03:54:34 PM »
I'm gonna buy a VAGCOM.  You can get the cable from EBAY US for less than NZ$30 including delivery

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2012, 05:51:10 PM »
Hi, did you ever solve this as it is a problem I am struggling with at the moment? Cheers

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Re: vr6 intermittent performance ?!?
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2012, 10:22:30 PM »
Four years later"....