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Offline Hendo

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Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« on: November 20, 2010, 06:37:25 pm »
Have my edition 30 for just over a week now and it's been running fine but just over the past few days it's stared to sound a bit off.

Stared her up the other morning and it made a noise like it would if you were trying to start the car when it was already started.

Also when she sits at idle it's just not sounding good, making a tapping noise. Will this just the cold ormhas this happened to anyone else.  Might take it up to the dealers on Monday but just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas?

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2010, 07:23:47 pm »
Difficult to diagnose over tbe web, was it bought from the main dealers?

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2010, 08:35:30 pm »
Yeah I got it from a main dealer.

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2010, 11:05:52 pm »
In that case, call them on monday and get it booked in  :happy2:

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2010, 07:25:57 am »
Cam belt tensioner?.
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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2010, 11:49:03 am »
I reckon the starter motor is slightly sticky, and staying engaged momentarily.  Fairly common on VW's.

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2010, 02:19:30 pm »
Dont know if this helps as audible guidance Hendo, but I thought mine was running a little roughly until I heard this on youtube, it sounds exactly like mine (car in vid is a ko4 Ed30 whereas mine is a ko3 GTI - the vids decent quality hence why I found it useful to compare to)



After hearing that, I suspected mine probably isn't that rough :confused: Who knows?
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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2010, 03:34:48 pm »
Dont know if this helps as audible guidance Hendo, but I thought mine was running a little roughly until I heard this on youtube, it sounds exactly like mine (car in vid is a ko4 Ed30 whereas mine is a ko3 GTI - the vids decent quality hence why I found it useful to compare to)



After hearing that, I suspected mine probably isn't that rough :confused: Who knows?

My K03 sound like this.

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2010, 12:06:31 am »
Sounds more like a tank than a GTi!

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Re: Not sounding too good, any idea's.
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2011, 08:30:51 pm »
Hi,

So I just watched the video and on start up mine sounds like that.  It sounds a bit rough to me? is this normal?