MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Not a Golf but a C30 1.6D surging / pulsing, any ideas?
Post by: Scottymon on April 30, 2013, 05:01:13 pm

Any ideas what this could be?

Car stationary, maintain bite point and little revs (1.2k say) to begin to move, then engine starts pulsing / surging, revs climb up and down, about 500 revs or so, you can hold it there, the car not moving but it continues to pulse (for want of a better word)

It's under warranty but an idea is always good... Idle control valve? / Engine temp sensor?

 :happy2:

Title: Re: Not a Golf but a C30 1.6D surging / pulsing, any ideas?
Post by: jlawrence on May 01, 2013, 01:13:41 am

Hi, I have c30 1.6 petrol r design, I had a similar problem just over a year ago, I took it into volvo,  they sorted the problem with in a few hours, it all came back to the idle control value. Something to do with the solenoid which determines how much (or less)the plunger constricts air flow. Hope that helps

Title: Re: Not a Golf but a C30 1.6D surging / pulsing, any ideas?
Post by: Scottymon on May 01, 2013, 01:14:36 am

Excellent, cheers mate. :happy2:

Title: Re: Not a Golf but a C30 1.6D surging / pulsing, any ideas?
Post by: jlawrence on May 01, 2013, 01:20:36 am

No worries mate :smiley: