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Golf Mk IV chugging when coming to stop

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  • 14-12-2005 5:36pm
    #1
    homerjk
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭


    Hey there,

    I have a 98 1.9 TDI(not red) mk IV golf. theres ~100k on the clock. Last serviced in June.

    Lately its started doing this weird slight chugging when im coming to a stop like at a traffic lights etc. It feels like the type of chug that you are about to cut out but when you come to a complete stop its starts ticking over fine. It is a really annoying feeling!! I am not in the wrong gear or anything like that either so it is not as if I am actually about to cut out, it is just the few seconds after i start slowing down and just before i come to a complete stop.

    It has also lost some of its kick out on the motorway and seems real lazy but i am hoping that this is just the MAF because everyone i ask seems to have had this happen. I havent had this looked at yet because the old cash flow isnt the best!

    Could the two be related or causing one another?

    Any help appreciated...

    Cheers


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    #2
    Squirrel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    Are you on the clutch when it's chugging? The clutch mightn't be engaging properly


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    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    yep, its the maf, u should be able to fix it for free by clean it, go to ukmkivs.net and do a search for maf cleaning


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    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,070 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    maf indeed, however some people find that attempting to clean it makes it worse a new shouldnt cost a lot and can be fitted urself very easily


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    homerjk
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭homerjk


    No im not on the clutch when it begins to chug.

    I will try and get the MAF sorted then if it causing both problems and report back to whether it fixes both...

    Thanks guys


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    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Does a Tdi Golf HAVE a MAF ??

    I dont think so !

    Its possible you have a vacuum pipe problem. When idling pump the brakes and see if the idle stay regular !


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    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,310 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    MercMad wrote:
    Does a Tdi Golf HAVE a MAF ??

    Indeed it does and they regularly get dirty resulting in poor performance. It's a very common problem on all VW TDi's.


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    AMurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭AMurphy


    WEll if it is not MAF and all that stuff, have a look at your engine mounts and insure the gearbox and engine are bolted together securely.
    also have a look at the drive shafts for wear or slack.

    alo, is it in any particular gear, jic it may be a gearbox bearing issue.


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