Morning.
Sometimes the golf refuses to start and have to swing a couple of times before it finally does.
Otherwise the car drives well and pulls very strong and it irritates me a lot when it randomly refuses to start. It happens when I park the car overnight or after a day shift.
It had only 1 fault : 16519 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor - Sensor was replaced and error was cleared.
I have scanned the car this morning immediately after it refused to start and found the following errors.
01249 - Fuel Injector for cylinder 1 (N30)
26-10 - output open - intermittent
01250 - Fuel Injector for cylinder 2 (N31)
26-10 - output open - intermittent
01251 - Fuel Injector for cylinder 3 (N32)
26-10 - output open - intermittent
01252 - Fuel Injector for cylinder 4 (N33)
26-10 - output open - intermittent
The car eventually started and when I try to restart it, it does that first kick without any hassle. The problem comes after I leave it for few hours.
Any help or advice will be appreciated. I have replaced the Crank Speed Sensor just to rule it out since there was no error about it.
Thanx
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Re: Random Starting Issues on MK4 GTI
Well it is unlikely that all 4 the injectors are missing or faulty so look at the power supply side for them. If there is a bad connection , iffy fuse or thenrelay thatbruns the pump is not great you'll have all4 the injectors not getting power which will show as an open circuit
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Re: Random Starting Issues on MK4 GTI
Is the car Unichipped by any chance?
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Unichip should ñot cut into injectors. They just manipulate the airflow and input signals , not outputs
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Oh, no the reason I was asking was a few friends of mine have had unichip issues as Unichip manipulates crank angle sensor signals for timing advance/retard, sometimes they would have to swing for eons to get the car to start, sometimes it would start fine, and it never once threw a G28 error. Once the Unichip was replaced, life could continuepanic-mechanic wrote:Unichip should ñot cut into injectors. They just manipulate the airflow and input signals , not outputs
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Re: Random Starting Issues on MK4 GTI
Also, consider replacing the CTS, if you haven't replaced it in a while.
I had a similar problem recently on my A3 1.8T and it only affected cold Starts in the mornings.
I had a similar problem recently on my A3 1.8T and it only affected cold Starts in the mornings.
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Re: Random Starting Issues on MK4 GTI
I really really really really really hate that word shotening or acronym. There is no such thing as a cts sensor. It is simply called a water or engine temperature sensor. It does not only work when it's cold. It sends the entire range of engine temps.
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Thank you for the reply. I will look into it.
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Re: Random Starting Issues on MK4 GTI
I have changed the fuel pump relay and the car behaves...Will keep monitoring and report back. Thanx
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