Vw Polo playa 1.6i 2002 fault finding

[PlayaSwaggin]

Hi Guys,

trust all is well.
just wanted to find out if the following is on its way out.... what will the symptoms be, how will i know if they getting faulty?
- injectors
-throttle body
-map sensor

thanks
you help will be appreciated

[panic-mechanic]

Missfires or rough running
Two possiblemparts to fail -idle motor or tps. Idle motor fail measn car won't idle without you holding some throttle. Tps will make it run bad and perform really poorly
Depends on how rhe map fails ie. Does it give a small signal or big signal. Small signal will make motor very lean somwill start but not rev willingly. Big signal will make it rich so start badly and smell of fuel. Do ok at full throtle but idle badly.

[PlayaSwaggin]

will any of this cause fuel to be heavy?
do you recommend to purchase new or will second hand do due to cash constraints

[panic-mechanic]

map sensor the most likely culprit but it could also be timing that is out and maybe a few other things. But again to just start guessing at what it 'might' be will see you spending money on something it might not be. Can even be something as simple as a water temp sensor.
What consumption are you getting and did it suddenly change?

[PlayaSwaggin]

i put new water temp sensor.
getting +- about 7kms per liter....
checked the fuel gauge,
can the car over fuel.
its giving off some white smoke but when i checked the plugs for oil.. its burning good burning white though.
is it possible to over fuel like flood the bores?
thanks for the help boet

[panic-mechanic]

You need to get a lambda gauge on it to see whatbthe fuelling looks like.
Again use diagnostic tools like vagcom and interrogate reading blocks tomsee thatbthe items's values lookmcorrect instead of guessing and replacing parts randomly.

[Antondubstar]

Hi guyz i knw this is an old post but my polo playa when i start it the idle goes up and down on its own most of thd time so i take the battery terminal out for a few min and it comes righy i have cleaned the throttle body and map sensor and put new water temp switch and its still the same any idead

[UDC]

Could be timing distributor timing slightly off....can also be a sign of fuel pump or fuel pressure failure

[Antondubstar]

Howzit gents i have an issue with my playa 2001 1.6i when i remove my key every single dash warning light comes out even warning lights that dont apply to 6n2 sa spec when i turn the key to start all dissapear when switched off and key out if i turn the light switch to put parks on it automatically comes right and lights disappear. would greatly appreciate assistance on any one who had issue and resolved it