The car is very clean and solid and in much nicer condition than some of the other, more expensive examples we looked at. The interior is in great condition too, with no rips or worn out seat bolsters, which as a pleasant surprise. It did come with some issues, but nothing too serious and working on the car keeps me out of mischief! lol! The car wasn't super smooth on the way home, throttle response was poor, it felt down on power and hesitated a couple of times. I'd describe this is a cough and a fart! Squeezing the throttle a bit harder or dipping the clutch and giving the car a quick rev soon cleared this. The clutch pedal felt terrible too - really creaky and notchy.
Here's a list of things I have done to the car so far....
- Downloaded a free version of VAGCOM and connected the car to my laptop. The only fault that was reported was "Lambda sensor upper limit intermittent". After some research, it turns out that this doesn't necessarily mean the lambda sensor is duff and could be down to something else causing the car to run incorrectly. I cleared the fault, but it came back after another run up the road.
- Replaced coil, dizzy cap, rotor arm, HT leads and spark plugs - Throttle response and acceleration is much improved since but not perfect.
- Checked air filter and air intake pipe for leaks. Air filter was like new and no leaks could be found anywhere.
- Replaced MAF (Mass Airflow) sensor that sits between the air box and intake manifold. I found that this was faulty by removing the electrical connector from the original sensor. This forced the ECU to run at a default setting, ignoring the air flow sensor completely. This improved running a hell of a lot so confirmed that the original sensor was duff. I got a replacement sensor for £14.95 from an online breaker.
- Attempted to get some lub on the top of the clutch pedal and on the auto-adjuster section of the clutch cable under the bonnet. This improved it very slightly, but it was still no good really
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