andrewl6527 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 hi guys your help is appreciated i have a 02 plate galaxy, on Saturday i lost power only getting 40 mph then after i reached my destination the car sounded as if the front pipe had gone or id just swapped the car for a Subaru! i limped back 2 miles to town and switched the engine off it was a bit noisy but i regained power back to 80 on the motorway.. since then it sounds noisy from the airbox like a put put put noise but i have power. it has been on a vag-com machine and no faults found please can any one help me thanks andrew Quote
Triple Trouble Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 hi guys your help is appreciated i have a 02 plate galaxy, on Saturday i lost power only getting 40 mph then after i reached my destination the car sounded as if the front pipe had gone or id just swapped the car for a Subaru! i limped back 2 miles to town and switched the engine off it was a bit noisy but i regained power back to 80 on the motorway.. since then it sounds noisy from the airbox like a put put put noise but i have power. it has been on a vag-com machine and no faults found please can any one help me thanks andrew A few more details about the engine would not go amiss Andrew... :P Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Posted March 17, 2009 what do you need to know and ill try answer it im no good with cars! Quote
insider Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 It'll be one of these: PETROL: 2.3l or 2.8l (V6)DIESEL: 1.9TDI, either 90hp or 115hp Quote
tdi90 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 Check the wiring to the fuel pump. I had the same sorta syptoms happen to my TDi90 a while back.No power, strange engine noise. Turned out to be chaffed wires to the fuel pump (2 engine changes as probable cause for mine :P) Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Posted March 18, 2009 thanx ill get my so called mechanic to check Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Posted March 20, 2009 apperently the fuel pump wires are ok any other suggestions? Quote
tpurch Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 I maybe way off base here......... It could be a MAF problem. This would explain the poor performance and may also account for the noise as the engine maybe labouring under low revs. The reason I say MAF is because I was investigating a problem on a MK1 Sharan and accidently unplugged the MAF...When I started it up it sounded like a "tractor" and engine ran like a dog..... Suggest you remove MAF and see if the engine runs better. Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Posted March 20, 2009 thanks for that one yes he MAF has been disconnected and it struggled like hell but thanx anyway Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Posted March 24, 2009 update ive had the car on the vag com again today and it brought up no faults. but the news is the shim is on its way out and i now have to replace the cam,rod,pistons water pump and timing belt.. from a local garage its roughly Quote
sepulchrave Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 update ive had the car on the vag com again today and it brought up no faults. but the news is the shim is on its way out and i now have to replace the cam,rod,pistons water pump and timing belt.. from a local garage its roughly Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Posted March 26, 2009 so lets say the turbo pipe has split or blown off would the air box be banging? cheers Quote
andrewl6527 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Posted March 29, 2009 hi guys took my gal to another mechanic and he said it not the cam thats gone but he doesnt know what it is. the noise is still coming from the air box and making a thumping noise from it. 4 mechanics apart from fraud and none of them have any idea of what it is. please can any one help? :) Quote
seatkid Posted March 29, 2009 Report Posted March 29, 2009 hi guys took my gal to another mechanic and he said it not the cam thats gone but he doesnt know what it is. the noise is still coming from the air box and making a thumping noise from it. 4 mechanics apart from fraud and none of them have any idea of what it is. please can any one help? :) Try a compression test. One of the inlet valves may have debris on the seat. Quote
the-boss Posted April 22, 2009 Report Posted April 22, 2009 doe's it sound like the engine is about to smash its self up?quote name='andrewl6527' date='Mar 17 2009, 11:05:20' post='139454']hi guys your help is appreciated i have a 02 plate galaxy, on Saturday i lost power only getting 40 mph then after i reached my destination the car sounded as if the front pipe had gone or id just swapped the car for a Subaru! i limped back 2 miles to town and switched the engine off it was a bit noisy but i regained power back to 80 on the motorway.. since then it sounds noisy from the airbox like a put put put noise but i have power. it has been on a vag-com machine and no faults found please can any one help me thanks andrew Quote
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