#1: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 3:46 am ---- hay guys yet again my gti 180 is playing up. been reading tho all the post on here and im thinking its the vvt solenoid. but just fort i would check with everyone b4 i commit my self to a new one. basically my car feels like a 1.1 (could not even keep up with my mate in his 1.6 focus even tho i normally kill him) feels sluggish and there is no induction noise that i used to have. ive had the solenoid out and cleaned it and made no diff. could the solenoid hav completely packed up?? btw no fault codes present ether.
#2: Re: vvt???? Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 3:51 am ---- If it was the VVT there'd normally be a fault code when it's read.
#3: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 3:55 am ---- even if the vvt is jammed???
#4: Re: vvt???? Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 3:59 am ---- Yea should do, as soon as a malfunction is detected it should throw up a code, although the Engine Management light won't necessarily come on. Mine did it a few times but changed the solenoid and all is ok now, although the symptoms aren't the same as yours.
#5: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 4:11 am ---- how much 4 a solenoid and i take its a pug only part??
#6: Re: vvt???? Author: kieron, Location: in the housePosted: Sun May 15, 2011 4:16 am ---- Retail is around £80 just buy a new one as it will only happen again and again. you could get one from a breakers but you dont see any 180s in there but the 1.4 16v has vvt and the solenoids fit each other
#7: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 4:28 am ---- hav to get it at trade price then from pug lol
#8: Re: vvt???? Author: kieron, Location: in the housePosted: Sun May 15, 2011 5:49 am ----
bigtony85 wrote:
hav to get it at trade price then from pug lol
its around 50 trade, had one myself
#9: Re: vvt???? Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:00 am ---- Yea mine was about 50 through my mate.
#10: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 7:31 am ---- so i should go ahead and get one?? does it sound like it??
#11: Re: vvt???? Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:04 am ---- What you code reading it with? Does it read manufacturer specific codes?
#12: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:08 am ---- snap on solus pro. yeh it does
#13: Re: vvt???? Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:09 am ---- Should come up with a fault then if its the VVT, I would have said.
#14: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:12 am ---- nah nothing mate. its just so strange like a say it like someone has taken the 2.0l lump out and put a 1.1 in it
#15: Re: vvt???? Author: bigtony85, Location: NottinghamPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 2:54 pm ---- car sorted !!!!!!!!!!!!! new vvt solenoid job done and only £64 think its made the car better than ever.
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