#1: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:08 pm ---- well my gti 180 hasnt been run for 2months so got it started today (battery was near dead,) anyway took it for a quick run but it felt really slugish on throttle untill it was warm.... (its had new oil plugs oem filter)
anyone had this problem
#2: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: NICKST, Location: Little hulton (worsley)Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:46 am ---- What make Plugs did u use?
#3: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: Dan-, Location: BiggleswadePosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:20 am ---- mines also sluggish from cold, lerches sort off until warm, ive just put i down to a faulty lambda sensor, as my eng managment lights, and that oxygen sensor flashed up on the diagnostics machine,
Have you got any lights on?
#4: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:52 am ---- i havent any lights on ... bosch super 4s
#5: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: Slowride, Location: Netherlands/near RotterdamPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:07 am ---- Maybe it's your coil pack, it was the problem on my car last week. Also changed the spark plugs, but you already did. At the end mine ran on 3 cilinders when it was warm, with fault code P0351.
#6: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:12 am ---- ive never had it read as yet, but i am waiting for a new coil pack anyway its ok when warm also tickover is perfect, its just feeling as if it doesant want to pull from cold, but will rev ok with clutch in
#8: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:59 am ---- clean or get new???
#9: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: Dan-, Location: BiggleswadePosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:01 am ---- Also the same as mine "/
#10: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:02 am ----
shell-vt wrote:
clean or get new???
Try cleaning it first
#11: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: sri16v, Location: WalesPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:21 am ---- I thought all 180's ran bad from cold? mine always has in the 2 years Ive owned, very hesistant and juddery. Once warm drives fine.
#12: Re: gti 180 feeling slugish Author: Mattie-RS, Location: A Track near you ;)Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:41 am ---- Mine is the same, although not a 180 but still a 2.0
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