Thank you to those who read and replied to my two previous threads with regards to problems with my 1.9 130 after head work.
136k miles, just had the head skimmed after the gasket went. Because of issues with lack of power, poor idle, etc after the head work it went back to the garage. The garage got a local VAG specialist involved also to check it over. Issues with timing and vacuum were resolved and the car now runs perfectly with the exception of one minor issue.
The car won't start from cold. This was not a problem before it went in for the head gasket. When first going out to the car in the morning I have to keep revs over 1000 for a few seconds immediately after starting or it tries to cut out. It will then be fine for the rest of the day. The garage identified this before giving me the car back. They ordered new heater plugs but when removing the old ones realised that they weren't that old and when bench tested found them to be fine. They did say that they found a damaged wire that feeds the heater plugs which was replaced but did not fix the issue. They are scratching their heads as they know the car started fine before the work was done and have ruled out the obvious suspects.
The car will start fine if it is left for 8 hours outside work but when left overnight will not start the following morning. I am led to believe that the heater plugs are designed to work under 5 degrees. Both the garage and myself have found the car to behave the same when the temperature is above or below the 5 degrees mark.
Any ideas?
136k miles, just had the head skimmed after the gasket went. Because of issues with lack of power, poor idle, etc after the head work it went back to the garage. The garage got a local VAG specialist involved also to check it over. Issues with timing and vacuum were resolved and the car now runs perfectly with the exception of one minor issue.
The car won't start from cold. This was not a problem before it went in for the head gasket. When first going out to the car in the morning I have to keep revs over 1000 for a few seconds immediately after starting or it tries to cut out. It will then be fine for the rest of the day. The garage identified this before giving me the car back. They ordered new heater plugs but when removing the old ones realised that they weren't that old and when bench tested found them to be fine. They did say that they found a damaged wire that feeds the heater plugs which was replaced but did not fix the issue. They are scratching their heads as they know the car started fine before the work was done and have ruled out the obvious suspects.
The car will start fine if it is left for 8 hours outside work but when left overnight will not start the following morning. I am led to believe that the heater plugs are designed to work under 5 degrees. Both the garage and myself have found the car to behave the same when the temperature is above or below the 5 degrees mark.
Any ideas?