Hello - I have a 99 plate ibiza gti 8v, and for 3 years I have had relatively no problems...until now.
About 4 weeks ago the revs would drop on idle causing the car to stall, mainly at junctions , roundabouts etc. This lead to the first trip to the garage where my throttle body was cleaned out..This helped for a couple of days with the engine running sweet. However , the car stalled on start up (it was warm) and it cut out... stopped ...kaputt.. the engine would turn but wouldnt fire. tryed bump and jump starts no joy.. just turning and no fire. Then I smelt fire! A quick check in the engine bay confirmed burnt coil pack (grrr) so I source one and changed it no probs. The car then started after a bit of a groan and roared into life.. all good ? not quite... the car now randomly starts well or with a splutter (like the starter is struggling) on the splutter start up my dash clock resets to zero ??? a quick check at my local garage showed battery is fine and no alternator probs... just said maybe tuning???
Everytime the car struggles to start, the clock resets telling me there is an electronic short somewhere?? Does anybody have any tips.... any help would be great...thanks in advance
Craig
About 4 weeks ago the revs would drop on idle causing the car to stall, mainly at junctions , roundabouts etc. This lead to the first trip to the garage where my throttle body was cleaned out..This helped for a couple of days with the engine running sweet. However , the car stalled on start up (it was warm) and it cut out... stopped ...kaputt.. the engine would turn but wouldnt fire. tryed bump and jump starts no joy.. just turning and no fire. Then I smelt fire! A quick check in the engine bay confirmed burnt coil pack (grrr) so I source one and changed it no probs. The car then started after a bit of a groan and roared into life.. all good ? not quite... the car now randomly starts well or with a splutter (like the starter is struggling) on the splutter start up my dash clock resets to zero ??? a quick check at my local garage showed battery is fine and no alternator probs... just said maybe tuning???
Everytime the car struggles to start, the clock resets telling me there is an electronic short somewhere?? Does anybody have any tips.... any help would be great...thanks in advance
Craig