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Polo Dieseling on startup
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:15 pm
by tegwin
The car only does it occasionally....But when you start it up it sounds like a diesel for about half a second before running normally...
Sounds like heavy knock.....does anyone else have similar noises? Im assuming its normal and has something to do with the auto knock adjustment in the ecu, but i was just wondering if other people had the same thing?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:25 pm
by Prabz
Yh i have noticed that today when you turn the key for like a secound sounds like a diesel but then it goes to normal i thought thats what it meant to do lol, thank god some one else has same thing so now i know what it can be and get the problem fixed =)
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:32 pm
by andyniceday
mine does this occasionally aswell
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:34 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Mine does it from time to time, don't think it's anything to worry about.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:48 pm
by david burton
yeah mine too.
oh, hang on..........
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:12 pm
by tegwin
yeah mine too.
oh, hang on....
LOL
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:18 am
by olop_chris
Lol
Yeah its pretty normal mate, no worries
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:26 am
by womble68
If you had a Mk5 Golf GTI worryingly when cold they continue to sound like a diesel, however they don't exactly drive like one, and they don't sound like it when revved
But yes, think its all good on the Polo front. Maybe its a conspiracy
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:54 am
by nafeGTI
yep mine too! that's one less thing to worry about then
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:12 pm
by Si_GTi
Mine does this occasionally. Read somewhere a long time ago that it could be down to the exhaust just shaking on its mounts slightly on startup... or something.
Nothing to worry about though.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:51 pm
by neilw
Yeh mine too. Did it on Monday.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:57 pm
by MaxZ
Check your oil level, mine was doing it quite frequently on the old engine, because it's the oil pump getting "warmed up". Usually sounds louder when there's a significantly small amount of oil in the engine.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:42 pm
by h4r1s
The sound of diesel but no benefits of diesel, such as good a mpg figure
mine does it on cold startups.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:26 pm
by Mouse_GTI
womble68 wrote:If you had a Mk5 Golf GTI worryingly when cold they continue to sound like a diesel
Very true, my Dad's does it all the time. Mk6/7 Polos sound like diesels on start up. Mine has never made such a sound
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:10 pm
by 1der
mine does it occasionally too.
il not worry if other people have it too though