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gti losing power under acceleration
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:23 pm
by mikegti
I've just posted about this in the mkV section, if you'd like to go there and have a quick look at my post
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... 84bef4fe2d
cheers
mike
edit: wrong link!
Is it?
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:16 pm
by morrismen
Now, on my old car, this would have been due to a throttle position sensor going faulty. So, as the Polo GTI does not have such a device, could it be the connection to the throttle potentiometer? I'd jiggle a few connectors around when it's running (no shirt sleeves) and see if you can replicate it.
Maybe it's water in a connector shorting it out? If it's wet mizzle fine rain where you are, then this has caused loads of cars to breakdown in my area today!
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:07 pm
by mikegti
morrismen, thanks for that
is the throttle pot down by the pedal linkage?
cheers,
mike
Yeah
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:40 pm
by morrismen
it's a matter of taking off the air filter box etc to get at it properly.