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Cjwatson27

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HI i drove though a big puddle last night the car seemed to be ok . But now it won't start its turning over but won't fire.
Anyone got any ideas it's having the engine change later in the month but I need to be able to drive it there has i cant effort to have 2 cars trailered . Any help appreciated

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 11:45
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stan_306gti6 Forum Admin

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Check for water at sensor points on the engine, you may well have water sitting on top of the gearbox which won't do the crank sensor much good.

How far did you drive it after you went through the 'puddle'?

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 12:01
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Cjwatson27

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3 to 4 miles the funny thing is all the windows steamed up straight after hitting the puddle and it sounded like the exhaust was blowing .

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 12:10
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dcc

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check your spark plug holes

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 12:31
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Cjwatson27

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Damn this sounds technical, ok I'll have a look and get back to you in a bit

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 12:33
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rallyestyle

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Cjwatson27 wrote:
Damn this sounds technical, ok I'll have a look and get back to you in a bit


It's really not No

Just have to whip the coil pack cover off, take out the coil packs, unscrew the spark plugs and have a look inside Smile

How deep was the puddle/lake?

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 13:39
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Cjwatson27

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5 / 6 inches problem was i hit it quite fast , its turning over just not firing , I cant do much has all my tools are in my lock up , and it's raining heavy here I've soaked it in wd 40 thats used to work on the mini so fingers crossed

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 13:48
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RetroPug

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Whereabouts in Oxford are you mate? If you want you can PM me your number and I might be able to come and help you get the coilpacks off and sparkplugs out, got spark plug removal sockets etc.

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 13:54
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Cjwatson27

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Cheers for the offer retro pug , put the bonnet realise has just broke and now I'm sick of seeing it so I'm off to the pub , on the plus side I now have no excuses to not get the engine swapped over .

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 14:35
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ryangti6

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What Stan has suggested is a good shout also It's worth trying the big red button located behind the battery box, if this got damp it could have popped and will have cut your fuel.

Another thing I'd look at is down behind the battery box you'll find a double relay, If this has got wet it'll cause you issues.

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 14:38
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RetroPug

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Cjwatson27 wrote:
Cheers for the offer retro pug , put the bonnet realise has just broke and now I'm sick of seeing it so I'm off to the pub , on the plus side I now have no excuses to not get the engine swapped over .

Ok. In that case I won't be free to lend a hand until friday/next weekend if you needed it.

If it is turning over and but not firing it could just be something simple like wet plugs, wet relays or wet sensors as stated above.

Are you running an exposed cone?

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 14:50
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Cjwatson27

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Yeah it's actually the xsi which i keep putting off swapping engines over from my crashed gti6 so i think its a omen telling me to get a move on. I live near watlington your from headington aren't you ?

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 14:59
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RetroPug

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Ah right you're a bit further than I thought.
That's where I'm living right now yeah.

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 16:11
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Cjwatson27

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I used to live on benson rd my cars sometimes parked up round there it's a diablo with pro 1.2 s on

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 16:30
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RetroPug

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Ah right. I've not seen it about but that's not far away at all.
I'm in a diablo Ph.1 at the moment.

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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 18:47
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Cjwatson27

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Still broken Thumbs down on the plus side it's booked into have its engine swap next Tuesday so hopefully by next weekend it will all be up and running 😃Thumbs up

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Posted 6th Jan 2014 at 18:02
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