Golf 1.8 Mk III SE (same as GL.. ADZ engine) not starting.. help!!
On 8/30/2011 5:09 AM, Gizzard wrote:
> Sorry, in a bit of a blind panic when I wrote that post.
>
Happens... Even to the best of us.
> Car is 1996, ADZ engine, manual, 90k on clock.
OK, now we know what we're dealing with.
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> It's at the garage now. Mechanic says car started first attempt, but carb is flooded with oil ! Couldn't get the computer to register it
Better yet, get a new mechanic first. No carb on this car. It is fuel
injected (TBI, IIRC)
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> Oil in carb sounds ominous from what I've seen online..
Oil in the throttle body isn't good... But a mechanic that doesn't know
the difference between a throttle body and a carb isn't going to be able
to fix it.
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