Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1995 1.8 AAM Auto engine hesitation when cold

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Mon 3 Nov 2008 11:07
1995 1.8 AAM Auto engine hesitation when cold - joshL
Hi

My Golf has started to play up and totally confused about what is exactley happening!
Only when the car is cold and i try to accelerate from stand still the car hesitates terribily and I have to push the accelerator down quite hard just to keep the car moving. This will only happen once or twice in a row, then the car is perfectly fine with no problems at all.
If I don't drive off from cold and just let the engine idle for a while, the revs will drop down and the engine will almost stall until I push on the accelerator again and then its fine. The car always starts fine and runs well otherwise.

There are also no faults recorded on the ECU and the ECU temp sensors (coolant and air) read exactly what the current outside temperatures are.

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Joshs
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