DIAGNOSING THE ENGINE PROBLEM ON MY CHEAP MK7 VW GOLF GTI 

I'm sure everyone would like to know what you've been up to. Are you going to share?

Great to see you back mate, missed the videos. Come on, what have you been up to then?

I was just talking to my wife telling her that it's been way to long since I've seen a video and thought I'd just search your channel... Happy to be here!!!

Don't apologise for having something else to do, your videos are interesting and educational, really nice to watch! It really doesn't matter if it takes two or three weeks in-between😊 I hope you and your family will have a lovely summer 😊😊

Welcome back! Missed your videos man, tell us what’s been going on.

Wonder if somebody's done a crap remap and you've just re set it? Looking forward to see end results

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN 🥲

He’s back 👌👌👌👌😃😃😃😃

Good to have you back Dean you have been missed. Please tell us what you have been doing. The diagnosis has been interesting and the time and effort you have put in to it seems to have paid off. Now onto the good bit, tuning!! Love it👍🏽😎

When you do take it for a tune. I’m sure the tuner will be able to tell you for sure if you’ve fixed what ever it is or whether it’s still a problem.

Good to see you back Dean. Wasn’t particularly into the golf project until now, don’t know why, I am now! Looking forward to the mods. Interested to know what you’ve been up to.

thanks Mate glad your back and yes we would like to know

Definitely 😊 you need to share.

Previously mentioned massive respect for grafting your balls off for the family

Are you using Super Unleaded? Otherwise I’d guess it’s carbon build-up, glad you’re back and looking forward to the Porsche when time permits.

Normally on that valve on the end where the 2 holes are to undo it there is a little button in the middle and that pops out causing bad idle

:( having similar issue with my 8p tfsi. Thanks for the video. Big help.

Great to see you back Dean...we've missed you.

Reason please. Missed your videos.

We want to know what you’ve been up to 🧐 the suspense is killing us 👍🏻 good to see you back doing what you do best 😜

That music made me think I was watching Legit Street Cars 😋

Dean just how fast do you want to go 😂 but yeah handy having your own secret airstrip to quarter mile test run them 😉. Love the technical stuff 😁 even though you loose me at the opening of the bonnet 😂, good vid mate and nice to see you here again👌🏻.

Have missed the videos glad to see you back! Hope it’s more videos what been up to or at least the outcome what been up to means more videos for us!

Great to see you back. Be interesting to see what you've been up to.

Hi dean it’s great to see you back again and hope you and the family are staying safe and well

Check for carbon buildup on your valves. I had idling issues, and cleaning that and the intake manifold out fixed it

Glad you are back. Can’t wait to see the next one Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

Nice to see you back in the unit! It's hard trying to find intermittent faults, my question is you've done a basic setting reset, but not explained how? I'm assuming with VCDS, Would you mind showing or explaining please. Keep up the Great work, 👍, any update on the Porsche? 😁😁

Nice to see you back. Would love to know what you been upto please.

Can't wait to see you put the mods on the GTI, will be great to see.

Thankfully your back lad, was starting to get withdrawal symptoms ....🙏😅. So what's kept you away from my weekly fix of you fixing cars then.....🤔

Great to have you back,thanks for discount code just place my first order from Y food 👍

Omg, I thought you'd given up on life! Good to see you back 😊

I have a private runway too, it's called the m8 it's mainly private around 4am when am of to work, I had the same issue with my cupra and it was a boost solenoid,

That use to happen on my mk 4 golf crank sensor was a fault

Those solenoids are a pain in the arse when the oil is shite,had the same problem on a ford focus with the variable valve timing solenoid, so you're probably right with a new filter and decent oil... I've been told Alot of people remove the metal meshes to stop them getting clogged up too 💁 but each to their own

Try a BG Ear or MOA, its a oil flush but a restoration. an try BG44k. You will not be disappointed. I done it in my W205 and now flys like a rocket.

It's great to see you back again Dean, it should be good with all the mods done 👍👍👍👍

i do love these videos, he comes across as such a genuine guy too.

Had a similiar issue...was variable camshaft control....would also randomonmly stall on idle -- fault was "setpoint not reached..nightmare to find...looks like same as yours!

I’m sure you have already checked,I had similar problem,I had defective exhaust system,between catalytic converter and pipes being collapsed on inside and sensors being defective.just saying.informative video,what happened to going full time in shop,keep doing what your doing 👍👍👍😎😎😎

I remember when twin cam engines were lovely to look at

Great update video, be interested to see what the issues are and what mods you have planned. Also interested to hear what’s keeping you so busy

Excellent vlog as always Dean glad you are keeping well how ironic today my 2018 Corsa 1.4 automatic was running rough idle and hesitant today checked it out was p0171 code system too lean bank 1 I think this may possibly have occurred from yesterday was going to service change oil filter air and pollen but I took off the oil filter first and the motor factors gave me the wrong size so I had to put the same one back on but luckily didn’t drain the oil so shall be servicing this week once I have the correct filter so may have been the pressure who knows although I have checked over and cleaned the maf sensor as well with wd40 contact cleaner best regards to you mark from billericay 😃👍

Great to see you back Dean, cmon spill the beans!!

Fresh oil & filter then try an Italian Tune Up ?

Nice to finally see you again haha… make a vid letting us know what you’ve been up to as you mentioned on Instagram

Love it can't wait to follow the progress on this one

Great to see you back Dean 👍👍

Nice video. Can you please show us how you performed the basic setting using Vcds? Was the basic setting for the adaptation of the timing chain?

Good to see you back dude! Hope you're good. Would like to see what you're going to do with the Porsche as its been a while. You sold any of the other cars recently?

Welcome back, i was starting to get worried you'd given up!

Where have you been, missed your disasters!!😂😂

Great to see you back again, Dean! 👍👍👍

I’ll be getting that silkat bag Out of the coolant reservoir if it can be Removed I just swapped out the reservoir there only cheap It will rupture knowing your luck

Good to have you back

my car does this when its warmed up and idling....ive detected low resistance in a injector and possible clogging of varnish .....running premium fuel and sprayed throttle cleaner into engine whilst running

Would love to see more videos from you I’m constantly checking RU-vid for one. Would also like to know why there hasn’t been as many 👌

i think you need to change the solenoid valves. Common problem. Had it too.

Maybe it had some mods that were removed but the map was left on.

Great to have you back

I hope things are okay with you all Dean

Oh, it's um, what's your name again it's been a while 😁. Glad your vloggin again.

Had the same problem on my 2017 S3, same symptoms and error codes, turned out to be stretched timing chain…

I have 2016 GTI manual which has a similar issue but slightly worst. So when the car is cold, it gets lumpy every time I lift off the throttle and coasting up to a junction with the clutch in it even cuts out sometimes. I do think I should have a full service done on it as I have bought it unseen from an auction but I still think it is more than just a service. Can you help please?

It's not had E10 fuel in it has it dean. I had it in mine in my rare 1999 astra 2.0 16v sri and the car ran terrible even though it's compatible with it. Put super unleaded in it and not missed a single beat since. Would never use that E10 again no matter what car i had.

You should go to Santa Pod and chat to the guys there about draggy times and see the reaction.

Where you been ?

Love the video as Normal. Not gonna lie of all the RU-vid sponsor hate YFood lol. Would love to see car related sponsor if they have to be there

Come on dean spill the beans 👍

Missed your content, great there is a new video.

Probably your large seal between engine and transmission I had a similar problems and changed almost everything and then had my car smoke tested and it was large seal all problems gone. Seal is cheap but labour costs about £200.

Noticed an airbag cable on the passenger seat and that you've got some buttons missing on the GTi steering wheel, some shenanigans going on there?

Good vid nice to see you back👍

I have got a turbo intake bend and pipe with a filter for sale if your interested

Make sure it’s not got a shocking map on I’ve had it on a couple off my cars

Long time no see!

Congratulations on reaching 58,400 subscribers

Keep up...🙂 We all want to know everything 😉 you could definitely hold classes for other youtubers... 👍

Of course we want to know, show us the house / wife / ring / baby or all of the above

Hopefully the rs7 plug tips don’t melt and drop off like they do in some golf r’s and help screw the piston,

Vacuum leak or maf

use obs studio to record your screen, no watermark free and uses less resources

I am sure you have plenty on but if you want to make this a full-time job you need to put the commitment in. It's as if you have lost interest, so many projects started and not finished and lately big gaps between uploads which impacts your growth. Surely you still owe your mate for the Porsche, a project I am sure many have been looking forward to but it's just been gathering dust. Last two uploads have been unstructured and all over the place. Don't give up put more into the channel as you have done the hard part.

What metal sump did you use ?

What was the "cheap oil" brand you put in it? You said 5w30 but did you use the correct spec VW 507 00? What is your opinion on Quantum oil from TPS? Anyone else in chat use their oil?

Will the Porsche ever be finished ?

Did you make a video of the Passat Clutch change?

Moooooooar RS4 vids! 🙂

Yay!!!!! Missed you brother.

Have any of the cars sold yet

I've got an audi s3 8v 2014 with what seems to have the same fault code, however not really the same symptoms. My fault code says it's ( A camshaft position (bank 1) but as a brief description it says Timing over advanced or system performance? Don't really notice anything when it drives though. Any advice would be great 👍

just letting you know, DO NOT USE RS7 PLUGS the tips fall off, causing engine failure and the lumpy idle will be the cam magnets on side of timing cover, common issue

Check the fuel pump and the injectors, I almost guarantee you that’s the issue

Nice one Dean

hmm is the "Private Runway" an A or B I'm pretty sure its not and M :)

Any news on porsche?

Top upload again 👍

Timing chain...

Awesome bud cheers 👍🏻