Greetings all
Having been lurking on the forum for a few days, it's time for my first post, and I feel it could be a contentious subject. The question is - should I buy a 1.6 FSI which refuses to rev?
I've been keeping an eye on it for a while. It's a 2002 with leather and sunroof, and advertised as only having 120k kms (c. 75k miles) on the clock. According to the current owner, it will not run above idling speed but simply stalls if one tries to rev it. I am wondering if it could be an easily fixable problem such as a failed TDC sensor (or maybe a similar camshaft sensor) or whether it is a more serious problem. I haven't been able to quiz the seller more closely yet on the problem yet: indeed, I haven't even seen the car, mad fool that I am. (We're supposed to be in lockdown here in France at the moment, and I have no desire to upset M. le Gendarme.) But I seem to have become smitten by the little aluminium wonder and am keen to acquire an example - but not if it is going to be a total lemon and cause me grief and expense. I will call the owner over the weekend and try and get more details on the problem which I can pass on here - if I have not been scared off the car!
I know that I have given unhelpfully few details on the problem, but I have a very simple question - could I have a bargain on my hands, or should I steer well clear?
Here is a link to the ad - sorry it's in French:
"Démarre au quart de tour, monte dans les tours et cale" can be translated as "starts on the button, revs up and stalls".
Many thanks in advance for any advice you might have.
Having been lurking on the forum for a few days, it's time for my first post, and I feel it could be a contentious subject. The question is - should I buy a 1.6 FSI which refuses to rev?
I've been keeping an eye on it for a while. It's a 2002 with leather and sunroof, and advertised as only having 120k kms (c. 75k miles) on the clock. According to the current owner, it will not run above idling speed but simply stalls if one tries to rev it. I am wondering if it could be an easily fixable problem such as a failed TDC sensor (or maybe a similar camshaft sensor) or whether it is a more serious problem. I haven't been able to quiz the seller more closely yet on the problem yet: indeed, I haven't even seen the car, mad fool that I am. (We're supposed to be in lockdown here in France at the moment, and I have no desire to upset M. le Gendarme.) But I seem to have become smitten by the little aluminium wonder and am keen to acquire an example - but not if it is going to be a total lemon and cause me grief and expense. I will call the owner over the weekend and try and get more details on the problem which I can pass on here - if I have not been scared off the car!
I know that I have given unhelpfully few details on the problem, but I have a very simple question - could I have a bargain on my hands, or should I steer well clear?
Here is a link to the ad - sorry it's in French:
"Démarre au quart de tour, monte dans les tours et cale" can be translated as "starts on the button, revs up and stalls".
Many thanks in advance for any advice you might have.