1.4 TDI 3 cylinder rebuild no idle issue

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Amateur10
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1.4 TDI 3 cylinder rebuild no idle issue

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Howzit guys

Hope all is well.

SO I DID A REBUILD ON A 1.4 2002 TDI 3 CYLINDER AMF MOTOR.

NOTE: I put it together, i didnt strip it apart.

So finally got it all rebuild, issue was chain snapped for OIL PUMP, seized up crank.

replaced crank, sent block in, line bored, mostly new stuff, now oil pump, new chain., etc etc.

well did timing all done nicely, car starts first time, runs for about 5 seconds, engine starts shaking like it wants to jump out, and then dies.

does it everytime, any ideas why it won idle? lso, when its idling you cant rev it at all, pedal does nothing, pushing the plastic pin by the throttle, makes no difference.

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
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generally if there is a cam timing issue they do that. Have you had it on vcds and checked for errors.
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with me it was injector harness which caused the shaking as was worn out.. diagnosis showed short circuit on injector 1...
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tau86 wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:42 pm with me it was injector harness which caused the shaking as was worn out.. diagnosis showed short circuit on injector 1...
This actually makes alot of sense, coz when I try to start mine it shudders like the engine wants to jump out. ill have a look my harness later maybe take it out and inspect properly, maybe i missed something

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