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Hi all, new to the forums, I've just bought a New Beetle a week or so ago, it's the 2000 model and was modified somewhat by the previous owner
It has an aftermarket exhaust system and a huge pipercross induction kit, I was told due to the intake the MAF had to be unplugged. When it's connected anything over 2k revs and the engine sounds like it's choking out but it doesn't misfire, I've been driving it with the MAF unplugged so as not to damage the engine but every so often it will stall when slowing down with the clutch depressed (So the car is essentially in neutral)
It's nothing spectacular, the revs get to around 800/900 where it should idle and then just drops so the engine stalls.
I've got an OBD scanner en route in the mail currently, obviously with the MAF unplugged the traction control light is lit up on the dash, so that'll be an error that pops up.
Does anyone have any ideas what the cause of this is? Is it simply because the MAF is unplugged so because it's not reading the air intake it can't properly adjust the throttle to idle?
Second big question: Does anyone know whether the MkIV Golf air box is good to use on the New Beetle? Seeing as they're very similar and I can't for the life of me find any New Beetle air boxes to replace this intake kit. I'm in the UK, if that helps.
Edit: After reading a few more threads it seems this could possibly also be related to the engine speed sensor being wonky, hopefully getting the OBD scanned with reveal some more information, I've got a bluetooth obd scanner but unfortunately I can't find any apps on iPhone that support bluetooth obd, only wifi (I had an android phone before and used Torque)
Cheers guys
It has an aftermarket exhaust system and a huge pipercross induction kit, I was told due to the intake the MAF had to be unplugged. When it's connected anything over 2k revs and the engine sounds like it's choking out but it doesn't misfire, I've been driving it with the MAF unplugged so as not to damage the engine but every so often it will stall when slowing down with the clutch depressed (So the car is essentially in neutral)
It's nothing spectacular, the revs get to around 800/900 where it should idle and then just drops so the engine stalls.
I've got an OBD scanner en route in the mail currently, obviously with the MAF unplugged the traction control light is lit up on the dash, so that'll be an error that pops up.
Does anyone have any ideas what the cause of this is? Is it simply because the MAF is unplugged so because it's not reading the air intake it can't properly adjust the throttle to idle?
Second big question: Does anyone know whether the MkIV Golf air box is good to use on the New Beetle? Seeing as they're very similar and I can't for the life of me find any New Beetle air boxes to replace this intake kit. I'm in the UK, if that helps.
Edit: After reading a few more threads it seems this could possibly also be related to the engine speed sensor being wonky, hopefully getting the OBD scanned with reveal some more information, I've got a bluetooth obd scanner but unfortunately I can't find any apps on iPhone that support bluetooth obd, only wifi (I had an android phone before and used Torque)
Cheers guys