Hi people, when i started my seat ibiza mk4 2009 it said that the temperature outside was -23 degrees and that i had no petrol when i have well over a third of a tank. Im just wondering why both these faults occured at the same time Cheers

Kevin Blair

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• Posted on Jan 13, 2009

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sounds like a faulty outside temp sensor. This is located behind the lower front grill on the rad support. This sensor is likely causing your both issues as the voltage drop or resistance is not in the range the ecu expects. You can check http://forums.fourtitude.com/zeromain they will help to clairfy swapping the sesnor if you feel like getting your hands dirty.

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possible coolant temp sender or crank sensor,have you got fuel at the plugs and a spark,one quick check is to disconnect the temp sender this will then put it into a cold start fuelling....

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I have the same car and had the same problem, it turned out to be a hole in the vaccume pipe that leads to the engine.

If thats not the reason It may be the ignition coil, which is a common fault in seat ibiza's, this would cost around 75.00GBP to fix.

this site may help www.usedcarexpert.co.uk ,, the site gives good info about all cars and lists common faults and how to fix them.

Hope this helps

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There is a part between the air intake manifold and the air box on your engine, it's usually black on a golf, will look like a 15cm tube around 80-90mm in diameter with a plugged wire leading into it, this is your MAF sensor or MASS AIR FLOW sensor and if dirty / faulty can cause an incorrect temp reading from the air intake and cause rough engine starting, this is a very common problem on mk4 golfs... the part is apparently cleanable, with isoprop alcohol, or I assume white spirit. the actual sensor needs to be removed from its housing for cleaning, and as always treat carefully... the part replacement, depending on where you go can be around $50 - $100 used or even new.... part number off the existing one on your car, try ebay as you can do well for price :) could be fouled spark plugs from rich fuel mix on bad airtemp sensor, could be a million things but the MAF sensor is one of the golden oldies I'd be checking first :) Goodluck, Chas

Bradley

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• Posted on Oct 09, 2009

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why did you replace the fuel pump if the car was running ok?check if you did not mix up the fuel lines where they connect to the pump.