Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start

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Fri 11 Nov 2011 12:30
Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start - bornin78

Hi, when I am sitting in traffic and the car is idleing either with my foot on the clutch or with the handbrake on the cars bubbles and rocks, you can feel this in the car to the extent the handbrake and gearstick rocks. Also the car is sometimes hard to start, not always. I have changed the glow plugs. The car is a 55 plate Golf and done about 98000 miles.

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Fri 11 Nov 2011 23:27
Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start - Avant

Moved to Technical.

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Sat 12 Nov 2011 09:35
Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start - richib

sounss like a bad miss or a engine mount broke with the shaking bit km no mechanic though lol

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Sat 12 Nov 2011 10:23
Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start - Peter.N.

Yes, it definitly sounds as though its down on one cylinder, I am not familier with this particular engine but I think a faulty injector would likely be the problem.

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Sat 12 Nov 2011 10:28
Volkswagen Golf V diesel - Bubbling and rocking in idle also trouble to start - injection doc

I think I would be checking the camshaft lobes for wear ! common problem for wear when they have run on the wrong oil.

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