[Vwdiesel] Only 3 cylinders at idle

[Nate Wall]

My old TD motor did this. Compression was way low on
one cylinder (280 PSI). Teardown revealed a broken top
compression ring on that cylinder. YMMV, though.

--Nate
--- Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen at c2i.net> wrote:
> My '89 1.6TD only idles on 3 cylinders. If I pull
> out the cold start
> lever (idle increase) or slightly touch the gas
> pedal, all 4 cylinders
> run correctly. What can cause this?
>
> --
> MVH
> Eyvind Spangen
> '89 VW Golf GTD
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