help Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Hi guys not been on line for a while can u help me out my girls golf gt tdi 115 has just recently started tapping on cold start after a few secs it stops the car is low miles and has been serviced just last month seems to be much worse with the cold weather comin in is this anything to worry about. cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 It sounds like the oil is thickening up due to the cold temps and is taking a little longer to get to where it should. Mine sometimes taps for a couple of seconds (PD130) but then goes away. I shouldn't think its anything to worrk about as long as you don't floor the accelerator as soon as you crank her over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 What grade of oil did they use? Maybe they put something like 15w 40 diesel oil in it instead of 5w 40 or 0w 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudster Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 if it gets worse each month then it might be the tappets... this happened to two cars of mine and was cheap to fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Cheers fellas i had normal pd 5/40 oil put in at work will just c how it goes an hope she tells me if it gets worse rather than turn the music up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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