I was going through the yahoo autos website and discovered that the VW Golf is listed seperately from the VW GTI.

I have always thought that both cars are one and the same. There is no difference in the body shape or interior, though since I saw that they were listed seperately on yahoo, I started noticing that the cars I see in town have golf as the model and some have GTI.

Could the professionals please enlighten me on the difference between these very similar models( if any).

Both de same thing just de gti has a more powerful engine. You can get more facts from wikipedia.

The Gti is a trim of the Volkswagen Golf.

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Range Rover Sport: Emission Issues.

Today I happened to come across the most bewildering phenomenum in the way some mechanics carry out their repairs. A call came in on Tuesday last week and it was about a 2008 model Range Rover Sport that had serious emission issues hence causing the car to stall intermittently. Check engine light was up as expected and fuel consumption was completely out of this world (I will assume 7-8 miles per gallon). This would have cost the owner a fortune to keep the car running in that condition.

Anyway, I raced down to where the casualty vehicle was parked, started the car and all emission related lights and warnings remained lit on the display. I let the engine idle for aproximately 5 minutes while i listened to observe any strange behaviour in the engine's idling. The idling was erratic with the RPM counter fluctuating between 650 and 1200 rpm. The situation remained the same as the engine went well into its optimum operating temperature. A quick and progresive rev of the engine revealed a thick, black cloud of smoke and suddenlly after that the engine conked out.

Without having to waste much time, I hooked up my diagnostic equipment and did a full engine scan and all emission related fault codes appeared ranging from cylinder misfires, catalytic converter codes, evaps and oxygen sensors. I now made enquiries on what had been done previously on the vehicle and I was told that a fuel additive was added at the petrol station on filling up and ever since then the smoothness of the engine and its performance gradually deteriorated. The car then spent a week at a local garage without any resolve. " Was there any part that was changed?" I asked, , "Oh no, but the guy at the garage said that there was something they were going to do to the oxygen sensors that would solve the problem." I wondered what?

I then deleted all the DTCs, started the engine and ran the engine for another 5 minutes. Check engine light came on again and I did another test. Same results. I let the engine cool down a bit and removed the downstream o2 sensors only to discover (to my surprise) that some idiot had deliberately hammered the sensors at the tip thus damaging the electrodes and rendering them useless in the emission function they were made for. I checked the upstream o2 sensors and they were ok. I quickly ordered a brand new set and replaced the damaged ones, drained out the contaminated fuel and refilled to capacity then took the car out on a flat run to clear out the catalytic converters of any excess carbon and carried out a more comprehensive check to make sure all else was fine. Touch wood. no problem since.

In a situation where fuel additives were poured into the fuel tank and performance issues became compromised, before running to your nearest mechanic, first have a thorough check done. If posible, empty the fuel tank, refill to capacity and do a flat run of approximately 20 minutes. Hopefuly that will cure it. Make sure that you delete any DTCs stored on the ECM.

Happy motoring.

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