1999 Volkswagen Golf Car Will Start Stall Throughtle Responce Battery Dead New

1999 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
100 MILES
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car will start and stall with no throughtle responce.battery was dead and car new to me.replaced battery and same thing happened.unpluged t-body and will start fine with throughtle response but wont idle.suspect t-body but is very expensive and needs to be programed.please advise.
Jan 3, 2013 at 3:46 PM
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1999 old body style golf or new body style?

The throttle adaptation is the only thing that needs to be done... fitting a used throttle body shouldn't be too expensive.

Thomas
Jan 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM
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