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Car pinking and had engine management light

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Tfsi_Mike:

Retarded question but what would it sound like on this engine.

When you noticed it on cold start for example

PDT:
Are you using the term pinking to describe a missfire?

The TFSI is knock limited so in theory it cant pink, but if it senses pre-ignition or detonation it will retard timing. If its a missfire, check coils and plugs.

Black9:
By pinking I mean a loudish tapping noise from the engine, not the injectors tho. I had a feeling the car could poss be misfiring as at idle from could start (engine idling high) it makes a slight judder sometimes then stops.

Coil packs were replaced around a month ago but not sure about plugs.

Black9:
Also how could the timing be out, from when the timing belt was replaced? As this was from VW. Engines seems to run fine, according to the trip computer tho fuel consumption is ridiculous :laugh:

PDT:
I was talking about ignition timing, not cam timing  :wink:

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