Post by: K1NGY14 on February 09, 2016, 07:41:53 pm
I have a bit of a strange problem with my 08 GTI. Basically when the car is accelerating under load (heated seats on and heater on high) I get a slight hesitation around 1500/2000 rpm, but after that it's smooth right through the rev range.
I have recently had my DV changed so that can't be an issue, I have also had the car scanned with VCDS and it is completely clear!
Does anyone have any ideas about what might be the problem?
Thanks
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Post by: K1NGY14 on February 10, 2016, 07:29:37 pm
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Post by: AJP on February 10, 2016, 07:41:10 pm
Post by: K1NGY14 on February 10, 2016, 08:59:25 pm
Could be a coil pack. Not sure if you'll definitely get a fault code if it's intermittent.
Would that also be the reason that sometimes my car struggles to start?
It doesn't completely fail but it sounds like it's struggling.
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Post by: AJP on February 10, 2016, 09:06:51 pm
Probably best to start at the coils as they're at the cheaper end of possible suspects. It's not really a specialist job to diagnose or fix, so you could do worse than quickly nipping the car into a local garage, they should be able to rule things out at the very least pretty quickly.
As far as I know they'd be able to check the coil packs without relying on fault codes.
Post by: K1NGY14 on February 21, 2016, 09:21:26 pm
I got down to Awesome GTI (cracking service) and had all of the coil packs changed. Whilst it was being looked at I was advised that one of my spark plugs had oil on it and they needed to be replaced.
Great news I thought, that's the problem sorted. So after coil packs, spark plugs and the oil problem sorting I still have the hesitation under load
Any ideas anyone?
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Post by: AJP on February 21, 2016, 09:36:26 pm
Bit oldskool, but have you tried pulling the MAF?
Post by: Ricky123 on February 21, 2016, 10:25:14 pm
Post by: K1NGY14 on February 23, 2016, 02:01:07 pm
Still no fault codes I take it?
Bit oldskool, but have you tried pulling the MAF?
No nothing at all, I have got it going back into the garage on Thursday as they think it might be a possible fuel injector fault! I just hope it is because it's really starting to annoy me now!
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Post by: K1NGY14 on February 26, 2016, 03:49:00 pm
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Post by: AJP on February 26, 2016, 03:59:53 pm
So I've finally had the problem fixed! It turned out to be a dodgy MAF so £130 later it's sorted!Do I win a prize?!
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Just kidding, glad you got it sorted pal
Post by: K1NGY14 on February 27, 2016, 01:04:20 am
So I've finally had the problem fixed! It turned out to be a dodgy MAF so £130 later it's sorted!Do I win a prize?!
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Just kidding, glad you got it sorted pal
Thanks for the advice mate!
Also my car finally threw up a code which was the MAF, now I've had that changed to I need to get the code cleared or will it clear itself?
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Post by: AJP on February 27, 2016, 12:38:27 pm
Post by: K1NGY14 on March 06, 2016, 11:38:15 am
The mystery hesitation is now back, it's back but not as bad as before.
So now I've had my MAF, Coilpacks and spark plugs changed and it's still not sorted it!
What else is left?
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Post by: doylebros on March 06, 2016, 11:57:02 am
Post by: K1NGY14 on March 12, 2016, 06:59:15 pm
The fuel filter is not listed as a service item has it been changed?
I've just looked through all of the documentation and it doesn't look like it has been. I'll look to get one bought and pray that fixes it
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Post by: bradh on January 27, 2017, 08:54:25 pm