MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: w4qas321 on July 24, 2018, 10:02:29 pm

Hi All,

Having a few issues with my GTI DSG cutting fuel/ loss of power at the moment  :sad1: started getting these problems ever since i bought the car... when cruising on the motorway it decides sometimes to drop to 4th gear and cut all fuel and has a loss of power and will return back to normal however sometimes it needs to be turned on and off to return back to normal. I have changed the done the below and still has not change:

1 - Low Pressure Fuel Pump
2 - High Pressure Fuel Pump
3 - Cam Follower
4 - Had a Stage 1 Map took the car back to normal and still the same
5 - Spark Plugs
6 - Fuel Filter
7 - DV
8 - Fuel Pressure Sensor
9 - Fuel Pressure Valve


and the car still does the same and i have ran out of options??

Title: Re: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: Raj2212 on July 25, 2018, 11:21:56 am

Have you tried getting the DSG serviced. Think it’s around £170 to do at VW. Any history of it being done ?


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Title: Re: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: MIJ_JAGGER on July 25, 2018, 11:30:11 am

Have you had it scanned for fault codes?

Title: Re: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: w4qas321 on July 25, 2018, 03:00:05 pm

DSG service was done at 120k and the car is sitting currently at 128k, only fault code which comes up is P2293 which isnt a stored code but just a Pending code. Thanks

Title: Re: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: minty7815 on July 30, 2018, 04:44:48 pm

I'd start by replacing the fuel filter.

Title: Re: Golf Gti MK5 DSG Fuel Cut/ Loss of Power
Post by: Carpy25 on July 30, 2018, 08:36:03 pm

Tank strainer on the pick up

Maybe it’s one thing making other things happen

Tank fuel Pick up blocks , Fuel pressure drops ,revs drop,  dsg drops down a gear as revs drop demand on fuel drops strainer clears a bit and things pick up or sometimes a turn of clears the debris back in to the tank

Just a thought maybe worth cleaning out the tank

Rob