Mrwindymiller
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I've had my A2 1.4 TDi (2001 75bhp) for a year now without any issues.
A few days ago however my wife reported the car jerked a couple of times but then cleared and ran without fault. The following day the same occurred but this time she said the engine became noisy, the audible bongs went off and the dash lights illuminated, she pulled over switched off and called me. Taking a look at the car at the roadside I could see nothing obvious so started the car and it ran perfectly with no warning lights so I drove it back home six miles without fault.
Today I checked the vacuum hoses to the turbo and cleaned and lubed the turbo actuator (which was nice and free to move) checked for splits in the intercooler hoses, all seemed fine so took it for a test drive. All was fine for about five miles when the car suddenly jerked a couple of times and once again brought the warning lights and audible warning on.
This time however I could see the illuminated warnings were as follows, the large red brake warning symbol, ASR/ESP and ABS but nothing else. While these were illuminated the engine was still idling but very lumpilly and noticeably louder than normal.
Once again, after turning off and re staring the car ran as normal.
Any help/direction pointing will be greatly appreciated. I've checked for fault codes with a generic reader but nothing is stored or pending, at no point has the car produced any smoke of any kind.
A few days ago however my wife reported the car jerked a couple of times but then cleared and ran without fault. The following day the same occurred but this time she said the engine became noisy, the audible bongs went off and the dash lights illuminated, she pulled over switched off and called me. Taking a look at the car at the roadside I could see nothing obvious so started the car and it ran perfectly with no warning lights so I drove it back home six miles without fault.
Today I checked the vacuum hoses to the turbo and cleaned and lubed the turbo actuator (which was nice and free to move) checked for splits in the intercooler hoses, all seemed fine so took it for a test drive. All was fine for about five miles when the car suddenly jerked a couple of times and once again brought the warning lights and audible warning on.
This time however I could see the illuminated warnings were as follows, the large red brake warning symbol, ASR/ESP and ABS but nothing else. While these were illuminated the engine was still idling but very lumpilly and noticeably louder than normal.
Once again, after turning off and re staring the car ran as normal.
Any help/direction pointing will be greatly appreciated. I've checked for fault codes with a generic reader but nothing is stored or pending, at no point has the car produced any smoke of any kind.