chickenfriednice
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Got in the car to go to work this morning. Starting the car as normal (waited the few seconds for the glow plug light to go out before starting ignition) pulled out of drive, down the road and turned on to a busy road. Straight into traffic but then when I went to pull away in first gear to go the few metres till the traffic stopped again the power just died on me Took car out of gear and back into gear and again very little power. The car would move but the rev's would not go up and i could only do 2-3 mph MAX! Looked at dash board and my Glow Plug light was flashing! Thought glow plugs must be dirty or knackered (I had a full Audi service in November!) So managed to pull over (Very slowly!!) turned the car off and consulted the manual.
According to the manual this is a default mode the car goes into if there is an engine management error!!!????? BOLL*CKS!!!
So I left the car for a few mins and thought id try again. Started her up and let the car tick over for 2-3 minutes. Then I drove down a quite road to see if it happened again. The light did not show and since then I have spent 30mins in slow traffic and driven 30 miles to work (motorway)
What is going on then? Was the engine just cold? (was about 3 degrees on the read out) Maybe a bit of think Diesel in the system?? I don't no but I hope that it is not the engine management!!
Has anyone heard of this before or experienced the same
your time is very much appriciated
According to the manual this is a default mode the car goes into if there is an engine management error!!!????? BOLL*CKS!!!
So I left the car for a few mins and thought id try again. Started her up and let the car tick over for 2-3 minutes. Then I drove down a quite road to see if it happened again. The light did not show and since then I have spent 30mins in slow traffic and driven 30 miles to work (motorway)
What is going on then? Was the engine just cold? (was about 3 degrees on the read out) Maybe a bit of think Diesel in the system?? I don't no but I hope that it is not the engine management!!
Has anyone heard of this before or experienced the same
your time is very much appriciated