Can anyone help?

[deejaydee1978]

Hi everyone,

This morning on the way to work, my A2 (tdi 1.4 SE) made a horrendous noise - then started whining when i revved it.

The noise seems to have settled a bit now but the engine is idling really heavily (sort of chugging)

Has anyone else had similar problems?? Do you know what it could be??

[Skipton01]

Not much to go on there - are there any other symptoms, lack of power etc?

I'd suspect a pipe off somewhere, either blown, split or similar.

Cheers,

Mike

[deejaydee1978]

Thanks Mike,

It seemed to start when i was in the wrong gear for a hill.

No lack of power, just the heavy idle.

I'll have a look and report back, haven't had a chance to look under the bonnet yet.

[deejaydee1978]

Ok, had a look under the bonnet and there doesn't seem to be anything loose, disconnected or leaking so i take it all the pipes are ok.

Still idling very heavily but other than that it seems fine.

It's still under warranty so I'm taking it to get checked out

[Skipton01]

OK - a scan is the best way forward.

Some of the pipes are very well hidden by the bulkhead, so I wouldn't be surprised if one was off.

Cheers,

Mike

[spike]

Hi deejaydee
The engine would be on full turbo boost at the time so Mike's theory is pretty sound. If you can't find a loose / split hose then check the charge air cooler core and end tanks for damage (this happened to another club member recently)

Cheers Spike

[deejaydee1978]

Thanks guys,

Still can't see anything - it's going in to the garage tomorrow so I'll keep you posted.

D

[deejaydee1978]

Split pipe - cost = £0.00

The garage cut 10mm off the pipe and refixed it. running like it was prior to the fault.

Thanks for the diagnosis guys.