shery119
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Hello Everyone,
I have been browsing this amazing forum ever since i got my A2 and its a shame that my first post is about a problem, i have a 2003 1.6 FSI and its great when there's nothing wrong, the car is spluttering shaking and stalling when it is hot but when its cold there is a obvious misfire but it is not as bad and never dies when its cold , also the car slowly accelerates to 2800-3k revs and then violently shakes for a few seconds and stays at around the 3k mark and then continues the rest of the rev range with no loss of power! this is intermittent and happens regardless of the temperature. Local mechanic initially pointed to a new cat converter which didn't help although it did needed replacing as old one was disintegrated! next i changed the mass airflow sensor which again did not help, most recently i got a EGR blanking plate fitted but my mechanic had to drill another hole as it didnt line up with the EGR holes car seemed to run well after blanking the EGR albeit for 20 minutes then on leaving the A406 approaching a red light the car suddenly died and did not start again until cold !. Eventually got it back into the garage and plugged into a diagnostic machine and apparently it was not giving any fault codes so my mechanic reset the throttle body and called me to take it as he couldn't find the fault .
Does anyone know what could be causing this ? i am pretty sure the coil packs are doing their job as i have checked them by removing each one, is there anyone local to Ilford Essex that is willing to come have a look at the car? i can travel but the car becomes rough and eventually dies once it has warmed up so someone ever so local will be ideal.
Thanks for reading my essay lol and thanks in advance
I have been browsing this amazing forum ever since i got my A2 and its a shame that my first post is about a problem, i have a 2003 1.6 FSI and its great when there's nothing wrong, the car is spluttering shaking and stalling when it is hot but when its cold there is a obvious misfire but it is not as bad and never dies when its cold , also the car slowly accelerates to 2800-3k revs and then violently shakes for a few seconds and stays at around the 3k mark and then continues the rest of the rev range with no loss of power! this is intermittent and happens regardless of the temperature. Local mechanic initially pointed to a new cat converter which didn't help although it did needed replacing as old one was disintegrated! next i changed the mass airflow sensor which again did not help, most recently i got a EGR blanking plate fitted but my mechanic had to drill another hole as it didnt line up with the EGR holes car seemed to run well after blanking the EGR albeit for 20 minutes then on leaving the A406 approaching a red light the car suddenly died and did not start again until cold !. Eventually got it back into the garage and plugged into a diagnostic machine and apparently it was not giving any fault codes so my mechanic reset the throttle body and called me to take it as he couldn't find the fault .
Does anyone know what could be causing this ? i am pretty sure the coil packs are doing their job as i have checked them by removing each one, is there anyone local to Ilford Essex that is willing to come have a look at the car? i can travel but the car becomes rough and eventually dies once it has warmed up so someone ever so local will be ideal.
Thanks for reading my essay lol and thanks in advance
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