ben
Administrator
Hi,
I have had an Engine Management Warning these last 2 days. It occured both times after driving for an hour or so on the motorway - usually when the car is idling again. The light is only intermittent, and goes off after about 30 seconds.
I took it to the Audi garage near work - and their computer says that all four cylinders have been misfiring. The technician also started to blame me for running the car on regular unleaded (it's a 1.6 FSI model).
Now, I have been using regular unleaded since new (2 and a bit years ago) without any problems up until now. Am I actually doing anything wrong here? The manual clear states that the engine can run on regular unleaded (even though it recommends super 98 octance type guff). The engineer was pretty adamant that I should only be using 98 octane - and that I should expect problems.
I realise these FSI engines work in two 'modes' - and it would seem correct that its when it's in its 'economy mode' that the light comes on.
The explanation sounds like a fob off to me. I have it booked into my local Audi garage (a different one) next week for a proper investigation. Just wanted other people's opinions on this.
Ben.
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I have had an Engine Management Warning these last 2 days. It occured both times after driving for an hour or so on the motorway - usually when the car is idling again. The light is only intermittent, and goes off after about 30 seconds.
I took it to the Audi garage near work - and their computer says that all four cylinders have been misfiring. The technician also started to blame me for running the car on regular unleaded (it's a 1.6 FSI model).
Now, I have been using regular unleaded since new (2 and a bit years ago) without any problems up until now. Am I actually doing anything wrong here? The manual clear states that the engine can run on regular unleaded (even though it recommends super 98 octance type guff). The engineer was pretty adamant that I should only be using 98 octane - and that I should expect problems.
I realise these FSI engines work in two 'modes' - and it would seem correct that its when it's in its 'economy mode' that the light comes on.
The explanation sounds like a fob off to me. I have it booked into my local Audi garage (a different one) next week for a proper investigation. Just wanted other people's opinions on this.
Ben.
[img=left]http://www.drn.org/mrbenn-transp.png"[/img=left]