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Offline jackday1986

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Lost power, no drive.
« on: January 20, 2016, 09:23:57 am »
This morning driving to work, i lost all power to the car, only revs to 1500-2000 rpm, no idea whats caused it - RAC on route.

Any Suggestions?

Car; 2005 MK5 GTI DSG 88k miles.

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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2016, 09:28:08 am »
Seems like the car is in limp-mode.
MIL on? If you restart the engine does it have the same behavior?

Run a VCDS scan and start from there.
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2016, 09:31:23 am »
Yep, restart and its still there. no lights on once the car is running.
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2016, 09:39:41 am »
With the engine at idle, remove the oil dipstick and listen for any changes (rough idle).
If there is no change then your PCV might need replacing.

But these are all suppositions, the proper way to start is to do a VCDS test.
Keep up posted & good luck.
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2016, 09:44:10 am »
I suspect it could be the PCV - although reading into it it may be the mechtonic unit  :scared:

I'll see what the RAC say, if not then I'm getting it flat bedded to a VW specialist.

Thanks for your help!

#prayforjack
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2016, 09:59:16 am »
It won't be the PCV causing that

Will it rev any higher in neutral or park? Will the car actually move or try to pull off under its own power?  Are there any lights flashing on the dash, does the gear indication display the correct gear?

Impossible to say for sure, certainly not without a lot more info and a much better description. Diagnostics needed, hopefully the RAC man will at least get you some fault codes and get you home or to a place of repair, as I doubt he'll be fixing it at the roadside

Does sound Gearbox related though
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2016, 12:58:59 pm »
My money would be on the throttle body, same thing happened to my brothers ED30
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2016, 06:28:20 pm »
Well, after seeing the contents of the gearbox oil over where I managed to ditch it, figured it wasn't going to be good news; after getting it on the ramp at a VW specialist it seems that somehow - the driveshaft has come away from the gearbox, don't know the extent of the damage yet, but will know more tomorrow lunchtime...
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 11:52:08 am »
Seems the driveshaft has popped out of the gearbox then punched a hole in the side of it while it was out.

£4800 to fix.
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 11:55:40 am »
Sad times.

Any idea how it may have popped out of the box?.

Buy another gti for that price.

I'm selling mine.72k miles

No seriously that's an extortionate price for a fix mate.

Get a second hand one and a local indy to fit it?.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2016, 11:57:32 am by r5gtt »
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 12:04:16 pm »
Get a used box and shaft from a breaker and have it fitted.
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2016, 01:41:09 pm »
Yeah, thinking that may be another route to go down, i have found a nice Golf GTD though!
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2016, 02:31:13 pm »
£5K to fix that! Ouch!

Never heard of that happening.  Diff rivets letting go and smashing a hole through the casing, yeah, but not that!  The inner CV is attached to the gearbox flange with 6 bolts and there's a snap-ring on the flange that stops it coming out of the box laterally.  Just can't see how on earth it would 'pop out'.  I think something else failed, or those 6 bolts might have been loose from previous work?
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Re: Lost power, no drive.
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2016, 02:33:49 pm »
Thats what they thought may have happened, but I've only had teh car 9 months, so need to look through the history.
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