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Offline ennvee

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Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« on: January 08, 2011, 09:41:19 pm »
Hi guys

So a week into having my MK5 GTI and the engine light is intermittently coming on - flashing and then when I ease off the peddle it goes out.  During this period the car seems to stutter, If i put my foot down it stutters.

I previously had a similar issue in my MK4 1.4 and replaced that coil pack and lambda sensors - this fixed the job until my cat went and screwed things up, but that dont matter right now.

Just wondering if anyone one here has had the same issue?

Got a warranty so heading into VW tomorrow night for a fix on Monday.
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 11:42:46 pm »
Flashing eml is coilpack(s) 99% of the time.
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2011, 04:47:36 pm »
New fuel Injector for cylinder 1... £500... ouch! 

Glad im not paying for it!
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2011, 06:09:47 pm »
bet thats whats up with mine!
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 06:16:10 pm »
£500 for a fuel injector?? :surprised:

They are £125 each which means they are charging you £375 to fit :surprised:. I know it's quite a tricky job but i'd tell them to poke it and get a quote elsewhere.

Part no. for a GTi (BWA or AXX engine) injector is 06F 906 036 A - £124.67 inc VAT.
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 06:56:34 pm »
haha, yeah I know I thought that was a lot! Buts its a VW dealer so I expect them to charge a lot. 

I also dont care as the garage I purchased the car from is having to pay for it!  :happy2:

Any idea how to spot this before it happens?  Bit worried for the rest as the car has only covered 37000
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Re: Engine light flashing - car stuttering
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2011, 08:34:35 pm »
UPDATE

Got the car back tonight and seems they have fixed the problem.  However, its sounding pretty rough on startup - more like a diesel to be honest.  Any ideas?
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