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Offline Five Alive

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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #315 on: March 14, 2011, 06:34:08 pm »
mines been checked today and they all need doing, took them an hour and ten minutes to check doesn't bode well for the fitting :confused:
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #316 on: March 14, 2011, 08:31:03 pm »
Booked mine in today for a DSG service and the coils need doing. All getting done this Saturday - 3 hour wait with the car.
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #317 on: March 14, 2011, 08:35:00 pm »
Quote from: alexperkins on March 11, 2011, 03:15:59 pm
The reason he went in the boot was to put the recall sticker under the carpet  :happy2:

I take back my suggestion of incompetence - indeed there is a sticker under the boot liner.  :happy2:
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #318 on: March 15, 2011, 03:29:26 pm »
Just had mine changed... feels the same, but then again i dont think there was anything wrong with the old ones!
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #319 on: March 15, 2011, 04:34:17 pm »
Had my car into South Hereford VW for CAM belt + waterpump & service and all four coil packs were replaced. My car actually feels like it revs alot better to be honest but that maybe just down to the service.

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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #320 on: March 15, 2011, 06:51:39 pm »
Booked my 06 in for tomoro as it seems to be running on 3 cylinders at the minute.  Sounds rough and the smell of unburnt fuel is bad.  When running on three it shudders like mad.  

I ask VW today is it ok to drive over to them the 7 miles and they said its fine.  Im not so sure tho as its bad to drive.  As soon as it happened I parked it up home about 1 mile from the coilpack died.  Started it tonite and the engine sound is loud knocking.  Not healthy.  Hopefully it will be all sorted in the morning tho.
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #321 on: March 15, 2011, 06:53:12 pm »
^^ just use as little throttle as possible to minimise the amount of unburnt fuel hitting the cat
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #322 on: March 15, 2011, 07:21:34 pm »
got my 06 in 2day at my local dealers and can honestly say i have noticed a difference in the way she drives. so much smoother through the gears and more responsive so very happy with the f.o.c coilpack, which is more than i can say for the care of my car. upon inspection of my car after the coil packs were installed i found a huge black scratch / mark on the passenger door. i went f***ing mad at the guy behind the desk who quickly ran outside to try ans resolve the situation.

thankfully they got the mark out with abit of polishing but not at all happy with the service. now i know why my mates get cold sweats just driving buy that place  :grin: :grin:
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #323 on: March 16, 2011, 09:49:26 pm »
Having had the coil packs changed on my GTI on the 3rd March, I today took my wife's 2001 Passat 1.8T in for service/MOT at my local dealers.  When I picked it up I was advised that they had changed all 4 coil packs FOC on that too.  Looks like this is a far wider workshop campaign than originally thought!
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #324 on: March 16, 2011, 09:52:00 pm »
^^ Correct... it applies to some other engines too (google 28F5 recall )
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #325 on: March 16, 2011, 11:37:21 pm »
Got mine back from TL Darby today, great service, replaced the coilpacks and gave me the free health check.

Only two issues, slightly split cv joint, and a buckled front left wheel  :sad1: ...

But apart from that the cars in great condition they said .. just means i can look at getting to stage 2 now  :laugh:
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #326 on: March 17, 2011, 03:50:10 pm »
I had coilpacks changed at VW a few weeks ago, but still had a misfire - sometimes quite bad.

VW wanted £90 including labour to put new plugs in at the same time, which I thought was a bit of a cheek as everything was removed to change the coilpacks.  I think the goodwill fairy was off sick that day.
 
I bought some NGK's BKR7EIX Iridium plugs off EBay (£25.90 delivered!) and fitted them this morning. I took the long, long way to work then without any sign of a misfire.

The last two problems I have to solve are the strange increase in power when I lift off a bit from full throttle, and hunting in first when the engine is cold, although I suspect these are fueling issues rather than ignition. Any opinions or ideas gratefully accepted.

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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #327 on: March 17, 2011, 04:01:42 pm »
Quote from: TonyZed on March 17, 2011, 03:50:10 pm
The last two problems I have to solve are the strange increase in power when I lift off a bit from full throttle

This sounds familiar to what i have been experiencing recently, after coilpack change,..

Quote from: TonyZed on March 17, 2011, 03:50:10 pm
Hunting in first when the engine is cold, although I suspect these are fueling issues rather than ignition. Any opinions or ideas gratefully accepted.

Hunting?
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #328 on: March 17, 2011, 04:05:03 pm »
Hunting is like revs are going up and down ie its not stable
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Re: 'product enhancement' (recall!) on some mk5 gti's
« Reply #329 on: March 17, 2011, 04:19:09 pm »
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