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miss fire on GT tdi 170
« on: October 10, 2011, 09:06:09 pm »
At low revs between 1500 and 2000 the car seems to jerk about a bit. Anyone had this before? More noticeable in lower gears but does it in them all.

Any ideas?

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 10:02:16 am »
will a remap sort this do you think?

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2011, 11:48:32 am »
i would get it scanned first as a remap will props make it worse--know the 17o tdi had trouble with the injectors

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2011, 08:08:33 pm »
It's had all the injectors done mate, all nice and new. Done at the VW dealer 2 weeks ago, when you say scanned do you mean plugged in at the dealer?

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2011, 08:11:32 pm »
Some members on the forum can scan it for you,there is a list some where with members that have it..

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 08:58:08 pm »
Mine does this from time to time aswell.  Scanned with no fault codes

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2011, 09:04:25 pm »
It's had all the injectors done mate, all nice and new. Done at the VW dealer 2 weeks ago, when you say scanned do you mean plugged in at the dealer?

If they were only replaced a fortnight ago I'd be heading back to the dealer. Why were they replaced? I ask as I have a 170 and I keep expecting a problem, tho' it has been good as gold since I bought it 5 months ago.

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2011, 10:29:53 pm »
Mine does this from time to time aswell.  Scanned with no fault codes

I think it is a common thing with them, I'm sure a remap will sort it out. Will be going back to VW first though as suggested.

Mind's always done it, not all the time though it's intermittent. Oh well.

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 10:37:15 pm »
Daz nothing wrong with your car bud VW will tell you its a common on this engine I still get it even though its mapped,

There was no faults on your car the other day so don't worry about that, IF it gets worse then speak to vw but honestly don't worry about it,

Run a couple of tanks of v power diesel through it seems to sort my car out

Darren 

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2011, 10:35:19 am »
try fitting an EGR Gasket, helped with SWMBO's PD140....

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2011, 10:49:30 am »
Will try the V Power mate see if that sorts it for a bit.

What's an EGR Gasket? What do they do?

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2011, 06:43:36 pm »
i had something similar that turned out to be the dsg controller

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2011, 09:47:47 am »
i had something similar that turned out to be the dsg controller

yeah mine is manual though.

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2011, 09:52:11 am »
Are we talking here low rpm on full throttle? If so thats fairly normal, my old TDI used to do that, and i think mapping it made it worse because of the increase in torque.

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Re: miss fire on GT tdi 170
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2011, 12:50:54 pm »
Are we talking here low rpm on full throttle? If so thats fairly normal, my old TDI used to do that, and i think mapping it made it worse because of the increase in torque.

nah mate i'm talking low rpm and hardly any throttle, if you give it full throttle then it is fine, it's when you're driving steady it does it.