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slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« on: May 28, 2013, 11:29:21 am »
I've bought an edition 30 recently and one of the first things I noticed when I drove is that the initial pickup from first gear is noticeably slow....slower than a friends golf mk5 gti. once its over 2000 revs then its fine with the turbo kicking in.. Just wanted to know if this is normal ?
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 11:59:58 am »
Normal , get it above 3500  :happy2:
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 12:35:06 pm »
garrardrj, thanks for that... i was a bit worried there.. i take it the hissing sound(like tyre deflating) from the front is also suppose to happen when turbo comes in..?

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 02:04:59 pm »
If its hissing as your accelerating it may be your DV split!

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 02:43:06 pm »
ripmateyy thanks..
if this it is the case should it have effect on performance as its still pulling ok i reckon...

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 02:51:34 pm »
I changed mine for a rev g and wasn't hard there's a a couple videos on YouTube of broken dvs recored this may also help.
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44709.0.html

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2013, 02:53:27 pm »
ripmateyy thanks..
if this it is the case should it have effect on performance as its still pulling ok i reckon...


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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2013, 05:37:37 pm »
s :wink:ure, gonna do that asap, I'm hoping its something as simple as that!
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 10:00:24 am »
just to update on this:
I followed the link above which suggested to to remove the oil cap for a very brief moment as you don't want to screw up the pressure ..
I did this exactly as suggested, lifted the lid very briefly. and found the engine was behaving as expected ie revs increasing.. i gathered fro mthis that the pv is fine...
However shortly after this, when I started driving again, Engine emissions lights had come on and has been on since(3 days)....
I have no idea if the two are related...just wanted to ask if this could possible....

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2013, 10:19:43 am »
my 2.0 tdi the very same as this , its been remmaped but first in first gear it makes me think twice before pulling out at junctions think I going to get this looked into with the dv , never had a turbo car before so all abit odd to me but hit 2,000 rpm and she gone  :laugh:
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2013, 11:06:19 am »
Where in the uk are you? Maybe see if someone is close with vcds and they can scan for the error code

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2013, 11:09:14 am »
just done the unscrew the oil cap didn't take the cap off fully as didn't want oil everywere but my engine didn't rev any different was just the same does this mean I have a dv problem ?  :confused:
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2013, 11:19:49 am »
just done the unscrew the oil cap didn't take the cap off fully as didn't want oil everywere but my engine didn't rev any different was just the same does this mean I have a dv problem ?  :confused:

That relates to Pcv I think. Read the link above

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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2013, 11:30:10 am »
think I just confussing myself more lol think I better just remove and check  :signLOL:
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Re: slow initial pick up in ed30 (1st gear)
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2013, 12:04:10 pm »
the whole 'pull out the dipstick/remove oil cap to check engine revs' test is to find out if the PCV is gubbed, not the DV. If your DV is split/torn, you will suffer a loss in power and possibly a hissing noise as the turbo is spooling
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