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Offline Stevenebm

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gt tdi loss of power?
« on: September 19, 2011, 02:14:31 am »
drive home from getting the car and after a few hundred miles of it driving spot on it lost all power.put foot to floor and nothing.had to drop a few gears to get any sort of speed(very slowly)back up.got home and had dinner and went to have a look.started it and its been fine since.weird.anything i can check incase something is on its way out so i can order a spare up.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2011, 06:43:06 am »
Did it again this morning coming home from work.stopped at a lay-by.turned it off again and back on and it was fine after that?any ideas.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2011, 07:35:30 am »
find someone local to you to scan your cars for errors

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,120.0.html
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2011, 09:59:07 am »
My bet is that it will be infamous 'boost pressure control - positive devaiation' fault. (stuck VNT mechanism)
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2011, 12:22:54 pm »
Cheers guys.typical I have one remotely close to me with the fault reader.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2011, 12:40:29 pm »
Just read up on the vnt thing and it defo seems like that.will trawl the net and see what's the next best course of action.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2011, 08:08:44 pm »
i have had this in my gt tdi and if i remember someone sayin its called 'limp mode' its a saftey things because of the power or something. :driver:
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2011, 08:14:43 pm »
Yeh mate that's exactly it.soon as you switch off and back on it's fine.il find a local garage who know there vw's and see what they say to it.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 08:20:36 pm »
yer mine has done it about 3 times and its usally after i give it a boot along a road (staying within the speed limit)  :grin: and then go around a corner. But it isnt anything to worry about.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2011, 09:13:48 pm »
Quote from: Banham on September 19, 2011, 08:20:36 pm
But it isnt anything to worry about.

lol i have a different opinion, your car going into limp mode after accelerating is something to be concerned about! Especially if you know how to make it do it.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2011, 06:37:07 am »
Yeh it's defo something to worry about and will be going in to a garage asap for Vnt cleaned out.have emailed a4audi in Glasgow as they do vw also.
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2011, 08:27:04 am »
have you got any warning lights showing when it goes in to limp mode?
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Re: gt tdi loss of power?
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2011, 11:54:10 am »
No none attall mate.
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