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passat cold start problem

  • 17-04-2013 3:46pm
    #1
    celica1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭


    hey, ever since I had my 02 Passat tdi, every morning when I start it up and go to pull away , the car has absoloutly no power in it for the first maybe 8 seconds of driving then it kicks in, anyone know what might be causing this to happen?


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  • #2
    celica1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭celica1994


    bump


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Do you stay in first? Or does switching into 2nd gear help? Excessive smoke from exhaust?
    Check for fault codes. Could be the ecu acting up.


  • #4
    celica1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭celica1994


    I stay in first and theres no smoke, could it possibly be a loose intercooler pipe?


  • #5
    harg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭harg90


    biko wrote: »
    Do you stay in first? Or does switching into 2nd gear help? Excessive smoke from exhaust?
    Check for fault codes. Could be the ecu acting up.

    your first guess is an ecu acting up?

    your some lad..


  • #6
    harg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭harg90


    celica1994 wrote: »
    I stay in first and theres no smoke, could it possibly be a loose intercooler pipe?


    eh, does it only happen in the morning/cold?

    after that how does it drive?

    how does it idle?


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  • #7
    celica1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭celica1994


    harg90 wrote: »
    eh, does it only happen in the morning/cold?

    after that how does it drive?

    how does it idle?

    drives perfectly, idles perfectly and only happens in the morning on a cold start!


  • #8
    harg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭harg90


    hhmm does it not take a rev or reves but goes nowhere?

    any fault codes? (heaterlight staying on or flashing)?


  • #9
    celica1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭celica1994


    nope , no fault codes and nothing out of the ordinary, has me stumped!


  • #10
    harg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭harg90


    have you got a fault code reader with live data?
    could be CTS, there knownd for giving bother, usualy gives a bad idle or that.

    but its worth a look.

    cheaper than an ECU anyway..... :L


  • #11
    miller50841
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭miller50841


    Hi Op do you just start and drive straight away ?

    This is something a lot of people do and it doesn't give the engine enough time to heat and pump the oil around the engine components.

    Diesels & petrol engines should be let warm up for at least 2 mins before drive and of course in very cold weather a little bit extra.


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