07 Passat Fsi Exhaust System Error

donal7

Hi,

My car started acting up today. Car felt sluggish going through the gears and rattling a little like as if it were cold. The above error then appeared after a short time on the dash.

Any idea what the issue might be?

Cheers

donal7

donal7 wrote: »

Hi,

My car started acting up today. Car felt sluggish going through the gears and rattling a little like as if it were cold. The above error then appeared after a short time on the dash.

Any idea what the issue might be?

Cheers

I just had the same thing fixed on my fsi golf, was one of the catalytic converters gone. If it's a cat don't expect much change out of 400 quid using a decent replacement part.

donal7

Emmett Glamorous Freezer wrote: »

I just had the same thing fixed on my fsi golf, was one of the catalytic converters gone. If it's a cat don't expect much change out of 400 quid using a decent replacement part.

Hey,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have it booked in on Wed morning. Do you know if it would be safe to do some very light driving on it until Wed? Otherwise I can just park it up.

Cheers

donal7

donal7 wrote: »

Hey,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have it booked in on Wed morning. Do you know if it would be safe to do some very light driving on it until Wed? Otherwise I can just park it up.

Cheers

If it's the exhaust system error than yeah it's perfectly fine to drive, might be a little noisy that's all.

I drove on mine for about 6 months ha

donal7

Emmett Glamorous Freezer wrote: »

If it's the exhaust system error than yeah it's perfectly fine to drive, might be a little noisy that's all.

I drove on mine for about 6 months ha

Cool - thanks again for all the help.

Bigcheeze

I think exhaust system errors can cover a lot of possible problems.

Could also be coil pack. Car would be down on power and would be running rough / vibrating. Not expensive to fix.

Could also be EGR valve. Was over 500 to replace that through a VW dealer.

donal7

Bigcheeze wrote: »

I think exhaust system errors can cover a lot of possible problems.

Could also be coil pack. Car would be down on power and would be running rough / vibrating. Not expensive to fix.

Could also be EGR valve. Was over 500 to replace that through a VW dealer.

Thanks for the additional info on that.

My mechanic over the phone reckoned it might be the catalytic converter but would need to see it first. I'm hoping it might be just be a coil pack.

walus

Did you notice high oil consumption in the last 12-18 months leading to this issue?

donal7

walus wrote: »

Did you notice high oil consumption in the last 12-18 months leading to this issue?

No - I didn't notice high oil consumption.

Luckily it was just a coil pack and will be sorted later today. Thanks for all the replies.