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keland
10-05-2006, 12:02 PM
Strange one. Going at around 70mph (Seems to do it at 60 as well) the car sometimes hesitates. You can accelerate out of it, but you have to press the accelrator down quite hard, and in kick down off it goes) It will happpen 2 or 3 times on an hour long jorney. History: It's only been happening since the Rocker cover gasket has been changed. So believing in Cause and effect, anyone any idea what could cause it. My view is that it's one of the Coils (Ignition control units) that's going flaky. There are no clues from the Diagnostics, and the air mass device seems to be doing its job. Performance is basically crap, it picks up when it gets going. The turbo is 300rpm out now, ie its getting old but I believe that the lag can be upto 600rpm out during the life of the Turbo.
(Tiptronic has been checked and they seem to think it's ok)