richjthorpe
12-10-2010, 09:37 AM
Hey all,
I have a 2003 1.8T with a fair few miles on it (140k) and this morning it stalled twice in traffic. I drive 40 miles to my work on a motorway each day and this morning when I came off the motorway junction and queued in traffic the engine simply died and the amber triangle with the circle round it came on (Sorry, don't know the technical name for it).
I fired it up again thinking it was a blip but it idled rough for a few seconds and died again.
About a month a ago I noticed that on cold start the power is jumpy, not quite like a dropped plug but the power isn't there. When cruising at 70mph (3000rpm in 5th) the power is fine but low down there isn't much. It's better when warm but not great.
About 12-15 month ago I replaced the MAF sensor because there was certainly a power issue after it wouldn't pull up a hill in 3rd. I've also had to call out the RAC to change over all of the coil packs at some point or other in the past 18 months (2 of which twice).
I've read that the fuel pump relay on these Audi's might create a problem like this.
Anyone have any other thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Richie.
I have a 2003 1.8T with a fair few miles on it (140k) and this morning it stalled twice in traffic. I drive 40 miles to my work on a motorway each day and this morning when I came off the motorway junction and queued in traffic the engine simply died and the amber triangle with the circle round it came on (Sorry, don't know the technical name for it).
I fired it up again thinking it was a blip but it idled rough for a few seconds and died again.
About a month a ago I noticed that on cold start the power is jumpy, not quite like a dropped plug but the power isn't there. When cruising at 70mph (3000rpm in 5th) the power is fine but low down there isn't much. It's better when warm but not great.
About 12-15 month ago I replaced the MAF sensor because there was certainly a power issue after it wouldn't pull up a hill in 3rd. I've also had to call out the RAC to change over all of the coil packs at some point or other in the past 18 months (2 of which twice).
I've read that the fuel pump relay on these Audi's might create a problem like this.
Anyone have any other thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Richie.