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Offline Mr Savage

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Am I losing my mind or has my Golf lost power?
« on: 20 January 2012, 21:57 »
Hello all!

This is really strange and I think i'm losing my mind. I bought a Golf GT TDi 140 on Wednesday and for some reason it seems to have gotten slower since then. When I first drove it, the power was just staggering. It still has the same boost in 2nd as before. But I am pretty sure that it had much more boost/power when accelerating from 40-60. Am I just losing my mind and getting used to the power or is there anything I can check?

Also I noticed you can see wiring coming from the back of the accelerator pedal, is this normal?

Thanks,
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Offline dub-gti

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Re: Am I losing my mind or has my Golf lost power?
« Reply #1 on: 20 January 2012, 22:59 »
get codes checked. could have a boost leak some were?
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Offline scarr89

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Re: Am I losing my mind or has my Golf lost power?
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2012, 12:41 »
What was your old car? Placebo effect? :undecided:
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Offline Mr Savage

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Re: Am I losing my mind or has my Golf lost power?
« Reply #3 on: 22 January 2012, 19:16 »
Could be. My old car was a Corsa 1.2, so possibly yes. Just been driving it around using fuel from a Total garage instead of supermarket stuff and it seems to have regained it's boost. How strange.
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Offline Li-D

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Re: Am I losing my mind or has my Golf lost power?
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2012, 21:20 »
Supermarket fuel is sh!te! Just full of chemicals, try to avoid them unless in danger of running out!
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