Problem with Revo remap. ( Random power loss )

[Snoopy]

... ahh what the hell, its not my car

... although im staying shtum on that front. Last week when I told you everything is finally going ok with the car i have to drive home on a flat!! 

I did think you were mental driving home like you did but now i understand...

[jdjd]

Yeah about 70mph it cuts out, Taking it back 9am 2moro, So will let u know what problem is hopefully they find something

[simonpolly]

Yeah about 70mph it cuts out, Taking it back 9am 2moro, So will let u know what problem is hopefully they find something

Mine has done something similar at about 70mph in 4th gear i went to accelerate and it just juddered as if i was in too high a gear untill i dipped the clutch and tried again,it is very intermittent and i never get a fault light come up,the dealer could not find anything wrong. Will be interesting to see what your dealer says.

[mac7]

People like you keep me in business To be honest you'll probably never have any problems while you own the car. They are tough old motors. It's 5-6 years down the line the abuse shows through. Little turbos + high boost = exhaust housing cracks and leaky seals.

So are you saying that a remapped car is going to be needing a new turbo after 5 or 6 years? Because some of us keep our cars for more than six months and that sounds like a major issue to me.

[topher]

People like you keep me in business To be honest you'll probably never have any problems while you own the car. They are tough old motors. It's 5-6 years down the line the abuse shows through. Little turbos + high boost = exhaust housing cracks and leaky seals.

So are you saying that a remapped car is going to be needing a new turbo after 5 or 6 years? Because some of us keep our cars for more than six months and that sounds like a major issue to me.

Not at all, only the ones that aren't treated properly. Regular oil servicing (that means t&d schedule .. if you're on longlife service schedule get it changed) and most importantly warming up and cooling down properly.

i can't imagine vw are putting the wrong valve springs in still - i don't mean to sound patronising but could what some of you are experiencing possibly be clutch slip?

[R32UK]

Toph, would clutch slip cause the car to judder under heavy acceleration??

[topher]

no but a knackered flywheel might, but then so might a duff spark plug.. you chaps need to start adding vagcom to your options list

[R32UK]

no but a knackered flywheel might, but then so might a duff spark plug.. you chaps need to start adding vagcom to your options list

I think you could be right. Went upto wolves today and under full throttle, at say 80 the wheel just seems to judder like one of the wheels has an issue

but the dealer told me the 2 fronts were changed for 2 new wheels after last incident

[topher]

if there was any kind of problem in that area it'd normally present itself under full load, so mostly noticeable in 5th or 6th when coming on full boost, so maybe around 3250/3500? when gunning it.

[R32UK]

if there was any kind of problem in that area it'd normally present itself under full load, so mostly noticeable in 5th or 6th when coming on full boost, so maybe around 3250/3500? when gunning it.

cheers toph. think i am going to have to test this theory. I have had it a couple of times before but not payed much attention to it... welll mainly because

1. leeds vw are ghey
2. Huddersfield where i take mine is far away - ish
3. How often do u really need to floor it at 80-90?
4. Its not my car so hopefully the problem will go away if i ignore it

Will investigate further.. maybe without the map on