Poor start to GTi Life !!

[ansGTI]

Well, 5 weeks 1 day and I have my car back

The judder on idle has gone, it picks up smoothly and seems to be a better drive but it's only had 30 miles put on it and I'd imagine the battery has been disconnected for a fair while so the ECU will still be adapting.

When I first started it there was a slight hesitation in picking up revs but it didn't stutter like it used to. The head tech told me this is what he'd seen on a similar Ed30 that they serviced and said he didn't think it was anything to worry about. I'm going to stick some Forte in it and give it a good run. I'm not completely convinced to be honest but I can't argue that it's as bad as it was prior to taking it in. I guess all I can do is run it for a few days and see how I get on.

I'm still annoyed that a car supplied with a warranty has cost me money - VW have agreed to cover 70% of costs but I still have to find the other 30%. I think the supplying dealer should cover this

[Gene Hunt.]

I would go for Shell V-Power juice mate & run on that.

[ansGTI]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16099319@N03/5053369573/

Well I've been running the car with some Forte fuel cleaner + V-Power but I still have this hesitation/stutter on startup. Is this a characteristic of the Edition 30's as VW are trying to tell me?

[Keano]

These engines are prone to a noisey clunky start up.

It's not a problem. Everyone i know with one the 'issue', even the guys with s3's (same engine)

I wouldn't worry about it. Just have some fun! 

[TrickGTI]

hey iv being following this thread since the start as mine does the exact same thing really annoying but one of those little things that could never be found... mine is only a normal gti but still the engines arnt much to different and before everyone starts saying there is loads different i know but its not like night and day... i had mine into vw yesterday morning with engine light on with a P0 code saiying there was a ecu problem turns out that all it needed was a new map for the ecu. this is a update for the engines witch they carry out whilst they service the cars there if its not already had it. i already knew this after speaking to ben at shark performance hes very helpfull and switched on about the tfsi engine. but back to the point since i got it back its being perfect, it starts no problem at all, so if it starts again well tomorrow morning then im 100% sure its fixed as it was doing it all the time. think its was the 24ks update maybe its worth checking as i see youv pretty much had everything else checked... i hope this was helpfull might not have being like ha but one very important thing is this update wipes the ecu completly clear and starts again from fresh so if your ecu has being maped then you can kiss goodbye to that 

[ansGTI]

Thanks for the reply - I was wondering if it maybe a software problem. When did this update come out? I'd imagine there isn't anything similar for the Ed30

[TrickGTI]

Hey it was perfect again this morning and it was getting to the stage where it was just stalling sometimes. I'm not sure I presume they both must have to have this update it's maybe worth asking as ours sound exactly the same and mine I'm pretty sure is fixed it's bein fine every start.... 

[ansGTI]

When was the last time you had your car into VW before this? They checked my software version around 6 weeks ago

[adyp2003]

I'm experiencing the same issue with my normal 200hp GTI.
Very hard engine starts when the weather is cold. It spins for about 3 seconds before starting the engine.

What engine software are you guys running?
Maybe we can figure out if this is indeed a software issue and we all must get a remap.
I am stock (car manufactured in april 2008) and have this sw version:

VCDS Version: Beta 812.4
                Address 01: Engine
Control Module Part Number: 1K0 907 115 Q
  Component and/or Version: 2.0l R4/4V TFSI     0020
           Software Coding: 0403000318070160
            Work Shop Code: WSC 00028
Advanced Identification
     Serial number: VWX7Z0H23NA8K2
     Identification: RB8-658
     Revision: 5BH16---
     Date: 03.03.08
     Manufacturer number: 0311
     Test stand number: 1360
Flash Status
     Programming Attempts: 0
     Successful Attempts: 0
     Programming Status: 00000000
     Required Conditions: 00000001
Software
     A000
     A4.9.6

Misc.
     Hardware number: 8P0 907 115 B
Car Info
     Chassis Number: WVWZZZ1KZ8P******

[TrickGTI]

That dosnt mean alot to me but the update I had iv being told was a 24ks