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Offline bcarlin

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Engine management light on
« on: 24 May 2014, 09:13 »
Tried to pull away from a junction today and the car was coughing and spluttering and wasn't really pulling away. Now when you try to accelerate it is doing this all the time and the eml is now staying on. Any easy suggestions ?
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Offline golfhappy

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #1 on: 24 May 2014, 10:15 »
It'll have thrown up a fault code so you'll have to retrieve it from the ECU memory. Now before you think you have to go and spend money on Vagcom i have a handheld scanner that picks up the fault codes with the description that was had for i think £26 to the door from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SuperScan-VS450-OBDII-Scantool-Reader/dp/B001A33HAG/ref=sr_1_6?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1400922584&sr=1-6&keywords=vgate+scanner  Here's the link. I've a 12 plate golf and it picks them up no problem. Fits in glove box, easy to use.
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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #2 on: 24 May 2014, 10:35 »
Sounds like a coil pack, VCDS would narrow it down to which one if you can get it scanned.
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Offline bcarlin

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #3 on: 24 May 2014, 14:43 »
Thanks for the suggestions, car is booked in for Monday morning. I might buy one of those diagnostic tools. Are they any good ?
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Offline itavaltalainen

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2014, 16:18 »
full vcds is very good (expensive thou).

where are you from, maybe someone can scan for you for beer tokens....
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Offline bcarlin

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #5 on: 24 May 2014, 18:26 »
Anyone near airdrie that could plug it in  :smiley:
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Offline bcarlin

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #6 on: 25 May 2014, 16:13 »
Managed to borrow a snap on diagnostic machine, it came back with p0301 cylinder 1 misfire detected. Reset faults and swapped cylinder 1 and 2 coil packs and the fault didn't log again but car is still lumpy.was there a recall on the coil packs for 2009 models ?  I'm planning on just swapping over one coil pack or should I change all of them and spark plugs ? Anyone got the part numbers
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Offline bcarlin

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #7 on: 25 May 2014, 20:09 »
Now realised that I swapped 3 and 4 over  :laugh:  so now swapped 1 and 4 then reset the fault. Took it a run then the eml light came on. Plugged it back in now it says multiple cylinder misfire. Is this because I've been swapping the faulty one about it's confused ? Any help is much appreciated, how much are coil packs from vw
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Offline itavaltalainen

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #8 on: 25 May 2014, 21:56 »
take it to VW, 2009 model i think you might get new coil packs. if not buy the ones for R8.
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Offline bcarlin

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Re: Engine management light on
« Reply #9 on: 25 May 2014, 21:59 »
If I ring them in the morning can they tell me over the phone if I can have them fitted for free ?
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