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Offline p3asa

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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #10 on: 19 March 2015, 22:56 »
Thanks for the replies.

Drove the car to and from work and varied the revs to pretty much the same scenario that has made it limp twice on the other maps and it was absolutely fine.

I'll run it on this map for a few days then take it off and see how I get on.

I was apprehensive about going past anyone on the way home as there is nothing worse if that is when it goes into limp mode.
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #11 on: 20 March 2015, 00:20 »
Yikes, what a pain mate. I've been using 3+1 so far, I was going to switch to 2+1 for a week but might not bother now!

What setting were you using when you had the issue KyleB?

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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #12 on: 20 March 2015, 07:45 »
Yikes, what a pain mate. I've been using 3+1 so far, I was going to switch to 2+1 for a week but might not bother now!

What setting were you using when you had the issue KyleB?

I've got the older box and it was on 4+1

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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #13 on: 20 March 2015, 07:49 »
Maybe as per Tonydon41 it is a loose sensor or connection, but if it's related to the rail or boost sensors, plugging and unplugging for the box might make it more likely to happen if you have a box?

4+1 on the old box or 3+1 on the new one were my preferred settings.
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #14 on: 21 March 2015, 14:20 »
Woke up this morning and upon putting the ignition on I was greeted with the same warning lights on 3+1 that I'd been using the last couple of days :cry:
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #15 on: 21 March 2015, 15:01 »
Woke up this morning and upon putting the ignition on I was greeted with the same warning lights on 3+1 that I'd been using the last couple of days :cry:

Get the box off, clear the faults with VCDS (if you have access to it) and see if it happens without for a week or 2. Stock will feel like you're driving through porridge for at least a week until you accept what you've got and forget the extras of the box.
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #16 on: 21 March 2015, 15:08 »
Woke up this morning and upon putting the ignition on I was greeted with the same warning lights on 3+1 that I'd been using the last couple of days :cry:

Get the box off, clear the faults with VCDS (if you have access to it) and see if it happens without for a week or 2. Stock will feel like you're driving through porridge for at least a week until you accept what you've got and forget the extras of the box.


Yeah that's what I'm about to do. Can individual faults be removed as I want to keep the one with the rear camera to show them?
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #17 on: 21 March 2015, 16:26 »
Woke up this morning and upon putting the ignition on I was greeted with the same warning lights on 3+1 that I'd been using the last couple of days :cry:

Get the box off, clear the faults with VCDS (if you have access to it) and see if it happens without for a week or 2. Stock will feel like you're driving through porridge for at least a week until you accept what you've got and forget the extras of the box.


Yeah that's what I'm about to do. Can individual faults be removed as I want to keep the one with the rear camera to show them?

Not sure whether you can clear individual faults or just sweep the log - Sootchucker would know, i'm sure.
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #18 on: 21 March 2015, 18:23 »
Yes you can clear individual faults.
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Re: Car died on me.
« Reply #19 on: 24 March 2015, 14:29 »
Yes you can clear individual faults.


Do you know how Chris?
Anything I've looked at looks like its going to clear the whole lot.
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