ThomasG Posted February 22 Posted February 22 OK, I am already depressed by the thought of the cost of this, but any insights may help me. So, I noticed a lack of power when I put my foot down, the car seemed to take a bit to kick in. Turbo cleaner in a full tank... I had also noticed a tapping noise when starting cold, goes when warm. Checked the oil, all ok. Then I scanned the car and there are readings well out of synch with others on injector 5. So injector cleaner in... Now, the car started misfiring when I started it up. On idle it juddered - 1.5k revs all fine. Read up a little and realised you have to sit with fairly high revs for a bit. By now I had booked into garage, as they have a 2 week lead at the moment. Started it yesterday and sat with high revs, all seems fine. Started it today to drive to garage, all fine - but the tapping is back (it's a cold day in Scotland today), and by the time I had drive 3 miles to the garage - all is well - I could accelerate well... However, the garage say they no longer "do engine work" - it would be sent to Audi or to Border Engines in Berwick should they find a problem. So - any ideas? I am dreading the cost of replacement injectors, or even worse a piston slap issue, or timing chain. It's at 116k miles, so maybe it's that. Bah
ThomasG Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 1 hour ago, jasonj said: Hi Thomas , Do you have any Fault codes? Jasonj Hi Jason, no - none. I just monitored the engine whilst running and got outputs outside what all the other injectors were showing...
ThomasG Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 Ahh ok. It's in the garage now...they are scanning and checking
ThomasG Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 Fingers-crossed, though I've just received a text to call them 😞
ThomasG Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 OK, they've called - it is injector 5 - they are going to replace, but have warned me it could be either a straightforward job, if it comes out no bother, or not if it's seized in. They are on a 3 week lead time at the moment - and they've given me a....Nissan Note for the runaround!! 08 plate, can't go into Glasgow with this either! LOL
ThomasG Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 Haha, we don't have those new-fangled food delivery services here 😉
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