[Vwdiesel] TDI stumbling
S. Shourds
sshourds at flash.net
Thu Dec 21 05:06:57 EST 2006
I've checked a few things and have a few more to look at, but
considering the road trip I have planned soon (Saturday), I thought I'd
get the list's opinions. '00 TDI. It runs great going down the road,
lots of power, etc. But, when I throttle down, it will stumble or
miss. Listening to the rythm of the engine, it almost
sounds...confused. It will occasionally miss at idle, but it mainly
occurs as it's dropping to idle, then it will smooth out after a few
seconds. VAG-COM has nothing to say about it. I replaced a burned-out
glow plug which didn't make any difference except to turn off the check
engine light. That's been on for so long that I almost think
something's wrong when it _isn't_ lit up.
Tomorrow, I'm going to pick up a replacement fuel line from the dealer
or somewhere as the current one is opaque rubber instead of the stock
clear line. I've thought that maybe I'm getting some bubbles in from
somewhere as I can't now see to check, though it seems like that would
cause problems at full throttle and there's absolutely no problem
starting it up. The injectors are about 187,000 miles old, but I'd had
one checked at 155,000 and it was fine. It's been doing this for a
while, and it _should_ be fine, but you know....
Any other places to check?
Thanks
-Shalyn
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