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11-04-2013, 11:48 AM
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Hi Guys
I have a 12 WS Metal, twice when reasonably cold the engine on take off has given a slight backfire and felt near stall. This has only occured with very little engine warm up time Its a 1.6, runs 98 octane and only mod is a K&N panel filter and onyl has 4300 kays I dont thrash the car and the obvious thing is to allow the car to warm up longer but given its a German built car I would have suspected it would withstand cold weather alot better, could anything else be provoking this?
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11-04-2013, 12:11 PM
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It has happened to me a couple of times with my WS on cold mornings. I run E10 and K&N panel filter.
It wouldn't hurt going to the dealer and asking for the latest ECU firmware update. They're generally happy to do it especially if you mention a specific issue. |
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11-04-2013, 12:30 PM
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Thanks Trumpy!
I was hoping I wasnt the only one who had noticed this so thank you for the response and tip!
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11-04-2013, 10:07 PM
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Still happens on my WQ as well.
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11-04-2013, 10:46 PM
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From memory there was a thread on WS cold start issues ages ago...
a few members had the same problem ours did it as well |
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Never was fully fixed, I just ended up "driving" around it i.e. giving it a heap of gas on first taking off when cold. Probably not good for it in the long run, but it stopped me getting t-boned and I don't have the car anymore...
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13-04-2013, 12:42 AM
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Thanks Brydie
Lots of good responses and possible answers so that's for digging up your thread!
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EDIT- easiest way to get the ECU/PCM (same thing) update under warranty is to say the car is running rough. That is always the first thing they try to diagnose that, especially when you can't demonstrate the symptoms to them.
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14-04-2013, 12:29 AM
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Mine still does it to this day. Just seems to be the way they are. giving it 30 seconds to idle in the morning seems to fix it though and it seems to definitely be worse in winter. Almost non existent in Summer.
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