DS Forums

 
 

Car sputtering and stalling


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-12-2016, 04:30
BigNipper
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 286

I've noticed months ago my Passat diesel car would randomly stutter and losing power and suddenly there was nothing happening when I put my foot on the gas. It's happened maybe 3 times but after a few hours was fine on long journeys. I was in stop/start traffic lights for 5 minutes last night and it made a sputtering nose and lost all power. I put my food fully down on the gas and nothing was happening. Clutch is fine but I noticed a slight metalic/rubber smell during all this. It eventually moved along and I went to work and 6 hours later it was fine again going home. I had a MOT in late October so if I take it back I'm not sure what I'm going to ask them to do/look for? should I just tell them the problem and ask for a service?
BigNipper is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 08-12-2016, 05:33
charger21
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,103
Could be the fuel injectors and/or EGR valve needing cleaned or even replaced
charger21 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 12:48
grumpyscot
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 8,938
Could be the fuel injectors and/or EGR valve needing cleaned or even replaced
THat's what I guessed at too
grumpyscot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 15:41
Finglonga
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Stafford.
Posts: 4,706
Yep, classic EGR symptoms, maybe able to be cleaned but usually replaced. You will find when it is done you will feel like your driving a new car and MPG will drastically increase.
Finglonga is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:30.