MY04 Rough Running
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MY04 Rough Running
Belongs to a friend of mine.....
He bought a new MY03 last year. It ran rough for the entire length of ownership- kept dropping boost, flashing CELs etc. Apparently like driving a non-turbo most of the time.
After a few dozen visits to his dealer IM eventually gave him another car.
This one is doing exactly the same.
I've just found out that he's always run both cars on supermarket 95ron apparently he asked his dealer, as the sticker on the filler says to use super, but his dealer told him he would be fine with 95 although a little down on power, but not to swap and change- ie 95 would be ok but use it consistently.
I'm guessing that the ECU is seeing Det and pulling the timing- would this be a reasonable assumption?
What do you guys think?
He bought a new MY03 last year. It ran rough for the entire length of ownership- kept dropping boost, flashing CELs etc. Apparently like driving a non-turbo most of the time.
After a few dozen visits to his dealer IM eventually gave him another car.
This one is doing exactly the same.
I've just found out that he's always run both cars on supermarket 95ron apparently he asked his dealer, as the sticker on the filler says to use super, but his dealer told him he would be fine with 95 although a little down on power, but not to swap and change- ie 95 would be ok but use it consistently.
I'm guessing that the ECU is seeing Det and pulling the timing- would this be a reasonable assumption?
What do you guys think?
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Originally Posted by RRH
I'm guessing that the ECU is seeing Det and pulling the timing- would this be a reasonable assumption?
What do you guys think?
Are you sure he isn't putting in diesel
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we should be finding out shortly- have told him to run a good couple of tanks through it before I speak to him again.
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Would be worth doing an ECU reset at the same time to help the learning curve...
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I put some crap supermarket fuel in my MY03 once, and please notice i said once!
It is ****, the car wont like it, and it will drive like poo.
Simple, LOL.
Get it on Optimax and leave it there, it needs it to drive properly
It is ****, the car wont like it, and it will drive like poo.
Simple, LOL.
Get it on Optimax and leave it there, it needs it to drive properly
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