Hey everyone. I bought a 2003 Audi A4 1.8T quattro 5 speed about one month ago. I noticed that when I punch it from a start and shift at high RPMS (around 5,000 rpm) and depress the clutch, the RPMS surge about another 500 RPMS before I shift into the next gear. It does this from 1st to 2nd and again from 2nd to 3rd. It's not like I keep my food on the gas when I depress the clutch... my food is completely off the gas and the engine still surges. I don't know if that is a normal. What do you guys think?

Scott

 

EDIT - Foot not food. Although sometimes my food does end up on the gas.. lol

 

it just might be that your foot isn't completely off the gas pedal when you press the clutch down. i mean 500rpms isn't a lot of revving. so as you press the clutch, your right foot is probably not completely off the pedal causing your surge problem.

 

Hano.. I make sure my foot is completely off the gas when i press the clutch. That's why I didn't think it was normal for the engine to rev a little when I press down the clutch. From your post I gather it is not normal for the engine to rev when I press the clutch. Any idea why it the car is doing that?

 

sorry if you thought my post was ignorant. it was just a guess. you might just have a bad speed sensor or something of the sort.

 

In my experience all the 1.8s I drive have done this, I myself find this very annoying

 

Does it on mine, too, but not a problem. You get used to it and shift a little differently.