Hey guys I thought maybe you can help me out here.
I bought 98 A4 1.8T quattro from a friend of mine but it has few problems.
I do have small leak, but can really tell where it's coming from and I dont really wanna take the engine appart, not just yet. well to be honest it's leaking from the front and back of the engine (I was thinking cam shaft seal or crank shaf)
but my main concern is i bearly had any power at the start, aspecially when it's first thing in the morning and the car is still cold. Most of the time i have to "ride the clutch" to get it going. so on low rpm i would floor the gas but it would bearly pick up the speed, but when i'm over 2.5k i'm ok to drive.
So does anyone know why would it do that? Or what should I be looking for?

Thanks.

 

its called turbo lag. under 2000 rpms your arent going to have any boost. you will make full boost starting around 2800 rpms although thats with your foot to the floor. yes at 1000 rpms if you floor it not much is going to happen. thats normal.

 

today i just took the same car for a test drive at the dealer ship and it had way more power then my car.

 

was it the exact same car? same year, model, engine and transmission?


well if you are positive that it isnt normal, then a very rich fuel condition or vac leak would cause loss of power when accelerating. is your idle steady or is it jumpy? do you have a boost gauge? you could try cleaning your MAF sensor or throttle body, use search for info on how to do those things, its fairly easy. also look for broken/frayed/split vacume lines. theres alot of them so you have to look around.