A4 Engine Chugging... Please Help
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A4 Engine Chugging... Please Help
I'm in the Air Force, and I get off of work the other morning super early. Its a great morning and I just left my base and I'm going home up the highway and all of a sudden I had to slam on my brakes because of some woman that decided to turn left at the last second before a red light. Anyways, now my RPMs keep dipping and when my car is in Park, Reverse, Neutral, or First gear, it sounds like a boat motor that's about to die out. The check engine light is on. I checked the ignition coils, and all of them spark just fine. The high school guy at AutoZone ran the codes for me and he said it was just a misfire in a few cylinders. He was like, "just seems like you need a tune-up." I think not, because I take care of my car and keep up on scheduled maintenance. Its a 2005 B6 A4 1.8T Quattro, automatic transmission, and I just barely broke 60K miles on it. I'm kind of stumped here and I would love to be able to pinpoint and possibly fix the problem before having to bring it in to the shop and pay an arm and a leg. The car accelerates normally and the gears shift smoothly; there's no slipping or grinding so I'm pretty sure its not the transmission but the engine does chug weird, like I said, like a boat. So yeah, if anyone could give any pointers or suggestions as to what I could do, please let me know. Your advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks much.
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I'm in the Air Force, and I get off of work the other morning super early. Its a great morning and I just left my base and I'm going home up the highway and all of a sudden I had to slam on my brakes because of some woman that decided to turn left at the last second before a red light. Anyways, now my RPMs keep dipping and when my car is in Park, Reverse, Neutral, or First gear, it sounds like a boat motor that's about to die out. The check engine light is on. I checked the ignition coils, and all of them spark just fine. The high school guy at AutoZone ran the codes for me and he said it was just a misfire in a few cylinders. He was like, "just seems like you need a tune-up." I think not, because I take care of my car and keep up on scheduled maintenance. Its a 2005 B6 A4 1.8T Quattro, automatic transmission, and I just barely broke 60K miles on it. I'm kind of stumped here and I would love to be able to pinpoint and possibly fix the problem before having to bring it in to the shop and pay an arm and a leg. The car accelerates normally and the gears shift smoothly; there's no slipping or grinding so I'm pretty sure its not the transmission but the engine does chug weird, like I said, like a boat. So yeah, if anyone could give any pointers or suggestions as to what I could do, please let me know. Your advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks much.
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then prolly a vacuum leak.
open your hood and try to listen carefully for any unusual air leaks sound.
usually, check valves fail though. Here is a DIY also
http://www.a4mods.com/index.php?page...tml&category=5
open your hood and try to listen carefully for any unusual air leaks sound.
usually, check valves fail though. Here is a DIY also
http://www.a4mods.com/index.php?page...tml&category=5
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