Sudden loss of Engine power

[aidanhudd94]

Hi guys,

Strange problem atm, My S3 8P has a sudden loss of engine power (Sudden jerking and slowing down). Its a very dramatic jerk and stopping action when you're sat in the drivers seat!

It happens as I floor the accelerator, the car will accelerate and then suddenly a jerking loss of engine power. It seems to be fuel? Although both fuel pumps at the rear and front of the car are tested and working fine.

This also does not bring up the Engine management light on my car. Luckily my father is a mechanic with his own business and equipment to help problem solve, but atm there isnt anywhere obvious to go! Fuel pumps have been checked and are working and the fuel filter has been replaced, to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[e9_mustii]

Hi guys,

Strange problem atm, My S3 8P has a sudden loss of engine power (Sudden jerking and slowing down). Its a very dramatic jerk and stopping action when you're sat in the drivers seat!

It happens as I floor the accelerator, the car will accelerate and then suddenly a jerking loss of engine power. It seems to be fuel? Although both fuel pumps at the rear and front of the car are tested and working fine.

This also does not bring up the Engine management light on my car. Luckily my father is a mechanic with his own business and equipment to help problem solve, but atm there isnt anywhere obvious to go! Fuel pumps have been checked and are working and the fuel filter has been replaced, to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

U replaced your fuel filter and check your DV isnt split? Give it a scan as not all fault may give a faukt code light

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[aqibi2000]

Hi guys,

Strange problem atm, My S3 8P has a sudden loss of engine power (Sudden jerking and slowing down). Its a very dramatic jerk and stopping action when you're sat in the drivers seat!

It happens as I floor the accelerator, the car will accelerate and then suddenly a jerking loss of engine power. It seems to be fuel? Although both fuel pumps at the rear and front of the car are tested and working fine.

This also does not bring up the Engine management light on my car. Luckily my father is a mechanic with his own business and equipment to help problem solve, but atm there isnt anywhere obvious to go! Fuel pumps have been checked and are working and the fuel filter has been replaced, to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Just to confirm this is happening every single time you go full throttle or is there an another influencing factor? Like will this happen 20 out of 20 times on demand?

had this exact behaviour when the harness in front of the fan was getting chewed up so when going over certain small pots and humps on the road at high speed - it would short out (TDI but same principle)

 

[aidanhudd94]

Just to confirm this is happening every single time you go full throttle or is there an another influencing factor? Like will this happen 20 out of 20 times on demand?

had this exact behaviour when the harness in front of the fan was getting chewed up so when going over certain small pots and humps on the road at high speed - it would short out (TDI but same principle)

No this isn't 100% of the time, for e.g. my dad gave me back my car this weekend as he thought it was working fine again. I drove it and purposefully tried to make it happen and eventually it did start doing it again, when the sudden loss of power comes i can have my foot to the floor and the engine wont rev/run past a certain power/speed. Its as if it is random.

 

[aidanhudd94]

U replaced your fuel filter and check your DV isnt split? Give it a scan as not all fault may give a faukt code light

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Haven't checked the DV no. Although this loss off power isn't a small boost loss, the engine literally wont rev past a certain point and the car is crawling along the road, with my foot to the floor. I need to put my hazards on for traffic to pass.

The engine can eventually cut out too. but this also isnt occuring 100% of the time

 

[aqibi2000]

Haven't checked the DV no. Although this loss off power isn't a small boost loss, the engine literally wont rev past a certain point and the car is crawling along the road, with my foot to the floor. I need to put my hazards on for traffic to pass.

The engine can eventually cut out too. but this also isnt occuring 100% of the time

Check the DV but if there was a split in the diaphragm it would always produce a loss of power on every instance I think

 

[Daveyonthemove]

MAF sensor?

Have you recently done any work or replaced parts on the car? If so, double check you have done it correctly and ensure everything you touched has been reconnected and screwed down tight.
If you haven't done anything to the car, you need to at least get a fault scan done if possible as the car will certainly have a code logged if the power drop off is that dramatic.

 

[aqibi2000]

MAF sensor?

Have you recently done any work or replaced parts on the car? If so, double check you have done it correctly and ensure everything you touched has been reconnected and screwed down tight.
If you haven't done anything to the car, you need to at least get a fault scan done if possible as the car will certainly have a code logged if the power drop off is that dramatic.

good point, people always bring issues to the forum but miss out what type of work they may have done on their car a week before

And a good problem definition with full context is important

 

[aidanhudd94]

good point, people always bring issues to the forum but miss out what type of work they may have done on their car a week before

And a good problem definition with full context is important

Hi guys,

Thanks for assuming, but I run a completely standard car with zero recent work done other than an oil change service and my brakes checked and given a clean up . 67k miles on the clock. Owned the car 6 months and unfortunately this is my 1st issue.

Low pressure in the fuel rail was a code that came up the 1st time the issue occurred.

Father with 46 years mechanic knowledge and experience has given it a once over and changed the fuel filter and tested both fuel pumps after the symptoms were already there, unfortunately to no avail. in time we will hopefully find the fault, just looking for some helpful tips, random comments about other peoples posting habits wont really help

 

[aidanhudd94]

MAF sensor?

Have you recently done any work or replaced parts on the car? If so, double check you have done it correctly and ensure everything you touched has been reconnected and screwed down tight.
If you haven't done anything to the car, you need to at least get a fault scan done if possible as the car will certainly have a code logged if the power drop off is that dramatic.

Cheers mate,

Will look into this MAF sensor

 

[aidanhudd94]

No codes for a faulty MAF sensor. The engine shouldn't cut out the way it does just short of power

Cheers,

Aidan

 

[aidanhudd94]

On live data, both low and high pressure fuel are okay. Looking like a sensor issue, but not sure what yet!

 

[Daveyonthemove]

Have you checked the Cam Follower?

 

[aidanhudd94]

Have you checked the Cam Follower?

Yes mate cam follower has been checked when the hp fuel pump got looked at, all is good. This issue unfortunately isnt the usual suspects for these engines. Hoping it's a sensor, but still not sure

 

[Daveyonthemove]

How sure are you that it hasn't been mapped in the past?
I ask because I bought mine assuming it was stock, and when I bought a Bluefin a few weeks later I was told by Superchips that it was already remapped.

A bad remap may be supplying too much/little and causing the ECU to protect itself, hence the sudden drop in power during a period of max boost.

I could be miles off, but it may be worth investigating if possible.

 

[e9_mustii]

How sure are you that it hasn't been mapped in the past?
I ask because I bought mine assuming it was stock, and when I bought a Bluefin a few weeks later I was told by Superchips that it was already remapped.

A bad remap may be supplying too much/little and causing the ECU to protect itself, hence the sudden drop in power during a period of max boost.

I could be miles off, but it may be worth investigating if possible.

I had that same issue bought my s3 with the knowledge it was stock turns out my boost was turned up to the max which made it hesitant and laggy its would back off after hitting the ecu limiters

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[aqibi2000]

Do you have an OBD2 wireless dongle where you can log the MAF values then you can see what bhp you have?

 

[aidanhudd94]

Do you have an OBD2 wireless dongle where you can log the MAF values then you can see what bhp you have?

I'm not 100% on this piece of equipment, luckily my dad does have equipment that he can plug into the car so this is something I will ask him about! Thanks a lot for the replies everyone.

 

[aidanhudd94]

How sure are you that it hasn't been mapped in the past?
I ask because I bought mine assuming it was stock, and when I bought a Bluefin a few weeks later I was told by Superchips that it was already remapped.

A bad remap may be supplying too much/little and causing the ECU to protect itself, hence the sudden drop in power during a period of max boost.

I could be miles off, but it may be worth investigating if possible.

Thats's fair play mate, just bought the car being told it is totally standard! although i am pretty sure it i, you ask a fair question and i will have a look into it!

Thanks a lot

 

[aqibi2000]

I'm not 100% on this piece of equipment, luckily my dad does have equipment that he can plug into the car so this is something I will ask him about! Thanks a lot for the replies everyone.

ELM327 WiFI dongle less than £6 delivered

 

[aidanhudd94]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions & help so far everyone!

Much appreciated

 

[jetty]

I had the same problem with my old A3 (accelerate and a sudden power loss around 3000rpm with a bang) - replaced the DV which didn't help. Eventually it flagged a code which I traced to a faulty crankshaft angle sensor.
This was a few years back and cannot remember the code in question.....but it wasn't obvious and the car only flagged an error once!

 

[aidanhudd94]

I had the same problem with my old A3 (accelerate and a sudden power loss around 3000rpm with a bang) - replaced the DV which didn't help. Eventually it flagged a code which I traced to a faulty crankshaft angle sensor.
This was a few years back and cannot remember the code in question.....but it wasn't obvious and the car only flagged an error once!

Cheers for that info mate,

Hopefully it is a faulty sensor! Live reading of the car are that all is good. So hopefully a faulty sensor! Fingers crossed

 

[S3 Rav]

Dodgy coilpack?

 

[Arbaaz786123]

Hi mate did you find the issue having the same problem