1FLYCTi wrote: day 1: 5 seconds the power steering light comes on, steering gets heavy. day 2: 5 seconds the power steering light comes on, steering gets heavy. day 4: drive to work no issues, after work, light stays on for an hour and steering heavy (got the car towed) as soon as i got home, its back to normal. When the car (an automatic) is engaged in gear (reverse or drive) AT IDLE (foot on brake) the car shakes A LOT. The reason it is noticed in automatics, is that the auto engages the car and we are only holding the brake which means there is torque transmitted to the CV axle and ultimately into the CV joint.
Re: 2005 1.4 TDI intermittent misfire. by missioner » Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:27 pm. Ashveer03 wrote: U most likely have a faulty or leaking injector/s. Not being able to start easily after sitting a few days or overnight is normally an injector leak issue. These engines are also sensitive to timing, if the timing is off (synchro angle or torsion

Thanked: 1,251 Times. Re: Engine Vibration & Rattling in VW Polo TDI 2012. My tuner who has worked with different OEM's (engine calibration is his field) came across this thread as either Neugal or his friend posted this on my tuners facebook. Below is his analysis and opinion (arrived in a mail) which matches star_aqua.

This brings us back to the problems of how and when to change gear. The Lupo’s auto-solution doesn’t work too well, and we suspect that, left to their own devices, most Polo TDi drivers will spend too much time in the lower ratios. We found it paid off to operate between 1200 and 1800rpm when accelerating normally. VW should
Basically I have a 1.4tdi and a short while ago it would sporadically start running lumpy, have total loss of power, struggle to exceed 3k revs. If I thrned the engine off and on after a few seconds it ran sweet as a nut again. I cleaned out the MAF and this rectified the problem for a short time. Now, however, from cold, the car runs fine for
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