Evening.
Had my Leon FR+ mapped 4 weeks ago and up until now I have had no obvious problems and the car has driven perfectly.
Took the car into a tuning garage yesterday for a Dyno run to confirm mapped figures (265bhp and 298lb/ft) and came away with a nice smooth power curve after a couple of runs.
The problems started on my drive home, I was in 6th and put the accelerator down only to be met by a spike in revs, almost redlining and no increase in speed. I dropped to 5th and the same thing happened. I phoned the tuning company up and they advised me to try it with traction control off. This seemed to fix the problem and then when I turned it back on the car was back to accelerating like normal.
I have been out in it again today and the same problem has arisen but it is now happening in 4th gear too, the thing is it doesn't happen every time which makes me think it could be the clutch on it's way out. Another thing to note is when I was in 6th gear it was asking me to upshift which is impossible as I have a 6 speed manual. The gear changing number also seems to jump around and incorrectly think I am in 4th or 5th gear when I am accelerating in 6th.
Now I know this might sound stupid but apart from the clutch slipping being the obvious problem, could it be anything they had changed in the ECU to get a smooth curve. I vaguely remember him adjusting the timing or start time from 100% up to 120% and 130% whilst on the rolling road but I assumed this would default back to normal after the car was off the dyno.
If needed I can post a video of the dash as I accelerate but any advice or suggestion would be much appreciated.
Sorry for the essay!
Chris.
Had my Leon FR+ mapped 4 weeks ago and up until now I have had no obvious problems and the car has driven perfectly.
Took the car into a tuning garage yesterday for a Dyno run to confirm mapped figures (265bhp and 298lb/ft) and came away with a nice smooth power curve after a couple of runs.
The problems started on my drive home, I was in 6th and put the accelerator down only to be met by a spike in revs, almost redlining and no increase in speed. I dropped to 5th and the same thing happened. I phoned the tuning company up and they advised me to try it with traction control off. This seemed to fix the problem and then when I turned it back on the car was back to accelerating like normal.
I have been out in it again today and the same problem has arisen but it is now happening in 4th gear too, the thing is it doesn't happen every time which makes me think it could be the clutch on it's way out. Another thing to note is when I was in 6th gear it was asking me to upshift which is impossible as I have a 6 speed manual. The gear changing number also seems to jump around and incorrectly think I am in 4th or 5th gear when I am accelerating in 6th.
Now I know this might sound stupid but apart from the clutch slipping being the obvious problem, could it be anything they had changed in the ECU to get a smooth curve. I vaguely remember him adjusting the timing or start time from 100% up to 120% and 130% whilst on the rolling road but I assumed this would default back to normal after the car was off the dyno.
If needed I can post a video of the dash as I accelerate but any advice or suggestion would be much appreciated.
Sorry for the essay!
Chris.
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