Hi guys, I'm new here but I need help with my Ibiza, it's a 1.2 TDI, 61 plate, it's got an EGR issue, it's going back to garage to be checked under warranty, but over the last week or so it's started behaving really odd. It started out that under hard acceleration the RPM would suddenly jump, this would happen passing about 1500RPM, just around where the turbo kicks in, but far more than normal to the point it almost feels like I've dropped the clutch in for an instant, I'm talking a spike to something like 3000RPM and then dropping back to 2000 and carrying on like nothing happened. As I say it started under hard acceleration however the threshold has been dropping and now it will often do it even sitting at a constant speed, and is no longer limited to 1500RPM, however only seems to occur at 1500+. It's so bad that the cruise control is unusable since I can be sat with that on, all of a sudden a spike will occur and cruise control drops out (I presume it's a safety feature) Something else I've noticed is that when the RPM becomes unstable like this the gear indication on the digital display will often appear to be confused, for example coming home today down a motorway I was stuck behind a lorry about 55 in 5th, put my foot down to overtake, RPM shot up and the display all of a sudden said I was in 3rd then started advising me to change up to 4th.
Is this all related to the EGR or is it likely another issue too? I have noticed my clutch bite point is pretty high, could these issue be caused by my clutch being on it's way out? Or is it an ECU issue?
I've scanned it with an OBD reader and the only fault that comes up is the EGR.
Any advice appreciated, cheers!
Is this all related to the EGR or is it likely another issue too? I have noticed my clutch bite point is pretty high, could these issue be caused by my clutch being on it's way out? Or is it an ECU issue?
I've scanned it with an OBD reader and the only fault that comes up is the EGR.
Any advice appreciated, cheers!