Why you should use vag-com to re-set the Throttle body

LEE69

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This is what happens when aligned with a vag tool like vag-com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsI8tKgfmFs



This is what happens when you leave the key in the ignition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB5DIuuEC_8



The top video actually does an alignment, and the figures change for the vag-com screen like below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU_riJ00zo

as can be seen, the start figures are different to the end figures, because the throttle body is actually being measure while being aligned.

Taken from http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/AddPost.aspx?ReplyToPostID=1900058&Quote=True

Select Control Module

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Select "01" Engine

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Select "04" Basic Settings

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In the first group box type "060" and hit GO!

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You should see the display below and watch the "Step count" step through until it reaches 8.

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Jimski

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I always get noticeable results from a vag com reset, mainly MPG.

Well worth doing now and then.


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Jimski

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IIRC its not a reset, more of an adjustment, to obviously "re-look" at your driving style, fuel type, temperature etc.


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adam cupra 20vt

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I'm glad this has been posted as I asked last couple of weeks and some people seem to think you can do it without....very helpfull post.

Perhaps this could be a sticky?
 

dizzydiesel

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At the risk of sounding like a total idiot.....can you realign throttle body on a TDI using vag-com?
 

Muttley

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dizzydiesel wrote

At the risk of sounding like a total idiot.....

You have succeeded . . .

can you realign throttle body on a TDI using vag-com?

Diesels
Have
NO
THROTTLE
!




In case you're still wondering, that means no.
 

dizzydiesel

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Ok, the Ross-tech makes sence then.
I wasnt sure if TDI had a throttle body......probably getting confused with the EGR and manifold.

I hold my hand up - idiot. :doh:
 

adam cupra 20vt

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From reading the bottom link in the first post it seems sometimes the ECU does it itself?

http://www.waheedkhan.com/vagcom/vagcomthrottlebodyadapt.htm

"Throttle body adaptation is a reset of the throttle body flap to align it to the accelerator pedal as the TT is Drive-by-wire.

Its recommended to be done at a service and then always if the battery were to be disconnected, there are 2 ways to do it.
1. Switch on the ignition and leave it on for 30 seconds.
(You should hear some clicking in the engine bay, always after a battery disconnect)
This is not guaranteed to happen as the ecu decides if it needs doing,
if you disconnect/reconnect the battery first then this method will definitely work.

or

2.Use VAG-COM procedure as described below"


I wonder how the ECU decides if its going to do it or not? also it says "if you disconnect/reconnect the battery first then this method will definitely work."

Any thoughts on this or am I missunderstanding?
 
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