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I have a 98 vr6 and when I start it in the morning it had the typical
rev up to 1500 rpm, then it would drop to 300 rpm and die sometimes.
Now the car has stoped doing this and seems to have engine stumble when
starting to drive it in the morning, it also has a strange vibrating
sound that increases with the revs of the engine.  The check engine
light has been on 3 or 4 times now.  I took it to the dealer and they
just removed the codes and made excuses.  Now it is doing it again.
What should I say to the dealer when I take it back in?  Do you know
what the problem is?


Jason Stark

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I have a 98 and it does exactly the same thing- except I have never gotten a
check engine light. The dying out seemed to stop when I cleaned out the
prescreen in the airbox.

The problem is most likely due to the ECU. I'm going to complain about it
and have the ECU replaced at my 10,000 mile service and see if the crappy
cold idle goes away.

I've also noticed that in the morning my car ticks when idling until it
warms up. It's not constant either, it ticks for a few seconds and then it's
quiet for a few seconds like clockwork. I'm not sure if its rod knock or
valvetrain related. Maybe the 15W-50 oil is too heavy for this motor. The
ticking goes away once its warmed up.

Oh, and when it's really cold, wow, the transmission sure makes a weird
whining noise!

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From: J Stark &lt;&#112;ka00058&#64;alpha.wvup.wvnet<img src=/i/de.gif border=0 width=35 height=15>&gt;
To: &#103;ti-vr6&#64;dev.tivoli<img src=/i/dc.gif border=0 width=35 height=15> &lt;&gt;
Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 3:18 PM
Subject: [gti-vr6] 98 cold start & check engine light


>I have a 98 vr6 and when I start it in the morning it had the typical
>rev up to 1500 rpm, then it would drop to 300 rpm and die sometimes.
>Now the car has stoped doing this and seems to have engine stumble when
>starting to drive it in the morning, it also has a strange vibrating
>sound that increases with the revs of the engine.  The check engine
>light has been on 3 or 4 times now.  I took it to the dealer and they
>just removed the codes and made excuses.  Now it is doing it again.
>What should I say to the dealer when I take it back in?  Do you know
>what the problem is?
>
>
>Jason Stark
>
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I had it out with the dealer and I got them to call the tech line, after
fighting for an hour with him, and they are sending me a new computer for
the car.  I hope this takes care of cold start and idle problem.

Jason Stark

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