my95tsi
20+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 6, 2002
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Chicago,
Illinois
Ok here's the deal my car has been idling really bad the past 6 months and it's just getting progressively worse. I used to not do it all the time and now it almost does it all the time but only when the car is fully warmed up. It will never die while drivn\ign or coming to a stop but if i get on it and then come to a quick stop it will die. It now dies once the car is started after it is fully warmed up. It will stumble and idle at 100-300 for a about 20-30 seconds then it will finally die. But it only does it on a warm startup not a cold startup. The car shakes and stumbles and when i rev the motor up to about 1500 the car doesn't sound normal. It sounds almost like a misfire. The only sound i can relate to what it sound slike it a wrx driving down the street. My exhaust has a popcorn popping sound (but not as high pitched) when i rev it when it's stumbling. Not to mention i have been having abelt squeeling problem too with my alternator belt. I replaced the belt and after 2 weeks it went back to squeeling. When my light are on it will squeel when i start to move and when they are off it wil do the same but only when i take off really quick. I don't know if the problems are related but i ahve tested the isc and it's fine, i replaced the biss, and i had my alternator checked by autozone and it's fine. My idle will get really low no matter what once the car is warmed up but it will only die once i stat it again after it warmed up. Sometimes my volts get to 10.2 when the lights are on. But when i'm drivng on the highway my volts are a constant 13.8 and during the day withoput the lights my idle volts are about 12.6. I don't know if these are several problem or one big one but i need help. I don't want to replace useless stuff.
