In December last year, had some really bad cold starts; car would choke itself out and not start. Best way I can describe it is the knocking/choking sound of an engine not getting fuel or trying to start a 2-banger with no choke.
Edit; attached video, a little hard to hear.
Edit; I replaced the HPFP and this problem seems to be resolved. See later posts, pump was 60k miles used which is roughly half of what mine was.
- Went in for a full carbon clean in January. Eliminated the bad starts but still idled down a bit rough.
- Bad starts came back in February after some long commutes, was touch and go, finally replaced the PCV valve in May which eliminated the problem again.
- Cut to today after work, car was idling rough right before shutoff. Went to restart it and it choked itself into a stall. Might be acting up again after the long drive on vacation (almost 2,000km in total).
Edit; attached video, a little hard to hear.
Edit; I replaced the HPFP and this problem seems to be resolved. See later posts, pump was 60k miles used which is roughly half of what mine was.
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