Thumper
Autocross Champion
After re-assembling everything I plugged in VAGCOM to run the throttle body alignment which is supposedly needed after anytime the battery is disconnected. Mine was disconnected for about a week. Followed the instructions on Ross-tech but the GO button was greyed out, and so was the BASIC SETTINGS button. On the right of the screen it stated the alignment was "OK".
I bit my fingernails and started the car. Started fine, SAI started sucking as it does, ect. So that's weird, but so far no problem.
Start with the most concerning.
Problem #1
Now I notice my dash lights, as in the flashing ones.
ESC is solid, tire pressure is flashing and then I notice the steering wheel icon is solid.
Run an autoscan and have attached that here. Only fault that it shows is the tire pressure monitor. I figure it just needs to relearn the tire circumference or whatever so I hold the set button, doesn't do anything. Cycled the key several times, turned the car on and off about 4 or 5 times. Nothing. I manually delete the fault codes and they instantly come back.
So the ESC and steering wheel light stay on, but the only fault is the TPS, I am sure they work together but still, TPS fault shouldn't error out the traction control!!
Found this on Ross-tech;
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/01325
But didn't want to dive right into recoding yet, wanted some advise. Anyone else ever have this happen? I mean, I'm not the first one to leave the battery disconnected for a week am I?
Problem #2
Strange noises.
Now, it's been a while since I drove the car or was under the hood while it was running. The constant clacking noise is that normal? LOL
Now, the ticking noise. At first I thought it was an exhaust leak (I re-used the metal gasket at the turbo which I read you can and I got all the bolts for the flange tight and went in a pattern). But then the ticking stopped.......but then it started again. And you can hear it inside the cabin though it sounds like a rattle. It's definitely coming from the engine compartment.
On a plus note, the auto windows relearned themselves after one try
I bit my fingernails and started the car. Started fine, SAI started sucking as it does, ect. So that's weird, but so far no problem.
Start with the most concerning.
Problem #1
Now I notice my dash lights, as in the flashing ones.
ESC is solid, tire pressure is flashing and then I notice the steering wheel icon is solid.Run an autoscan and have attached that here. Only fault that it shows is the tire pressure monitor. I figure it just needs to relearn the tire circumference or whatever so I hold the set button, doesn't do anything. Cycled the key several times, turned the car on and off about 4 or 5 times. Nothing. I manually delete the fault codes and they instantly come back.
So the ESC and steering wheel light stay on, but the only fault is the TPS, I am sure they work together but still, TPS fault shouldn't error out the traction control!!
Found this on Ross-tech;
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/01325
But didn't want to dive right into recoding yet, wanted some advise. Anyone else ever have this happen? I mean, I'm not the first one to leave the battery disconnected for a week am I?
Problem #2
Strange noises.
Now, it's been a while since I drove the car or was under the hood while it was running. The constant clacking noise is that normal? LOL
Now, the ticking noise. At first I thought it was an exhaust leak (I re-used the metal gasket at the turbo which I read you can and I got all the bolts for the flange tight and went in a pattern). But then the ticking stopped.......but then it started again. And you can hear it inside the cabin though it sounds like a rattle. It's definitely coming from the engine compartment.
On a plus note, the auto windows relearned themselves after one try
