NewGuy1
Go Kart Champion
Hi Guys,
New to forums and to VW cars in general.
Just bought a used 2011 DSG GTI last week and am loving it...mostly.
I'm having an issue and I haven't found any previous posts about it after searching everywhere for last couple days.
What I am experiencing is a frequent, but not constant, sputtering sound from what seems to be somewhere on the left side of the car.(exhaust?)
The sputtering only occurs when in drive and accelerating slowly from a stop.
If I accelerate fast the sound occurs but only a split second.
Also it seems that it only occurs when the engine is warm, in the mornings it is less likely to occur.
The sound is not reproduced from reving the engine in neutral nor at speeds above ~10mph.
I don't feel like I'm losing any power during the sputtering, nor is my rpm gauge acting odd during the event (if that's any help).
To give some history on the car it is currently at 108K miles and had intake manifold replaced and carbon cleaning at 102K. Water pump was replaced at 105K. Learned from carfax and paper records, work was done at VW dealer.
And I just replaced spark plugs and ignition coils today, was definitely needed but noise is still present.
Any Ideas to further debug?
I'm still very new to all this so hoping you guys have some ideas.
If I cant figure it out I'll eventually take it to the shop.
Just trying to learn things when I can.
New to forums and to VW cars in general.
Just bought a used 2011 DSG GTI last week and am loving it...mostly.
I'm having an issue and I haven't found any previous posts about it after searching everywhere for last couple days.
What I am experiencing is a frequent, but not constant, sputtering sound from what seems to be somewhere on the left side of the car.(exhaust?)
The sputtering only occurs when in drive and accelerating slowly from a stop.
If I accelerate fast the sound occurs but only a split second.
Also it seems that it only occurs when the engine is warm, in the mornings it is less likely to occur.
The sound is not reproduced from reving the engine in neutral nor at speeds above ~10mph.
I don't feel like I'm losing any power during the sputtering, nor is my rpm gauge acting odd during the event (if that's any help).
To give some history on the car it is currently at 108K miles and had intake manifold replaced and carbon cleaning at 102K. Water pump was replaced at 105K. Learned from carfax and paper records, work was done at VW dealer.
And I just replaced spark plugs and ignition coils today, was definitely needed but noise is still present.
Any Ideas to further debug?
I'm still very new to all this so hoping you guys have some ideas.
If I cant figure it out I'll eventually take it to the shop.
Just trying to learn things when I can.
