stevenaba
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Hi fellow TDI owners. My father has a 2001 golf ALH. It is stage 1 tuned. Timing is dead on. The car has 230k kms. the glowplug in cylinder 4 is broken and mushroomed in the head ( bought the car like that). Egr is deleted. IQ is set at 4.8. Injectors were removed and cleaned with seafoam at home. Turbo vanes cleaned twice.
The issue im having is in a 1st gear acceleration when you hit about 3700 rpm the car will lose all power like it has died and you can hear what sounds like turbo flutter. After coasting and shifting to second gear the car gained power back and drove like normal. One time my father says he was driving and the car died on him after leaving a stop and shifting into second gear. He pulled over and had to crank it over 2-3 times to restart. It drove normal afterwards. I have removed the vacuum line to the anti shutter valve to test if that was closing and choking out the motor, so far it hasnt happened again. Any input is appreciated.
The issue im having is in a 1st gear acceleration when you hit about 3700 rpm the car will lose all power like it has died and you can hear what sounds like turbo flutter. After coasting and shifting to second gear the car gained power back and drove like normal. One time my father says he was driving and the car died on him after leaving a stop and shifting into second gear. He pulled over and had to crank it over 2-3 times to restart. It drove normal afterwards. I have removed the vacuum line to the anti shutter valve to test if that was closing and choking out the motor, so far it hasnt happened again. Any input is appreciated.
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