KentSzabo
Veteran Member
For 80512 miles and 3.25 years my Golf TDI would start within a second of turning the starter. I put an Upsolute chip in at 500 miles exactly 3 years ago. Set the EGR to 33768 and adaptive timing to 33068 with the VAG-COM. Never had any trouble with cold starting until after the Timing Belt change last Friday. Saturday morning had to crank 15-20 seconds plus advance throttle slightly to get it to start. This morning at 45 degrees had to turn it 20 - 30 seconds plus press on pedal to ge it to go.
When VW was replacing the TB the Tech called me and asked if it was chipped and why it was so advanced, I told him about adaptation block 4, but apparently he did not understand except to say that it was too advanced. I am wonderiong if he mechanically retarded it which is causing the starting problem now. On the adaptive 4 block I rolled the setting back down to 32768, I probably should have run it up to the max of 33268 which is about 5 degrees advance. Does anyone know what I should be seeing for VAG-COM timing numbers? Should I attempt to mechanically advance the injector timing? I am at a loss as to what to do, I really don't want to take it back to VW and maybe get it screwed up even more.
When VW was replacing the TB the Tech called me and asked if it was chipped and why it was so advanced, I told him about adaptation block 4, but apparently he did not understand except to say that it was too advanced. I am wonderiong if he mechanically retarded it which is causing the starting problem now. On the adaptive 4 block I rolled the setting back down to 32768, I probably should have run it up to the max of 33268 which is about 5 degrees advance. Does anyone know what I should be seeing for VAG-COM timing numbers? Should I attempt to mechanically advance the injector timing? I am at a loss as to what to do, I really don't want to take it back to VW and maybe get it screwed up even more.