Golf R Observations and Questions

[parso_rex]

Sometimes the oil blowby will collect somewhere in your inlet tract and then get burnt off when you open things up but it will only put out a cloud of smoke a couple of times and then the oil is gone.

[Ideo]

Sometimes the oil blowby will collect somewhere in your inlet tract and then get burnt off when you open things up but it will only put out a cloud of smoke a couple of times and then the oil is gone.

Ah, good to know.

[Candyman]

Black/grey smoke I don't mind but blue smoke makes me worry

As I said earlier, my GTI used to blow black/grey smoke under hard acceleration (dumping fuel) but my R has never done it.

[robodisco]

Done 800km so far in the manual R. Can't find this being mentioned but has anyone noticed over-revving in 1st gear?

After I take the foot of the gas (completely) and engage the clutch to change up to 2nd, the engine over-revvs and go up by about 1500-2000 rpm. Only happens occassionally and doesn't seem to correlate with the speed or acceleration at the time. It has never happened in other gears.

Also I have noticed a bit of a clunk in the back wheels or exhaust maybe when slowing down to a standstill, only happens in those last few metres especially at low speeds.

Any thoughts?

[robodisco]

Oh and yes should mention that everything is secured in the boot so nothing in there to explain the clunk.

[Lucas_R]

^ no idea on the clunking noise, but id say the over revving issue is to do with the electric throttle (drive by wire) which has an annoying delay. So when you take your foot off the accellerator to engage the clutch, the delay associated with the throttle is still reading that you have the throttle applied - hence the breif revving when you press on the clutch.

This drove me insane when i first got my car, but i got a Sprintbooster (which reduces the delay in the electric throttle) and it has helped alot (hasnt gone away completely, but reduced significantly).

[Ryan_R]

My throttle apparently is never less than 13% according to my Android Torque app connected to OBD2

[Klink1313]

My throttle apparently is never less than 13% according to my Android Torque app connected to OBD2

My throttle apparently is never less than 17.256897% according to the entrails of the Squashedfox that I disembowelled in the garage last night.

[SilvrFoxX]

My throttle apparently is never less than 17.256897% according to the entrails of the Squashedfox that I disembowelled in the garage last night.

The unnatural acts old people perform on animals in their garages is quite concerning...









Got any piccies

[Klink1313]

You old pervert. Unfortunately the entrails went up in smoke so no piccy for you. But if it helps, the smoke trail told me that i was very handsome as evidenced by this piccy of me on the outside dunny.

[SilvrFoxX]

So the lesson here is you cant trust anything you pick up off the garage floor

[robodisco]

Thanks LucasR for clearing that up for me! Curious though that I don't notice the effect of the electonic throttle in other gears? Did you find the same thing?

[Ideo]

My throttle apparently is never less than 17.256897% according to the entrails of the Squashedfox that I disembowelled in the garage last night.

Was the fox silver?

[Lucas_R]

Thanks LucasR for clearing that up for me! Curious though that I don't notice the effect of the electonic throttle in other gears? Did you find the same thing?

Seems to be more noticeable in 1st and 2nd (not sure why) gear and less obvious as you go through 3rd, 4th, 5th etc. Also makes it frustrating to do a heel and toe downshift as the engine doesnt react in time with your foot movements. The throttle adjuster helped considerably. Sprintbooster is the one i got (Part# SBDD201 for manual Mk6 Golf's), but there is also another brand called D1 Spec that other people are using which is a bit cheaper than the Sprintbooster.

If you are interested in either option, then let me know and ill PM you links and prices.

[robodisco]

Got your PM LucasR, thanks a lot for the links and helpful info!

Grateful knowing that it's just a 'feature' of the car rather than some insiduous mechanical problem. Now on to that clunk....