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    So I was driving downtown today and while waiting for a light, the idle started to get really rough and then the car died. Tried re-starting it a few times and every time i did, it would turn on, idle for a second and then die. I went under the hood to see if anything was loose/disconnected etc and everything looked ok. I tried restarting the car after waiting a few minutes and it started up fine, idled fine and drove home fine. Any idea what could have happened?

    A few weeks ago I was getting some really bad idling so I took the car the George. The vacuum hose you can see in this photo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NpUSLl0Qiyc/maxresdefault.jpg that starts right above the. in the .com had a crack in it. George taped it up and said he would order one for me. I looked today when trying to figure out what was wrong and it seemed to still be intact but the tape was going in the back. Could this be the culprit?
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    Re: car broke down today...

    Originally posted by asp gti View Post
    So I was driving downtown today and while waiting for a light, the idle started to get really rough and then the car died. Tried re-starting it a few times and every time i did, it would turn on, idle for a second and then die. I went under the hood to see if anything was loose/disconnected etc and everything looked ok. I tried restarting the car after waiting a few minutes and it started up fine, idled fine and drove home fine. Any idea what could have happened?

    A few weeks ago I was getting some really bad idling so I took the car the George. The vacuum hose you can see in this photo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NpUSLl0Qiyc/maxresdefault.jpg that starts right above the. in the .com had a crack in it. George taped it up and said he would order one for me. I looked today when trying to figure out what was wrong and it seemed to still be intact but the tape was going in the back. Could this be the culprit?

    Sounds like what happened to my Q5 when the shop forgot to secure one of my vac hoses.
    I'd like to make a statment!
    2012 Q5
    2011 A5

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      Re: car broke down today...

      Coilpacks dying? Fuel pump dying?
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      • #4
        Re: car broke down today...

        I was thinking fuel pump. Could be tons of things though. Mine went on my mk5 gti, do you have a cam follower on your car.

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        • #5
          Re: car broke down today...

          Happened to me once I was in rush so I just took my GF's car, then it never happened again. Was good for 4 months.
          Dylan

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          • #6
            Re: car broke down today...

            Have you found solution to the problem?

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