Im not exactly sure how to explain this but my car has been acting very weird. A couple times a day, randomly my car will lose all power. This is what happens....

-I push the gas and feel the lack of power

-The car does not jump or buck, it accelerates smoothly but like its doing this with the brakes pressed.

-Before this happens I hit 20+ counts of knock before I even touch the gas.

-The exhaust seems to sound a little bit louder when this happens.

-This happens until I let off the gas, then usually I can resume and the car feels fine.


Other than these few times a day the car runs awesome. The car has had a reflash but it did this before the reflash as well.

Sorry if all of this makes no sense its really the best way i can explain it, any ideas?


Thanks

 

also if it helps my mods are

-3in turboback
-mbc
-255 fuel pump
-cone filter

 

check all your plugs and see if they are gapped right. Check for boost leak. You LICP maybe slipping off.

 

I have those ngk iridiums that i heard you can not gap, should i get different plugs?

 

if it was a boost leak wouldnt it buck a bit?

 

Can you check fuel pressure while driving? Sounds like it could be starving a bit.
Dan

 

Get yourself some NGK r plugs bpr7es

 

Could it be the notorious P0300 misfire?

 

please explain

 

Theres a ton of info on here about this but basically, the engine senses some vibrations and mistakens it for knock, putting your car in "limp mode" until you let off of the throttle.

 

hmmm, i see. yeah it does feel similar to my jetta when it was in limp mode. So try plugs? anything else? whats the usually cure haha sorry this is new for me

 

The cure? I don't know if there really is a cure. Some people would try different things and it would work for others but not all.

 

hmmm, well thanks for the help! Ill have to look into this, Ill start with plugs first and work from there. Thanks again guys