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Car: 2006 Sportcombi 2.0T
Issue: Wednesday, I get into my car to head to work and it starts up fine. I forgot my wallet, turn off car after it had been running for about 2 mins, and run inside. When i come back out and start it up, a crazy shaking occurs from engine bay and my tailpipe is spewing smoke. I am terrified and give it a little gas, shaking gets worse. I turn it off and on again quickly, still occurs. Smells like gas. I call Roland over at Swedish Underground (I'm in Brooklyn) and he tells me I had a false start due to the quick on/off and that my engine was misfiring likely due to a computer issue. Told me to leave it for 5-10 and come back. Alas, it starts fine and i make it to work, a little smoke for first mile or so but smooth sailing after that. No sputtering or anything. On my way home I notice I have a check engine light on, but still no issues. Yesterday, I start it up to move for street cleaning and again, smoke and sputtering, shaking doesn't seem as intense or alarming. I turn it off/on once or twice and its back to normal. I drive to a local mechanic and he reads me the following codes: P0245, P0201,P0202, and P0300. I asked him not to reset and proceeded home completely puzzled.
What is wrong with my car! After speaking and informing of codes, Roland said it could obviously be a number of things: faulty computer, wiring issues, vacuum leak, but he thinks it's nothing too expensive. He doesn't believe it is an injector issue. There is no availability in the shop for two weeks, so i am stuck with a car unpredictable problems until I can bring it in.
Should I be concerned with driving around it around town when it starts up normal? It seem the problem is random. Will it get worse? Being that I've only started and stopped it a handful of times, I dont really know if this problem will increase and will eventually only misfire upon startup, or if it is in fact, random. Should I wait for Roland's appointment or bring it somewhere else/ fix it myself? Has anyone experienced this problem before? Anything else i should know?
Some history: Car is at 140k, replaced coils and spark plugs about 25k miles ago after having engine misfiring at higher RPMS. Never had any other issues.
Thanks! Any advice is welcomed!
TLDR: Randomly upon startup, car will either run fine or misfire with engine shaking and smoke from tailpipe. Smells like gas. Blinking check engine lights when idling. Turning it off and on seems to fix the issue. Codes are P0245, P0201, P0202, and P0300. Never had any issues like this in the past. When it starts up normally, no symptoms are present.
UPDATE: Just tried to start the car and couldn't get it to operate normally by turning on and off. Every time it was sputtering with a misfire and spewing white smoke, strong gas smell.
Issue: Wednesday, I get into my car to head to work and it starts up fine. I forgot my wallet, turn off car after it had been running for about 2 mins, and run inside. When i come back out and start it up, a crazy shaking occurs from engine bay and my tailpipe is spewing smoke. I am terrified and give it a little gas, shaking gets worse. I turn it off and on again quickly, still occurs. Smells like gas. I call Roland over at Swedish Underground (I'm in Brooklyn) and he tells me I had a false start due to the quick on/off and that my engine was misfiring likely due to a computer issue. Told me to leave it for 5-10 and come back. Alas, it starts fine and i make it to work, a little smoke for first mile or so but smooth sailing after that. No sputtering or anything. On my way home I notice I have a check engine light on, but still no issues. Yesterday, I start it up to move for street cleaning and again, smoke and sputtering, shaking doesn't seem as intense or alarming. I turn it off/on once or twice and its back to normal. I drive to a local mechanic and he reads me the following codes: P0245, P0201,P0202, and P0300. I asked him not to reset and proceeded home completely puzzled.
What is wrong with my car! After speaking and informing of codes, Roland said it could obviously be a number of things: faulty computer, wiring issues, vacuum leak, but he thinks it's nothing too expensive. He doesn't believe it is an injector issue. There is no availability in the shop for two weeks, so i am stuck with a car unpredictable problems until I can bring it in.
Should I be concerned with driving around it around town when it starts up normal? It seem the problem is random. Will it get worse? Being that I've only started and stopped it a handful of times, I dont really know if this problem will increase and will eventually only misfire upon startup, or if it is in fact, random. Should I wait for Roland's appointment or bring it somewhere else/ fix it myself? Has anyone experienced this problem before? Anything else i should know?
Some history: Car is at 140k, replaced coils and spark plugs about 25k miles ago after having engine misfiring at higher RPMS. Never had any other issues.
Thanks! Any advice is welcomed!
TLDR: Randomly upon startup, car will either run fine or misfire with engine shaking and smoke from tailpipe. Smells like gas. Blinking check engine lights when idling. Turning it off and on seems to fix the issue. Codes are P0245, P0201, P0202, and P0300. Never had any issues like this in the past. When it starts up normally, no symptoms are present.
UPDATE: Just tried to start the car and couldn't get it to operate normally by turning on and off. Every time it was sputtering with a misfire and spewing white smoke, strong gas smell.
