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luu
08-11-2009, 04:03 PM
I have an 03 Allroad 2.7T TIP and I recently put the 91 octane APR chip in it.

Anyways,

the car doesn't drive that well. Infact it's performance has pretty much dropped.

I get serious lag when normally accelerating. the RPM's will spin up to 3000 ish and then jump up and down (+- 300 rpm's) until finally deciding that it will accelerate and then it really has power (like you'd expect) after that. But it's sometimes as much as 4 seconds before any power is applied.

Also now when in fifth gear and accelerating, I basically can't go over 3000 RPM's without this just happening consistantly. Except I don't get power after a few seconds. I just get a wider throttle with no response.

I'm thinking to return the APR software and get my money back, and get a TIP chip and ECU chip from VAST.

Anyone have any thoughts?



On a side note, I'll be doing the timing belt this weekend, and I'm hoping that will clear up a weird RPM jumpiness on idle. We'll see.

Still learning about cars. This is all new. Doesn't feel right though. My old explorer never had any of these problems. Ran like a young ox on a nice cool day.

Mike@PureMS
08-11-2009, 05:35 PM
I'd go over the car closely checking for other issues. Vacuum leaks, DV leaks, and the like. Sounds like you've got some other issues going on.

luu
08-11-2009, 05:42 PM
*sigh*

That's what I was afraid of.

In the meantime, I believe I'm going to remove the APR chip (bloody half day in the shop,) and check it over. It only started with the problems after the chip tune.

We'll take a look when we get the front end off this weekend.

Next time I buy an audi, which I for sure will do again, I'll know much much more about what to look for.

:D