i replaced the ecu a couple months ago, got one from busdepot that supposedly increases hp and such. no change. --- Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> wrote: > Try trading out your ECU with a known good one. > > This was the symptom that my Golf was showing when > they diagnosed it as a > faulty ECU at the VW shop here. > > Apparently the warm engine (or even just warm summer > temperatures) does not > require such intense FI adjustments to be made by > the Digifant system... the > car can run. > > However, as soon as it is cold, and your temp > sensors are sending important > data to the ECU.... that is when the idle needs some > help from the computer. > > Good Luck! > > RSF > > IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have > the word "FISH" > somewhere in the subject line of the email. > Otherwise it goes directly in > the trash. > > <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > <º)))>{ > > Robert S. Fish > Salzburg, Austria > 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender > 1987 Golf Cabriolet > 1991 Golf > > > once it is a bit warmer, this does not happen. any > > ideas as to what might cause this to happen?
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