MK6 GTI - Rattle upon acceleration - Resolved via TPI: 2021062/7

**kennyc** · 29-03-2010, 12:22 PM

Yeah cool, im gonna put a deposit on one this week but ill try and replicate the problem with a demo to see if it annoying to me.
If you pump the music up do you still hear it?

**Corey_R** · 29-03-2010, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by ripblade

So far its been as annoying as having a fly buzzing around your ear every now and then...... still love the car! just got the ECU flash a couple of days ago and planning to do a couple more things to it....but still hoping someone out there will find a fix soon.

If it really is the actuator rod on the turbo waste gate, I'm sure the APR Stage III kit will resolve the issue

**Sir_GTI** · 30-03-2010, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by kennyc

Yeah cool, im gonna put a deposit on one this week but ill try and replicate the problem with a demo to see if it annoying to me.
If you pump the music up do you still hear it?

If I have the windows up and the music on at a normal level, I cant hear it at all. Its only really noticeable when the windows are down, and only barley audible with the windows up.

**DonkeyKong** · 31-03-2010, 10:34 AM

Funny that I did not hear the rattle until I refilled my tank for the first time with 98% RON petrol. I will give further feed back once I emptied the tank and refilled it with 95% RON.

**kennyc** · 31-03-2010, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Sir_GTI

If I have the windows up and the music on at a normal level, I cant hear it at all. Its only really noticeable when the windows are down, and only barley audible with the windows up.

Do you have all the windows down? Or just the front 2?

**Sir_GTI** · 31-03-2010, 11:24 AM

I usually have all 4 down, but that wouldn't make a difference. Even if just 1 window was down I would still hear it.

Interesting comment about the fuel, I only had the rattle show once I filled it up for the 1st time on 98ron. I never use 95ron. Maybe the dealer used 95ron and it never made the rattle. Damn, filled up this morning ...... got to wait another 600km to test.

**DonkeyKong** · 31-03-2010, 01:09 PM

I am pretty sure it is related to the fuel as i did not have any issue prior. I noticed the rattle immediately after I drove away from the petrol station. The rattle only happened intermittently and usually occurred from stand still and with moderate acceleration.

**Sir_GTI** · 31-03-2010, 01:14 PM

So I guess the question is now, Do all the " rattlers " out there run 98ron or 95ron

**gr33nbastad** · 31-03-2010, 02:50 PM

I have run mine on 98 since day one ( a couple of weeks ago) and have had the sound. I think it was there when I still had the dealer-supplied fuel in it, so not sure that is a solution. Wouldn't be for me anyway - APR 98ron map = standard driving condition