Snorting sound when shifting?

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04-12-2011, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by vtmikevt

I was at the dealer yesterday to get plates for my car (haven't posted on here yet to show her off :-)) and he asked if I had heard the sound yet. I haven't pushed the car yet.

He said a small drop of gasoline is actually dropped into the exhaust and it literally explodes (intentionally) to get a nice sound.

He heard that from Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson citing it on the RS5 (which is DSG only) during their testing. It's sort of accurate, though it's not intentionally to get the sound. There is some raw fuel making it into the exhaust during hard shifts under load and acceleration due to the ECU retarding the timing. They make it sound like there is some medicine dropper attached to the exhaust doling out a drop of fuel per shift, which is assinine.