Td6 sputtering and surging when cold

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Apr 9, 2025 | 08:17 AM

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RyanLR3

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Originally Posted by Disco5_Guy

@MudDisco Reviving the 2019 thread. I have a 2018, Recently purchased, same issue. Happy I found this discussion. Disco is lurchey when warming up, at slow speed acceleration. Foot off the gas, or punching it seems to trick it. Problem disappears when warm. Did you figure out a resolution to your problem?

For me this is normal and yes its always been my experience when the TD6 is stone cold. The PCM is limiting torque to preserve the engine during warm up. Putting the beans to a cold engine is bad for longevity.

Apr 9, 2025 | 02:37 PM

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mtaylo32

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From: Winchester, KY

Did your vehicle seem like it was going to stall out? Have recently been experiencing this, goes away once vehicle is to operating temperature.

Apr 9, 2025 | 03:22 PM

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RyanLR3

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Not like it's going to stall.

Apr 9, 2025 | 06:05 PM

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Disco5_Guy

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Originally Posted by mtaylo32

Did your vehicle seem like it was going to stall out? Have recently been experiencing this, goes away once vehicle is to operating temperature.

Reminiscent of riding with someone who can't drive a manual transmission. Now that I'm anticipating it, easing onto the gas pedal limits the amount of lurching to very minimal. In the early days, it was total loss of power and then gas then total loss of power. I had suspected transmission confusion, but this makes more sense being cold weather and torque limiting. 98% of the day it is perfect. Only problematic within the first 10 mins of a drive when warming up and in stop and go traffic.