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Originally Posted by omodos
Indeed, I will leave it a bit longer, issue is I have trust issues  , really darn hard to find someone here I can trust... |
I understand that well enough. It's why I do all my own maint...
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Originally Posted by omodos
... A low power issue I had, hit the gas and very low power, another mechanic said leave it here all day(I didn't) went to a mechanic who knew wifes uncle....he told me let me take a quick look...fixed it in 1 min, was the turbo wastegate tube had come loose....he also told me if you had taken it elsewhere they would have skinned you (no doubt he probably does it to others though  ) |
Close call there!
I've heard others mention this (vacuum) tube coming off and causing low power. Not sure how it gets loose; they are on pretty tight. BTW, the tube you refer to is not for a waste gate - our cars don't have a waste gate. Instead they use a variable geometry turbo (VGT) - one that uses a vacuum actuator to control small vanes that vary the exhaust gases through the turbine, which in turn varies the boost. The reason they have low power when the vacuum line comes off is that the turbo is left stuck in one boost level, with no boost control. And usually minimal boost...
