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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #20 on: 21 January 2012, 23:45 »
Quote from: james2 on 21 January 2012, 23:33
bet its not a boost leak. If it was fine then running sh!t. Go for common faults ie: ign amp , maf (bet its not that). Agu are mint , tighten all boost pipes , get fault code reader. But if you think its in limp mode , got to say its your ign amp. Its common if you removed it .Trust me. But there £60. :sad:

beginning to think this myself, ordered that code reader off ebay so will wait for that, maybe even try n wangle a free check from somewr local, when you say removed it, iv just placed it out the way, i was curious about this when i took it off the airbox and asked on here, u reckon it cud be knacked, is there a way to test it
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #21 on: 21 January 2012, 23:53 »
cud it be a fuel related problem perhaps, maybe the bump has upset the filter or that
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #22 on: 21 January 2012, 23:53 »
common faults suck. First place to look. Me and your + load of peoples fault for removing the amp from the airbox. One comment told me what it was ( it sounds like a retarded subaru)  :grin: your not wrong there. £60 later it was fixed. But still run a cold air filter, but put pc heat paste on amp were the alloy heat sink sit .VW put jack sh!t behind it. :shocked:
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #23 on: 21 January 2012, 23:58 »
iv been in cars that went up a kerb full speed . :evil: and a golf .Big dent in wheel and tyre has a lump poping out of it. The cars were fine after new wheel and tyre. God iv been in some bad cars with a bad driver.  :evil:
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #24 on: 22 January 2012, 00:00 »
cheers m8, just that ive replaced the tip and some hoses which is leading me to believe it was a boost leak, well that and the fact im only getting 1.5 max psi lol
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #25 on: 22 January 2012, 00:01 »
Quote from: pickles on 21 January 2012, 23:45
Quote from: james2 on 21 January 2012, 23:33
bet its not a boost leak. If it was fine then running sh!t. Go for common faults ie: ign amp , maf (bet its not that). Agu are mint , tighten all boost pipes , get fault code reader. But if you think its in limp mode , got to say its your ign amp. Its common if you removed it .Trust me. But there £60. :sad:

beginning to think this myself, ordered that code reader off ebay so will wait for that, maybe even try n wangle a free check from somewr local, when you say removed it, iv just placed it out the way, i was curious about this when i took it off the airbox and asked on here, u reckon it cud be knacked, is there a way to test it
check if theres anyone on here near you with a fault code reader. Or if you can try there ign amp.  :wink:
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #26 on: 22 January 2012, 00:03 »
another note, i changed the spark plugs the other month there, they were 0.1mm of a gap difference, been runnin fine for bout a month tho,
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #27 on: 22 January 2012, 00:04 »
Quote from: pickles on 22 January 2012, 00:00
cheers m8, just that ive replaced the tip and some hoses which is leading me to believe it was a boost leak, well that and the fact im only getting 1.5 max psi lol
I just changed spark plug, i was does about to put old ones in then thought ign amp. You need to check your tip first. If its all tight get a new amp.  :wink:
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #28 on: 22 January 2012, 00:05 »
Quote from: pickles on 22 January 2012, 00:03
another note, i changed the spark plugs the other month there, they were 0.1mm of a gap difference, been runnin fine for bout a month tho,
what plugs you got.?????
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Re: dreaded boost leak
« Reply #29 on: 22 January 2012, 00:10 »
tip seems fine and all clips etc are tight, only dodgy one is the 1 near the turbo inlet which links to the pvc system, however i think this is sound, will a faulty amp bring up a fault code
cant remember what plugs, bosch ones, looked them up in there manual, but found out when i got home that they wr 0.1 mm of a difference, as i said its been fine, might put the old ones bk in to rule them out
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