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Offline matty james

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no boost ?
« on: 24 May 2014, 17:54 »
was overtaking a car today and got a whooshing of air noise ,sounded like a big air leak for a second and lost all boost .still hear same noise and av no boost , now lights on and car drives ok except no boost - has a hose blown of or has turbo gone? ,its been working fine up till this happened.cant get out to look at until rain stops - any ideas to what it is ? thanks in advance gentleman  :cry:
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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #1 on: 24 May 2014, 18:04 »
Pop the bonnet and see if a pipe has come off  :huh:

Thats where I would start

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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #2 on: 24 May 2014, 18:05 »
Sounds like 1 of your intercooler pipes blew off
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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #3 on: 24 May 2014, 18:05 »
Your sig says your are boosting at 24psi.

I would be weighing up the likelihood that you have blown a pipe off the inlet side if I was you. VW made that car with probably 6 or 7 psi of boost. 

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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2014, 18:12 »
gonna look under bonet when rain stops -hope its just a hose - dont think it is the turbo -well im hopping not-its faring up so gonna av a look soon :smiley:
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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #5 on: 24 May 2014, 18:34 »
just popped engine cover an d yeah a hose has blown off from the diverter valve -no sign of the jubilee clip though lol :smiley:
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Offline sharki786

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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #6 on: 24 May 2014, 19:17 »
Use some jcs high grip. Got mine from ebay.
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Re: no boost ?
« Reply #7 on: 24 May 2014, 23:00 »
will check em out m8 - gonna do a hose check tomorrow make sure rest are tight -that blown one must of been working its way loose 4 a whie.


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