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Offline RedRobin

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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #20 on: 24 October 2008, 12:53 »
only had it on the rollers once (JKM rolling road day) since i had it mapped in January.  Custom Code qoute 170bhp and 280lbs ft torque - the torque i reached but not until 2600rpm

i've done 4 full throttle runs in 4th and noticed that at 1700rpm my MAF and intake pressure are well below the specs yet from then on i pull over and above what the ECU is requesting
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its awkward getting someone to look at it as there aren't any decent tuners / VW garages near me and the nearest CC agent is 80 miles away!

....JKM are about 90 miles away from me but I have lots of free time. It just needs someone who knows what to look for and how to fix it - Easier said than done!
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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #21 on: 24 October 2008, 12:59 »
It just needs someone who knows what to look for and how to fix it - Easier said than done!

all too true sadly!!  :sad:

i'm confident its not a big problem as i'd be loosing performance throughout the rev range but i'm not  :smiley:

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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #22 on: 24 October 2008, 13:09 »
Glad to here your well on your way to getting it sorted Robin :afro:

....Cheers, Steve :afro:

It would be good to see RED back to full strength to show the overweight and less-agile R32 boys a thing or two at Weston next weekend?  :grin: :grin:

....I won't be at JKM until Friday (the day before Weston), so I think I'll have to cancel :sad: - I'll contact them and explain my situation.



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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #23 on: 24 October 2008, 13:11 »
i'm confident its not a big problem as i'd be loosing performance throughout the rev range but i'm not  :smiley:

....Same here, but you need to watch that your turbo isn't overstressed.
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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #24 on: 24 October 2008, 13:13 »
did you not read my reply??  :smiley:


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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #25 on: 24 October 2008, 13:46 »
did you not read my reply??  :smiley:

....Did you mean me, joe? - I did read it and my intention was to thankyou but tell you how 'useless' I was at getting under cars.

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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #26 on: 24 October 2008, 21:40 »
Robin,

Tell Jim to take the boost gauge piping off at the Forge 3 port sender thingy..then do a run.

Just to rule out a leak in the boost pipe routing anyway.

Good luck and hope u find the leak.

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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #27 on: 24 October 2008, 23:42 »
Robin,

Tell Jim to take the boost gauge piping off at the Forge 3 port sender thingy..then do a run.

Just to rule out a leak in the boost pipe routing anyway.

Good luck and hope u find the leak.

....Cheers for the tip :afro:
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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #28 on: 25 October 2008, 12:48 »
Would you be able to tell you had a boost leak from the VAG-COM? I'm thinking of getting one and it would be another reason to go ahead if I could check fault codes for things like this, as I have spent time and money getting my car into in current state of tune and don't want it slowly loosing power through soemthing like this.
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Re: Boost Leak....
« Reply #29 on: 25 October 2008, 13:10 »
Would you be able to tell you had a boost leak from the VAG-COM? I'm thinking of getting one and it would be another reason to go ahead if I could check fault codes for things like this, as I have spent time and money getting my car into in current state of tune and don't want it slowly loosing power through soemthing like this.

im pretty sure you can test boost on Vag com and therefore spot a problem if there is one