ktmkris
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- Apr 24, 2013
- Location
- monroe nc
- TDI
- MALONE TUNES DEALER , 2005 beetle tdi dsg, 1998 vw beetle 2.slow, 2003 beetle turbo s, 1998 beetle 2.0, 2006 beetle bew
Update: the car has good power with half throttle, it is the second half that makes a lot of racket but doesn’t speed it up. If I run car at 4K rpm for 2 or 3 miles the car picks power back up for a short time. Does that sound like a sticking turbo?
This past week I did a oil change on my father 2004 beetle bew dsg, driving it from his house to mine I could tell a huge difference in his and mine.
Mine is a 2005 bew dsg. Both beetles, both have same turbo s wheels. Both cars are just slightly over 200,000 miles, and new dsg transmissions.
His car feels so much quicker than mine. I have spoken about that on here before.
So here is where I am at, I cleaned my intake manifold, deleted intake manifold flaps,deleted my egr cooler, egr block off plates, deleted the cat (it had melted),checked turbo for play (feels very solid), cleaned turbo through egr port, replaced all vacuum lines, new fuel filter, new air filter, made sure turbo actuator move smoothly, and vacuum moves it easily, lastly I replaced my maf with a new bosch unit. Maf made the car run so much smoother. Car makes 17-18 pounds of boost. Boost comes on quick.
Still doesn’t feel as powerful as his car does. His car and my car both only show 1 update on tune in vagcom.
My car is very anemic till it reaches operating temp, I believe this is due to the asv closing to try and pull more egr through the engine. Once it is over 188 it runs better. Every time I crank it I get a p0401 egr insufficient flow, which I turn off which my scanguage 2.
Since my egr is blocked off is my car messing up my power with the asv trying to make it pull more egr? Is there a way to stop that without a tune or will the tune fix it?
By the way my car has a new cam, starts way easier than my fathers, just feels as if something is holding it back.
Thanks in advance
This past week I did a oil change on my father 2004 beetle bew dsg, driving it from his house to mine I could tell a huge difference in his and mine.
Mine is a 2005 bew dsg. Both beetles, both have same turbo s wheels. Both cars are just slightly over 200,000 miles, and new dsg transmissions.
His car feels so much quicker than mine. I have spoken about that on here before.
So here is where I am at, I cleaned my intake manifold, deleted intake manifold flaps,deleted my egr cooler, egr block off plates, deleted the cat (it had melted),checked turbo for play (feels very solid), cleaned turbo through egr port, replaced all vacuum lines, new fuel filter, new air filter, made sure turbo actuator move smoothly, and vacuum moves it easily, lastly I replaced my maf with a new bosch unit. Maf made the car run so much smoother. Car makes 17-18 pounds of boost. Boost comes on quick.
Still doesn’t feel as powerful as his car does. His car and my car both only show 1 update on tune in vagcom.
My car is very anemic till it reaches operating temp, I believe this is due to the asv closing to try and pull more egr through the engine. Once it is over 188 it runs better. Every time I crank it I get a p0401 egr insufficient flow, which I turn off which my scanguage 2.
Since my egr is blocked off is my car messing up my power with the asv trying to make it pull more egr? Is there a way to stop that without a tune or will the tune fix it?
By the way my car has a new cam, starts way easier than my fathers, just feels as if something is holding it back.
Thanks in advance
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