Hello everyone . First of all, i'm happy to be a (small) part of the TDIClub community .
Unfortunately, after hours and hours spent on searching the web for people with similar problems as mine i kind of failed and decided to finally ask for help myself, a thing i don't really do that often because the internet is full of helpful forums..unfortunately not this time.
So the problem started a few days ago, when i went for a ride in my tdi(vw golf mk4 115hp, 6speed, ~380.000km) and first gear seemed fine, 2nd started accelerating pretty slow and then 3rd was really slow at accelerating, no matter how i had my foot on the pedal. I managed to get to 4th where it was a nightmare and was barely going up in revs and speed. At return from my journey i wanted to see what speed i could get up to and i barely reached 130km/h and that was really hard to do ! Mind you, my golf is a 6-speed one and in the past i have had no problems getting to higher speeds. I'm no mechanic, so i have asked around and people pointed me to the turbo and said that it might be broken. I've asked not one, but two people to drive behind me and see if i have smoke coming out of my exhaust..and nothing ! Not even when idling, reving at idle, 3rd or 4th, no smoke. So then i started looking myself at other possibilities and i saw something about the MAF sensor. I have tried disconnecting that and i don't know if it is my imagination or what, but the first time i go into 1st,2nd and then 3rd it seems to accelerate as normal but when i slow down and start again, it seems to be slow again. Also, in the past, when changing gears i could hear the "shush" (turbo spool/blow off or whatever it is called), but now i can't hear nothing anymore.
Any of you have any idea what could it be ? I'm really afraid of it being the turbo..because it cost hell of a lot of money so i'm trying everything i can do.
Sorry for the long post and i'm sorry if my question doesn't fit here..
Unfortunately, after hours and hours spent on searching the web for people with similar problems as mine i kind of failed and decided to finally ask for help myself, a thing i don't really do that often because the internet is full of helpful forums..unfortunately not this time.
So the problem started a few days ago, when i went for a ride in my tdi(vw golf mk4 115hp, 6speed, ~380.000km) and first gear seemed fine, 2nd started accelerating pretty slow and then 3rd was really slow at accelerating, no matter how i had my foot on the pedal. I managed to get to 4th where it was a nightmare and was barely going up in revs and speed. At return from my journey i wanted to see what speed i could get up to and i barely reached 130km/h and that was really hard to do ! Mind you, my golf is a 6-speed one and in the past i have had no problems getting to higher speeds. I'm no mechanic, so i have asked around and people pointed me to the turbo and said that it might be broken. I've asked not one, but two people to drive behind me and see if i have smoke coming out of my exhaust..and nothing ! Not even when idling, reving at idle, 3rd or 4th, no smoke. So then i started looking myself at other possibilities and i saw something about the MAF sensor. I have tried disconnecting that and i don't know if it is my imagination or what, but the first time i go into 1st,2nd and then 3rd it seems to accelerate as normal but when i slow down and start again, it seems to be slow again. Also, in the past, when changing gears i could hear the "shush" (turbo spool/blow off or whatever it is called), but now i can't hear nothing anymore.
Any of you have any idea what could it be ? I'm really afraid of it being the turbo..because it cost hell of a lot of money so i'm trying everything i can do.
Sorry for the long post and i'm sorry if my question doesn't fit here..