I am no longer in an area that requires emissions, I am now living out in the middle of the desert, about 250 miles north of Phoenix. The only code is a Thermostat code.
You are correct, the last mechanic, I thought I could trust, Paid him a bunch of money to address some issues, and ended up having to pay another mechanic to readress some of the issues.. I am sure when he replaced the Turbo/EGR the first time, he did not clean out the intake, Nor other things needed to fix the issue properly. One of the issues that he was supposed to fix was my AC, He said he fixed it, But really he just painted the Compressor and overcharged it... needless to say that caused all kinds of other issues... Now I am just trying to get things fixed.
The threads on here say that preforming a delete helps with fuel economy, and being that I travel at minimum 150 miles a day, I am interested. Also, When I preform this delete, I will be sure to clean the intake as well, I have done it on other TDI's and have had great results..
For some reason I cannot use the Search function on this site to relocate the threads related to Upgraded turbo's and the Delete process.. These threads tell of a source to obtain the parts. If anyone can help me with the posting of these threads, I would appreciate it