Recent content by Canadian_Grizzly

Years ago this happened to my car. I restarted the car and it never returned. These are drive by wire cars and I think it was a glitch in that system putting into safe mode, not to be confused with limp mode which is a completely different thing.

Search "mark and pray" Not recommended.

Still Climbing

Update.... 631,000km 392,000 miles

You are on the right track... just go through the writeup in my signature.

Or just strip and short out the wire, this will also remedy the problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oet4qWeZuYA Some concern with warping the intake with above method. Other methods are frayed cable length on drill, oven cleaner, machine shop personally I prefer elbow grease and car wash. Good luck,

If you only noticed the loss of power going up hills then I'm guessing you don't exercise your enough. Limp mode is dramatic and not a slow decrease in power. These cars need to be properly throttled occasionally. First have you ever cleaned your intake manifold? Second I would suspect the...

Mitch why not consider a 5 speed swap. You will get better power and mileage and longevity? Just wondering...

Glad you found the problem. You can source just the actuator at many vendors. idparts for one. http://www.idparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=530

Read the writeup in my signature it should help with your overboost issue.

You bet... I have a writeup in my signature that will guide you through the process of diagnosing and fixing the problem.

You are better off just sending the whole head to FrankO6. He does excellent work and he knows TDI's which is critical. Do it once to it right. Frank did my head over 100,000 miles ago.

As above why not just clean your current one? Once its off just take it to the car wash and treat with degreaser and spray it out.