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Hey, As the title suggests, when I engage the brake pedal, I see the following situation on my dash (with or without my left turn signal/driver side engaged). Photo attached. It does not happen to the right turn signal. My left (driver side) rear tail light is also all funky with or without...

I unfortunately am in a situation where I'm unable to get a ride an hour away to this guy from someone, and during work hours, to get a look at it myself, but I do not recall any rot on the turbo actuator itself the last I looked at it a couple of months ago. And found in my notes that the...

Update: Spoke with the owner and he was real straight with me. Said that his diesel mechanic told him it was the VNT lever, OR something else in the turbo that is stuck. The owner said repairing it is beyond what they could do for me at the shop. Gotta respect him for that. They aren't...

Want to update you here that Ed Karpinsy in Syracuse NY is closed.

I don't think they were trying to open up a vane ring because the turbo hadn't been taken off according to the mechanic. Unless you can do that without removing the turbo? (I can't imagine how).

This right here is the golden answer. So basically what you are saying is that the VNT mechanism inside the turbo, or "lever" which the actuator arm pulls, would really only break if someone ****ed with it manually? That is the sense I had on it too. Both rationally and intuitively.

Interesting.... the lever up in the turbo? Or the arm on the actuator which pulls the lever?

Excellent idea... I didn't think to ask for a photo of it.

Thank you again. They aren't original; I replaced them myself about 8 years ago after finding they were the cause for limp mode.

Thanks man, and yeah I realize I do not have a wastegate and that the 2000 ALH uses a turbo actuator to control vanes regarding exhaust gas. I just didn't know the correct terminology when posting originally. Unfortunately, I don't have access to welding equipment. I'm gonna clarify with the...

Much appreciated man -- and I hear you regarding the post title. While I understand a lot of this stuff, I am not 100% on terminology. Such as "wastegate actuator" fully knowing I do not have a wastegate. Turns out its a vane actuator arm or VNT actuator. I do have a Mityvac and appreciate...

Thank you again.

You both make good points. Question being... how likely would a VNT lever just break like that on its own? I never took the turbo apart and neither has anyone else. I've only ever read about VNT levers breaking when someone went in there and messed with stuff/cleaning/etc.

Much appreciated man. This place is great.

Thank you man.

My thoughts exactly regarding the rod and everything you just said. He said it was hard to tell because it was "up in the turbo" but the rod was broken. This is the 2nd turbo on this car. I got ripped off by a dealership around 60k miles, which I learned my lesson then and found this forum...

Thanks man. I do have a Mityvac which held pressure depending on how hard I pushed in the plastic nozzle into the vacuum tube to the left of the N75. If not pushed in hard enough, it wouldn't hold. Ends of the tube were a little frayed. It did hold if I pushed it hard enough in though...

Moderators, apologies I originally posted this in TDI 101, but think it is more appropriate here?? I don't know. I brought my 2000 ALH into a local shop who specialize in VW/Audi and do a lot of work on TDIs. I lost my boost, and have followed CanadianGrizzly's troubleshooting with no luck. In...

I brought my 2000 ALH into a local shop who specialize in VW/Audi and do a lot of work on TDIs. I lost my boost, and have followed CanadianGrizzly's troubleshooting with no luck. In the past it has served me well. After following his troubleshooting guide (shoutout to CanadianGrizzy), I...

I've read through his Limp Mode diagnosis post in the past and it has helped me troubleshoot. My problem now is that after using it again, I am not finding the cause. I'm also not getting a code thrown. The turbo just won't kick on. And someone om this thread mentioned that technically this...