pkhoury
That guy with the goats
So, it turns out I've been encountering a boost creep problem with my 2004 Golf. I've noticed it if I'm really pushing the car while towing or around 85-95mph not towing. Since I only have a 3 bar map, when I do VCDS logging of channels 10 and 11, it'll show requested boost of 2700 mbar and actual boost at 3060 bar (I'm guessing it's possibly much higher). I have about 135K miles on this turbo, so I'm wondering if this could be sticky vanes, or endlessly adjusting the VNT actuator from the factory position might solve the problem.
Since the turbo otherwise works when I'm not pushing it, I do have another Garrett VNT-17 in my mom's 2005 BEW wagon. It has maybe 7-9K miles on it total (if even that high). That has some kind of connector on the actuator, and I don't know if it's deleted by my tune (both cars have a Malone Stage 4 on them). Swapping turbos would honestly be my cheapest option at this point, anyways. I just wanted to get y'alls thoughts on this.
Since the turbo otherwise works when I'm not pushing it, I do have another Garrett VNT-17 in my mom's 2005 BEW wagon. It has maybe 7-9K miles on it total (if even that high). That has some kind of connector on the actuator, and I don't know if it's deleted by my tune (both cars have a Malone Stage 4 on them). Swapping turbos would honestly be my cheapest option at this point, anyways. I just wanted to get y'alls thoughts on this.