What's This/What's It Do?

[Kneale Brownson]

The actual valve is relatively new--installed last fall.  This connection
is located on a pipe that seems to be metal closer to the turbo and fabric
covered hose on the other side of where this connection is mounted.

At 04:20 PM 4/11/2005 -0400, Phil and Judy Rose wrote:
>At 3:24 PM -0400 4/11/05, Kneale Brownson wrote:
>>When I had intermittent boost (1.3, 1.4  and then 1.6-1.7 and so on) a
>>month ago, Ingo suggested the waste gate frequency valve electricals, so I
>>attempted to take this connector
>>http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/41941930   apart for cleaning.
>>Because of the close quarters, I couldn't hold the spring retainer down and
>>take the connector off.
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>>Anyway, what's the connector indicated by the arrow in the pix do and what
>>do I probably need to replace?  The fixture onto which the connector goes
>>looks corroded at least on the outside, and some of the corrosion appears
>>cracked from my efforts to get the connector off a week ago.
>
>
>Kneale,
>
>  man that's some uuuugly old stuff down there. How old is that car, anyway? 
>;-)
>
>That of course, is the wastegate freq. valve connector. The wgfv is a 
>solenoid valve that regulates the amount of boost pressure admitted 
>into the lower chamber of the wastegate ; it has a duty cycle that's 
>determined by a fluctuating voltage that's varied by the ecu 
>according to its boost map . When the valve fails to operate, its 
>default (i.e., no voltage) position is wide open, in which case the 
>wastegate will always see the full boost pressure pushing on it; and 
>therefore it opens prematurely to limit the boost. By "prematurely" 
>is meant there'll be a maximum boost of 1.3 or 1.4 bar rather than 
>the normal 1.8 bar. This low-boost mode of failure is a safety 
>factor. From the looks of your wgfv "relic", I wouldn't be surprised 
>if it needs replacing; however since you report boost is as low as 
>1.0 or 1.1 bar, I suspect that something else-- besides (or in 
>addition to) the wastegate valve--is misbehaving. You could do an 
>audible ("click/clack") test of the  wgfv operation by following the 
>ecu "output tests" procedure described in Bentley or in Scott M's web 
>site.  A silent valve is a sure sign it needs to be replaced. There's 
>also a resistance spec you can check (resistance measured across the 
>two terminals of the valve). But look for other problems: a loose 
>boost hose clamp, etc.
>
>Phil
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