[Biturbos4] Unholy smoke

Keman keman at interwolf.net
Tue Aug 2 11:11:38 EDT 2005


Oh, dude.. get that thing back to the dealer asap then. Sounds like they
messed something up or that the part they put in there is defective. This
should all be on their dime, now.

- Keman

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Chris Newbold wrote:

> On Sun, July 31, 2005 11:35 pm, Keman said:
>
> > Well, a PCV system for a turbocharged engine is an interesting thing.
>
> > So... you have this.. giant.. octipus looking thing. You might wanna try
> > replacing it. All of it. It's available as one giant assembly. You'll need
> > some new pinch clamps. You want to replace it all, because it tends to get
> > brittle and when you start trying to pull it apart, it'll shatter and
> > break
> > in various areas that you didn't want to replace. :P
>
> Thanks for all the details, Keman. I'd been scratching my head about how
> PCV would work when the manifold keeps flip-flopping from negative to
> positive pressure. Makes perfect sense now! Sort of :P
>
> Interestingly enough, this whole thing was part of what my last dealer
> replaced about 4-5 months ago. I wonder if they cut some corners here
> somewhere...
>
> -Chris
> 2001.5 S4 Avant 6spd


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