Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.

[Geraint Lloyd]

My guess would be the foam from inside the black
silencer that, erm,  I
haven't got any more


http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/TurboHoses200MCII

geraint

Geraint Lloyd 
Montréal
People's Republic of Canadia
'89 200 TQA MCII
'87 Group N Golf 2 GTI, 8v, 2.0L, 02A box, RHD



Kneale Brownson wrote:
> Where exactly did this thing come from?
>
>
> At 02:08 PM 10/4/2006 -0400, Ben Swann wrote:
>   
>> That's right - it ate a filter sock!  Late '89 200
tq avant had been taken to
>> numerous mechanics before I got it.  It would not
rev. over 4kRPM and had no
>> power.  Car had brand new distributor among other
fixes from prior shops.  I
>> noticed it seemed to have unusually low vacuum in
the .1 to .2 range under
>> most conditions.   I found the Michelin Man hose to
be shot - can't believe
>> the other shops didn't replace this first.  The new
hose was being sucked in
>> when throttle opened!   The car ran even worse with
the new hose -
>> interesting!
>>
>>
>>
>> I checked turbo - spun freely.  I bypassed the
intercooler and engine revved
>> freely then blew off the test hose.  Pulled the
intercooler thinking it might
>> be loaded with oil - none came out, but removed it
anyway.  There it was  -
>> the adaptor hose lost the oil trap filter (why'ed
they do this?)  and it got
>> sucked into the intercooler, pretty much blocking
the flow.
>>
>>
>>
>> Chock this one up for the archives.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ben
>>
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>>
>>
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