Power Issues - 2002 VW Passat - 1.8T

[Grant Lenahan]

well, if it had an engine transplant, one would assume pretty much  
everything had been changed and checked, but who knopws?

So I'd begin with:

- torn or loose pressurized hoses
- hyperactive waste gate
- mass airflow sensor that is miscalibrated
- plugged exhaust , likely cat
- some vacuum leak among the many tiny vacuum lines and connectors -  
smoke testers are handy here

This is btu a stream of conciousness laundry list.

Good luck,

grant
On Jul 13, 2008, at 9:32 PM, b1biker at aol.com wrote:

> Fellow listers I', hoping that someone out there has some  
> experience with these cars; they are far to new for me to be  
> driving. A very good friend of mine who lives in Colorado had been  
> experiencing a loss of power in her car. They have changed ignition  
> modules, plugs, fuel filter, and everyone keeps telling her that  
> the car is fine. However, she says that she now has to downshift to  
> maintain speed in the mountains and she never used to need to do  
> that. I would suspect that the engine was just getting tired but  
> she recently had some very bad luck and now has a different engine  
> in the car and is experiencing the exact same problems. If anyone  
> has any suggestions on where to look for the problem both I and she  
> will be greatly appreciative.
> Thanks in advance for your assistance,
> Gary Meier
> 88 5KSQ, 91 Passat
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